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A Pongal celebration in an open-sided hall at the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam. Central figure, a bare-chested man in a maroon-brown dhoti and rust turban, wears a pink and white flower garland and stands with palms joined before a fire pit of stacked clay bricks. Around him, women in orange saris stand and sit with hands folded; one woman holds a brass tray of flowers and flame, another rings a handbell. Fresh yellow marigold garlands and red petals decorate the ground, and a brass pot sits near the pit. A tall sugarcane stalk stands behind them against red pillars. Several children in white dhotis and orange clothing stand on the left, and a man in white stands behind the central figure, with a red-and-white striped canopy overhead. Several people are visible, and the scene reads as a homa-style fire ritual. The central man's appearance is not clear enough to confirm the a person candidate.

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