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Outdoors on bare red earth, women and girls in white dhoti-style saris and a young girl in a teal top cook pongal in clay pots set on small red brick hearths. Logs and planks are stacked behind them, with a black metal pot on a brick stand and palm trees in the background. Some women in white stand at the left and a worker in white stands in the back. A woman in a pink sari stands at the right edge. The scene suggests a pongal cooking ritual at the temple grounds.

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Outdoor scene of women in white and cream traditional sarees with gold borders cooking at several brick-built clay stove hearths on bare dirt ground. Clay pots sit on small fires, and one woman in white bends to stir or tend a pot while others stand around. A woman in a red-and-orange saree and another in a pink-and-maroon saree stand nearby. A man in white kneels at a hearth at lower right. Palm trees, a stacked wood pile and a string line are behind them. This appears to be a pongal-style cooking ritual, and the visible clay pots and fires are the only evidence of that activity.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoors under a clear sky with palm trees and a power line overhead, a group of devotees in white traditional clothing cook at clay pots set on small brick hearths. Women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis crouch and stand around the fires, some stirring pots with ladles and others tending wood. A woman in an orange sari stands at left, and an older woman in a blue sari and a younger woman in pink watch from the right edge. Scattered brass vessels and clay pots sit on the ground among stacked firewood. The scene suggests a Pongal-style communal cooking.2006-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor Pongal celebration: several women in white saris and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stand and kneel beside clay pots set on small brick hearths on bare earth, with smoke rising from the fires. A woman in a brown sari and another in a blue-patterned sari stand near the pots, some women hold long wooden stirring sticks, and a row of festoon bunting and palm trees frames the open courtyard behind them.2006-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor photo at a dusty open ground with palm trees and a string of small white and purple flags overhead. Several women and young boys stand and crouch around rows of small brick hearths with clay pots set over low wood fires, some with smoke rising. Women in white saris and orange-and-white or red-and-cream sarees tend the pots, one woman in a white sari with a long braid kneels at the left edge, and a bare-chested man crouches at a fire on the right. Piles of firewood and sand lie behind the hearths. The scene suggests communal cooking of food in clay pots.2007-01-01A photograph of women cooking outdoors at a dirt ground beside a red and white striped wall. Several clay pots sit on small brick stoves with burning wood and flames, and smoke rises at left. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border kneels at right, feeding sticks into a fire. Another woman in white stirs a pot with a ladle, and a few more women in white clothing stand or bend among rows of brick hearths. The scene suggests a traditional communal cooking ritual. No a person candidate is visible.2005-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31