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A photograph of a Pongal cooking scene outdoors in bright sunlight. A man crouches on sandy ground wearing a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red sacred thread across his bare chest, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets on his wrist. He tends a clay pot of boiling rice set on a brick stove, with wood sticks laid beside it and smoke rising. A woman in a red sari with gold bangles and red-and-gold bangle stacks leans in from the right to attend the pot. A white canopy overhead softens the light.

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January 16 20192019-01-16A photograph of a person in white ritual clothing crouched beside a large clay pot with steam rising from its mouth, under a sunlit shed roof. The person wears a beaded or rudraksha-style necklace and a wrapped arm band, and has long hair tied back. Behind the pot, blurred figures sit in the background. The scene resembles a traditional Pongal cooking preparation in an open outdoor setting. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2019-01-16A photograph of a sadhu seated low on a stone or brick ledge in an open-sided shed with a corrugated roof, sunlight blazing through the opening behind him. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with an orange-and-gold border, bare upper body with dark bead bracelets on his wrists and a rudraksha mala, and his head and face are partly turned toward a large terracotta pot with steam rising from it over a small fire. Dust-covered ground and blurred cattle are visible in the background. Whether this is a person is uncertain from appearance; the figure is described by role as a priest tending the pot.2019-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration on a paved courtyard under a open pavilion with palm trees behind. Two clay pots are set over a small wood fire on brick supports, with bamboo or sugarcane stalks tied in a tripod frame beside them. A woman in orange sari crouches at the fire, and a man in white dhoti and shirt kneels to tend the flames. Several devotees in white and orange saris, gold-bordered clothes and garlands stand watching. A cameraman and a man in orange robe are visible in the background, along with a seated person in orange. Sand mounds and small stone pots sit on the floor.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15February 09 20122012-02-09A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a temple hall. A large open fire burns in a raised wooden-framed fire pit at the centre-bottom, with smoke rising. A seated priest with a green turban and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with a striped border, holds a small lamp or offering over the fire. A second priest in a white dhoti stands bent over beside him, holding a lamp. Behind them a woman in an orange-red sari presses her palms together in prayer, and another figure in a red-orange sari stands to the right beside a white-draped table with red flowers. Brass vessels, marigold and yellow flower garlands, and a pile of rice grains sit near the fire pit. Striped red and white pillars and steps frame the background, where other people in white stand watching.2017-07-08November 06 20112011-11-06