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A Pongal cooking scene outdoors on bare red earth. In the foreground, a clay pot filled with milk rests on a stack of bricks over a wood fire, its rim wrapped in yellow and red marigold garlands, with a garland laid in a circle around the hearth. Behind it, several women in orange and green saris stand and sit near drums, and a woman in an orange sari and a child in orange stand at the edge of the scene. Brass vessels and a steel bucket sit to the right, and wooden sticks frame the fire. No one is identifiable as a person in the visible scene.

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January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15A Pongal rite on bare earth: a dark clay pot of boiling rice foams over a small wood fire set between stacked red bricks, ringed by a garland of yellow marigolds with red flowers and white kolam lines. Bamboo or sugarcane stalks with green leaves rise in a tripod above the pot. Behind, a woman in an orange sari bends over the pot, and several young people in orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near white drums. A woman in a dark green sari with red border kneels at the right edge.2018-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Photo of a Pongal cooking ritual outdoors on a paved courtyard with a colourful kolam floor design. A clay pot with a green-wrapped neck sits over a fire built of yellow bricks and wood, with sugarcane stalks tied in a tripod-like frame above it. Three women in orange saris with white forehead markings and braided hair tend the fire, one on the left and two seated at the rear. A man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala kneels at the right of the fire. Other people in white and orange clothing stand in the background near a red platform.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration under a shaded tin roof at a rural ashram. Women in saffron and red saris and a teal sari stand on a red carpet and kolam-decorated ground while a woman in a teal sari pours milk from a brass vessel into a clay pot boiling over a brick fire. Marigold garlands are wound around the pots and the hearth, and sugarcane stalks stand beside them. Another clay pot boils over a second hearth to the right, and a cameraman in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala films at the right edge. Rangoli patterns cover the floor.2018-01-14Outdoor Pongal cooking ritual under palm trees. A woman in orange sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace leans over a small brick hearth, stirring a black clay pot of boiling rice with a wooden stick while sugarcane stalks are tied vertically around the pot. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits at left with hands clasped, another man in cream clothing crouches by the fire, and several people in orange clothing stand in the background. Blue and yellow powder designs decorate the ground, and firewood and ash surround the hearth.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal ritual at the Tiruvannamalai Adheenam under a shaded canopy. Two clay pots decorated with white painted patterns and garlanded with yellow and red flowers sit on brick hearths, with flames rising from the pot bases. Sugarcane stalks tied with leaves form tripods over each pot. A woman in a rust-brown sari leans in to tend the fire at left, while a woman in a pink-and-green sari kneels at the fire. Other women in orange, red, purple and blue saris stand and kneel on red mats and a white kolam floor design, with a few in white and orange nearby. A chair with red upholstery is visible in the background.2018-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15