Outdoor Pongal ritual under a roofed pavilion with red pillars and decorative canopies. In the foreground a man in white dhoti crouches beside a fire of wood and cow-dung cakes, with brass and clay pots of milk and offerings placed nearby, and a banana leaf holding fruit and produce. Sugarcane stalks stand upright beside the fire. Behind them a crowd of people in orange and red garments gathers, a woman in white sari stands at right, and a woman in red sari holds a young child. At left, a figure seated on an ornate golden throne wears a dark crown-like headdress and red robes, flanked by attendants in orange, while a small deity murti or decorated altar sits at the far left.

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