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A colourful ground rangoli drawn on bare reddish earth outdoors for the Pongal harvest festival. At the centre is a red clay pot with white and black decorative patterns, overflowing with white milk or rice, flanked by orange and brown sugarcane stalks. Two green palm trees stand on the left, a green leafy branch on the right, and an orange sun motif sits in the top right corner. Pink and blue lettering curves along the bottom, and the rangoli is outlined in white powder. No people are visible.

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