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Outdoor Pongal cooking scene on bare ground beside palm trees. Several women in white and coloured saris tend clay pots set on small brick hearths, some stirring with long wooden ladles. A girl in an orange top and green skirt crouches at left, and a woman in a blue sari stands near the fire. Men and women in white clothing stand in a line behind the hearths under strings of small flags. A man in white stands at centre-back. No identifiable a person is visible in appearance-based cues.

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December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoors under a clear sky with palm trees and a power line overhead, a group of devotees in white traditional clothing cook at clay pots set on small brick hearths. Women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis crouch and stand around the fires, some stirring pots with ladles and others tending wood. A woman in an orange sari stands at left, and an older woman in a blue sari and a younger woman in pink watch from the right edge. Scattered brass vessels and clay pots sit on the ground among stacked firewood. The scene suggests a Pongal-style communal cooking.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor photo of devotees preparing Pongal at an open dirt ground beside palm trees and a striped canopy tent. Several women in white saris and men in white dhotis and shirts tend clay pots set over small brick stoves with a fire burning. A man at left wears a rudraksha-style mala and white clothes. A banner behind shows a portrait of a man in a light shirt, not clearly legible. Colourful bunting hangs from the tent and smoke rises at left.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor Pongal celebration: several women in white saris and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stand and kneel beside clay pots set on small brick hearths on bare earth, with smoke rising from the fires. A woman in a brown sari and another in a blue-patterned sari stand near the pots, some women hold long wooden stirring sticks, and a row of festoon bunting and palm trees frames the open courtyard behind them.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor photo at a dusty open ground with palm trees and a string of small white and purple flags overhead. Several women and young boys stand and crouch around rows of small brick hearths with clay pots set over low wood fires, some with smoke rising. Women in white saris and orange-and-white or red-and-cream sarees tend the pots, one woman in a white sari with a long braid kneels at the left edge, and a bare-chested man crouches at a fire on the right. Piles of firewood and sand lie behind the hearths. The scene suggests communal cooking of food in clay pots.2007-01-01Outdoor photograph of a crowd gathered on bare sandy ground under palm and leafy trees, with a row of small white-and-blue flags strung overhead. Many people in white and light traditional dress, including women in white saris with coloured borders and men in white dhotis and shirts, move among clay pots and cooking fires in the background, apparently preparing offerings. A woman in a light green sari holds a water bottle, a man in white dhoti walks in the foreground, and women in pink and purple saris stand to the right beside a white-draped structure. The scene suggests a communal ritual cooking gathering, though no specific deity or ritual is clearly visible.2006-12-31Outdoor photograph of a Vilakku Pooja gathering in an open dirt yard beneath palm trees, with a strand of small white and blue pennant flags strung overhead. Many devotees, mostly women in white, cream, pink and purple saris, and men in white shirts and dhotis, stand and move among low clay lamp arrangements and smoke rising from the ground. Some people hold trays or lamps, and a few sit near the lamp rows at left. A partly covered temporary structure with a blue-and-white tarp stands at right, and a man in a light shirt watches from the right edge.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31