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A Pongal harvest ritual outdoors under a corrugated metal roof. In the foreground, a bald man in saffron-orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala and white vibhuti on his forehead kneels and feeds sticks of firewood beneath a clay pot boiling over a brick hearth, with flames visible. Behind him, several people in saffron and white robes stand and watch; a few women in colourful saris and a standing figure hold long staffs with saffron flags. A golden decorated canopy and a painted world map hang in the background, with a framed portrait on a golden stand and sugarcane stalks tied around the hearth.

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