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A clay pot on a small stone hearth with a low fire burning beneath it, boiling over with white foam on top. The pot is orange-brown with black soot at its base, decorated with turmeric-yellow smears and red dots, a classic Pongal cooking pot. White kolam rangoli designs are drawn on the ground around the hearth, and sugarcane stalks stand beside it. Behind are red steps and golden pots with plants at a temple entrance. No people are visible.

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A clay pot with an orange-brown glaze and red and white dot markings boils over at ground level, foamy milk spilling down its sides onto a mound of earth painted with yellow stripes. Burning wood and flames sit beneath the pot. Colourful chalk kolam designs in yellow, pink, red and blue surround the fire on the ground. Behind the pot a blue and white triangle-patterned cloth and dry grass are visible. This appears to be a pongal cooking offering, with no people visible.2022-01-15A clay pot of boiling milk foams over at its rim as it sits on a mud stove decorated with yellow and red painted stripes and patterns, fed by a small flame of burning sticks at the base. Sugarcane stalks stand at the left edge and dried grass lies behind, while colourful rangoli kolam designs in pink, blue, yellow and green frame the stove on the ground. The scene shows a Pongal-style milk boiling ritual, with no people visible.2022-01-15Jan 15 2022 sripuram2022-01-15Jan 16 2023 sripuram2023-01-16January 14 20142014-01-14A clay pot of boiling milk sits on a mud stove over a wood fire on bare ground during Pongal celebrations. The orange-yellow pot is decorated with turmeric paste and red and white dots, and its rim is open with milk visible inside. White rangoli kolam swirls are drawn on the ground around the stove, and sugarcane stalks stand upright on either side as decorations. Red and yellow flower petals and kumkum are scattered near the base. Bare feet of a person are visible at the top edge of the frame.2022-01-14Jan 16 2023 sripuram2023-01-16A clay pot of boiling pongal sits on a mud stove over a small wood fire on bare ground. The pot has a white milky rim and is decorated with flower petals and yellow marigolds, with bamboo sticks propping the fire. Painted green and pink rangoli lines curve along the ground behind it, and a brass plate lies at the lower right. A person in red clothing is partly visible at the bottom left edge, and a cow's leg appears at the top right.2023-01-16 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJun 19 2022 sripuram2022-06-19January 14 20182018-01-14 +1 copiesPhoto 99206072022-01-14 +1 copies