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Pongal celebration at an outdoor courtyard with a colourful rangoli floor design. Clay pots filled with boiling milk sit on brick stoves over open flames, with sugarcane stalks tied in an arch above them. A man in white dhoti and cream shirt with white vertical tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala feeds sticks into the fire. Young women in saffron-orange robes with white tilak kneel and tend the flames, and a shaved-headed person in orange with a red thread and rudraksha beads sits in the foreground. Other people in saffron and white robes stand in the background, and a yellow clay pot with a steel ladle sits to the right.

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January 15 20162016-01-15Photo of a Pongal cooking ritual outdoors on a paved courtyard with a colourful kolam floor design. A clay pot with a green-wrapped neck sits over a fire built of yellow bricks and wood, with sugarcane stalks tied in a tripod-like frame above it. Three women in orange saris with white forehead markings and braided hair tend the fire, one on the left and two seated at the rear. A man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala kneels at the right of the fire. Other people in white and orange clothing stand in the background near a red platform.2016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration at a covered open-sided courtyard: a clay pot of rice sits on a brick hearth with a wood fire and smoke, bound to a tripod of sugarcane stalks. A man in cream kurta with a rudraksha-style cord kneels at the fire stirring with a stick. Women in orange and maroon saris with rudraksha malas stand around the pot, one in white sari bending over it. Several onlookers in white and orange stand behind, and a flower garland rests on a stone platform at right.2016-01-15Outdoor Pongal cooking ritual under palm trees. A woman in orange sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace leans over a small brick hearth, stirring a black clay pot of boiling rice with a wooden stick while sugarcane stalks are tied vertically around the pot. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits at left with hands clasped, another man in cream clothing crouches by the fire, and several people in orange clothing stand in the background. Blue and yellow powder designs decorate the ground, and firewood and ash surround the hearth.2016-01-15A woman in an orange sari with a red border kneels before a clay pot of boiling milk on a fire built from bricks, a Pongal ritual at a harvest festival. Sugarcane stalks stand tied around the pot, and a green leaf is placed on its rim. She wears a white forehead mark, a beaded necklace and a thin red border sari. Behind her, several people in orange robes and white dhotis stand holding long poles, and colourful rangoli patterns decorate the ground. A basket of dry firewood sits at the lower left.2016-01-15Outdoor Pongal celebration under a tent. In the foreground, a clay pot is set over a brick fire with sugarcane stalks tied into an arch above it, and a man in white dhoti and shirt with a mala kneels feeding sticks to the flames while a young woman in orange sari sits beside him. A bald man in orange robe with rudraksha bracelets and a mala stands at right facing the fire. Behind, orange-robed attendants stand near ornate kalasha banners, and a seated figure in a gold-framed throne with red garlands and a crown-like headpiece sits in the background beside a golden umbrella. A world map banner hangs on the tent.2016-01-15