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Two clay pots sit on a wood fire built on brick supports outdoors, boiling rice and milk for Pongal. The pot on the left holds cooked rice being stirred with a long metal ladle held by a hand in purple at the top left. The pot on the right holds white milk with a metal ladle standing in it, and steam rises from both. Red-brick stoves with embossed markings surround the fire, with dry sticks and ash on the sandy ground. Only partial hands are visible at the edges, and no full person is shown.

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January 15 20112011-01-15December 31 20062006-12-31January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15A photograph of Pongal cooking outdoors. Two clay pots sit on stacked red brick stoves over the ground, with white foam or milk boiling over the rim of the nearer pot and steam rising from the second. A person in white trousers squats at the right, bare feet visible, wearing a gold bangle and tending the second pot. Behind them a woman in a yellow and orange patterned sari stands at the left. Scattered red kumkum and dry leaves lie near the bricks, and the dusty ground is in full daylight.2006-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31A close overhead photograph of a terracotta clay pot set on bricks over a small open fire, with flames visible at the upper edge. The pot is filled with milk coming to a boil, its surface frothing with white foam and bubbles. Red and yellow kumkum or turmeric marks dot the bricks and surrounding ground. The scene suggests milk being boiled in a clay pot over a wood fire as part of a ritual preparation.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31