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A photograph inside a plain whitewashed room with a barred window and a concrete floor. Two women kneel and bend over a clay pot set on the floor, decorated with orange and white markings and topped with a white vessel, with two dry wooden sticks laid beside it. One woman in an orange saree with gold border pours from a steel tumbler, while another woman in a pink and yellow printed saree leans in beside her. A white rangoli-style swirl pattern is drawn on the floor, with a small brass lamp and a red plate nearby. A third person's arm in a red-trimmed top is visible at the right edge. The scene appears to be a ritual puja at a simple local setting.

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A woman in a pink and cream floral sari stands bent over a clay pot on a small raised stone base on a bare concrete floor, pouring milk from a steel vessel into the pot. Beside her are a small terracotta plate, a steel tumbler, and a steel container, with a kolam of white rangoli swirls and yellow turmeric powder on the floor. Wood logs burn in a small fire in front of the base, and an open window with grille bars lights the plain white wall. This appears to be a Gaumatha or Gau seva style milk offering, with milk poured into the pot over the flames.2022-06-19Jan 16 2023 sripuram2023-01-16November 12 20082008-11-12Outdoor Pongal celebration in a temple courtyard. Two women prepare earthen pots on clay hearths with sticks and dry twigs, on a ground decorated with white rangoli kolam and flower petals. The woman on the right wears a saffron-orange sari with a braided plait and bends to tend the pot; the woman on the left kneels in a red-and-gold striped sari. Sugarcane stalks with leaves are tied above the hearths. Behind them a seated woman in a blue-green sari sits under a dark tarpaulin roof, with golden drapes and a deity murti visible in the background. Three people are visible.2022-01-14January 15 20152015-01-15Jan 15 2022 sripuram2022-01-15Outdoor Makara Sankranti ritual at Sripuram. A woman in a red blouse and a striped gold-and-maroon saree bends over two clay pots decorated with yellow and orange flowers, stirring or tending the pot on a wood fire between bamboo poles. Colourful rangoli lines the ground. Behind her, men in white dhotis and bare-chested figures with sacred threads stand near an ornate golden throne holding a garlanded deity murti, with red and striped mats laid out. This appears to be the Pongal cooking ritual in a mud pot.2023-01-15January 14 20182018-01-14November 12 20082008-11-12Jan 14 2022 sripuram2022-01-14A woman in a red silk saree with a gold-bordered pallu kneels on a dirt courtyard beside a clay pot set on a stone base, tending a Pongal-style offering. She wears gold necklaces and bangles and reaches toward a brass vessel near tall sugarcane stalks tied to posts. Banana leaves frame the scene, and a second woman in a blue outfit sits behind a low wall at left. The wall is painted red and decorated with white kolam designs, and colourful rangoli patterns line the ground in front. A corrugated roof shelters the open area, and a garland of red flowers hangs near a deity murti in the background.2022-01-15A woman in a red saree with an orange border stands beside a clay pot on a small mud stove, pouring liquid from a brass vessel into the pot during a Pongal cooking ritual. Sugarcane stalks tied with banana leaves frame the stove, and a garland of red flowers hangs from the banana leaves. Behind her, another woman in a blue top sits under a corrugated roof, and white kolam designs decorate the pink walls. Coloured rangoli patterns lie on the ground in the lower left corner.2022-01-15