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Two dark clay pots sit on mounds of earth on a floor scattered with rice grains, each covered by a terracotta plate and tied with green leaves. A hand with bangles and a tattooed arm holds a ladle over the right pot, while a red and gold patterned cloth hangs behind. Marigold-like white flowers and a small brass vessel sit at the front, consistent with a Pongal boiling-rice ritual. No person's face is visible and no swami is depicted.

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A dark metal pot of boiling milk sits on a small clay stove built from stacked yellow-ochre bricks, with flames licking beneath it and steam rising. Two bricks are dusted with turmeric and white powder, and one has a white painted circle. Behind the stove a person in orange-red robes stirs with a long ladle and holds a brass vessel, and a second robed figure is partly visible at the top. The setting is an outdoor ground of sandy earth, consistent with a Pongal cooking ritual.2019-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 14 20182018-01-14A photograph of a terracotta clay pot set on a small wood or brick fire, with a flame visible at its base. A brass vessel is tilting and pouring water into the mouth of the pot. A person in white dhoti-style clothing stands at the left edge, and a patterned cloth is visible at the right edge. The background is blurred outdoor ground with a pale paved area.2013-01-14January 14 20182018-01-14Close-up of a ritual arrangement on a tiled floor covered with fresh banana leaves. Two clay oil lamps burn with flames, one in a shallow terracotta dish and one beside a dark green painted clay pot marked with red dots. A large brown clay kalasha pot stands at right, with a smaller terracotta pot in front holding white rice grains. A brass lamp stand with a footed base sits at left beside a steel vessel, plates of fruit and white cooked rice. Red and yellow marigold garlands and a white cloth are visible behind the pots. No people are visible.2013-09-16Close view of a homa fire set on a brick hearth on a tiled floor. A round brass pot with a domed lid sits atop the stacked bricks, its rim wrapped in white flower garlands with red petals. Wood pieces burn underneath with visible flames and smoke rising. Scattered yellow marigold flowers and rose petals lie around the hearth, with a brass bowl and a steel tumbler at the edges. No people are visible.2015-07-17A clay pot of pongal or rice porridge cooking on a wood-fired hearth made of red bricks. The orange-glazed earthen pot is blackened from fire and decorated with white horizontal stripes and a red dot, with turmeric root, leaves and twigs tied at its rim. A hand pours white liquid or milk into the pot from above. Dry twigs and ash lie on the ground, and a steel plate of food sits in the background. No people are clearly visible apart from a hand and a sleeve at the edge of the frame.2016-01-16January 14 20182018-01-14 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +2 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15