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Outdoor photo of a Mattu Pongal celebration at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adhi Kailash. A seated figure in an orange-and-gold ornate throne with a red-and-blue canopy wears an orange turban, a red-and-white flower garland and gold necklaces; the figure resembles a person but this is uncertain from appearance. A standing priest in orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with tilak and ash marks, faces the throne. Black clay pots and a brass kalasha sit on the red-draped platform, with a black Nandi bull statue at left, brass lamps with trishul staffs, and banana-leaf and sugarcane decorations. The page-level text gives the event as Mattu Pongal, Day 2, held at Adhi Kailash.

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