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Outdoor courtyard with paved floor during a Pongal celebration. Women and girls in orange and saffron saris with gold borders, and others in white saris, stand and sit around a tall pole-like arrangement of sugarcane stalks with leaves tied to frame, near a clay pot and a pile of straw. A man in white kneels and tends a clay pot on the ground. Several women in deep red-orange robes stand near the center. A banner and parked vehicles appear in the background, and red pillars frame the covered area.

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January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration under a corrugated roof at an ashram courtyard. Many women in orange and saffron sarees with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand and move among white-clad figures. A man in a cream kurta walks near a sugarcane stalk tied upright, and a woman in white sari holds a small bundle. Brown clay pots, small pots and dry sticks lie on the paved floor, with a world map banner and red pillars behind. The scene shows a festive ritual gathering with sugarcane and clay pots.2016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration under a leafy canopy with red pillars and a paved courtyard. Women in orange saris and orange-clad devotees stand around a bright rangoli-like patch, while a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and orange shawl with rudraksha malas bends over a sugarcane-tied pole. A man in white kurta bends to a red shrine or altar draped with white and orange flower garlands. Clay pots and sugarcane stalks are visible.2016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration in a courtyard with a clay pot of boiling milk set over a brick hearth, smoke rising. Sugarcane stalks are tied at the top to form a canopy over the fire. A man in white kneels at the hearth tending the flame, while another man in white bends over the pot. Women and young people in saffron and orange saris and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces, stand and sit around the fire. Men in white shirts and dhotis watch from the background beneath a tree. Offerings and steel vessels sit on the ground near a woven basket.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15