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Outdoor photo of a Pongal-style ritual with a clay pot boiling over a brick hearth. A woman in a cream and gold sari and a man in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala stand on either side, tending the pot and a tall sugarcane-and-leaf arrangement. Behind them a gold ornate throne with a red umbrella stands in front of a dark doorway, a seated figure visible in the throne. Metal buckets and a bowl sit on the dirt ground.

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January 16 20162016-01-16Outdoor Pongal celebration under a corrugated roof. In the foreground, a man in orange robes tends a clay pot boiling over a wood fire on stacked bricks, with sugarcane stalks tied at the pot. A second clay pot sits on sand in the middle with a rangoli-style colour pattern. Behind them, a figure in a crimson and gold robe with a dark head covering sits on an ornate golden throne-like seat under a decorated canopy. Around the seat, devotees in orange and white robes stand with parasols and banners, and a poster backdrop hangs behind.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesOutdoor Pongal ritual cooking. A dark clay pot sits on a stove of stacked yellow-ochre bricks over a small wood fire, with steam rising. Two people's hands tend the pot: one hand, wearing a gold bangle, lifts rice from a brass vessel, while another hand with tattooed fingers stirs the pot. A third person in white dhoti-style clothing sits beside the fire. Sugarcane stalks stand at the edges and fresh green leaves are tied around the pot neck. Loose rice is scattered on the bricks. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 14 20172017-01-14January 14 20172017-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesOutdoor Pongal ritual on a paved courtyard: a man in white dhoti and shirt with rudraksha mala kneels at a clay pot of boiling milk on a brick hearth, flames beneath, sugarcane stalks tied as a tripod framing the pot. Behind, a seated figure on a golden throne with a black turban-like headdress and red garland sits under decorative umbrellas, with saffron-robed attendants holding flags and a photographer in white nearby. A bald man in orange with blue-framed glasses and earrings watches at right. Pongal harvest festival, sugarcane and boiling pot offering.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15