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January 16 2019

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A photograph of a person in an orange-saffron robe standing beside a clay pot boiling over an open wood fire on the ground, the pot containing milk or rice being stirred or poured. The person wears a crossbody saffron cloth, a dark braided hair bun, a white forehead mark, and a metal bangle on the wrist. Behind, another person in a purple garment and gold bangles is partially visible at the edge. Stacked clay bricks frame the hearth, with dry straw and sticks around it.2019-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15A dark metal pot of boiling milk sits on a small clay stove built from stacked yellow-ochre bricks, with flames licking beneath it and steam rising. Two bricks are dusted with turmeric and white powder, and one has a white painted circle. Behind the stove a person in orange-red robes stirs with a long ladle and holds a brass vessel, and a second robed figure is partly visible at the top. The setting is an outdoor ground of sandy earth, consistent with a Pongal cooking ritual.2019-01-16January 15 20162016-01-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of a homa being performed at an outdoor fire pit lined with red bricks, with smoke rising. A person in orange robes sits cross-legged at the left edge, only their arms and hands visible as they tend the fire. Brass bowls holding ghee or offerings sit on the ground, along with silver and steel vessels, a small oil lamp, dry herbs and a silver kalasha-like vessel at upper right. Plates of ash or powder lie in the foreground.2006-05-22January 16 20192019-01-16A photograph of a homa fire ritual on a green-and-white patterned mat outdoors. A priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded mala and a white forehead mark sits behind a square fire pit built of yellow-ochre bricks decorated with white, yellow and pink flowers. Smoke rises from the fire. He holds a ladle or spoon over the pit. To the left, a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a brass plate of offerings, and another seated person in grey trousers and striped shirt is partly visible. Bundles of wood sticks, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small silver pot and a brass lamp lie on the mat and on a metal tray at right.A photograph of a person in white ritual clothing crouched beside a large clay pot with steam rising from its mouth, under a sunlit shed roof. The person wears a beaded or rudraksha-style necklace and a wrapped arm band, and has long hair tied back. Behind the pot, blurred figures sit in the background. The scene resembles a traditional Pongal cooking preparation in an open outdoor setting. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2019-01-16A photograph of a Pongal cooking scene outdoors in bright sunlight. A man crouches on sandy ground wearing a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red sacred thread across his bare chest, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets on his wrist. He tends a clay pot of boiling rice set on a brick stove, with wood sticks laid beside it and smoke rising. A woman in a red sari with gold bangles and red-and-gold bangle stacks leans in from the right to attend the pot. A white canopy overhead softens the light.2019-01-16A brick fire pit with burning wood and flames stands in the foreground, surrounded by marigold petals, brass plates of offerings, a coconut on a brass stand and a kalasha-like brass vessel. A man in orange robes and a saffron head covering sits behind the fire, holding a brass ladle-like vessel over the flames, with a microphone on a stand before him and a brass lamp and ganesha-like murti on a white-draped table to the right. A second person in white clothing sits at the left, beside stacked wood and brass pots, appearing to assist with the fire ritual, which fits a homa or yagna. Ash-streaked forehead and a bead bracelet are visible on the man in orange. Sprinkled marigolds cover the brickwork.2007-10-21A large fire pit lined with reddish brick and decorated with white rangoli-style designs burns with tall orange flames in the foreground. A person in an orange-saffron cloth stands behind it, holding a long brass ladle over a copper bowl of offering liquid. A gold-framed seat with a red cushion, a basket of bananas and green fruit sit at left, and a colourful floor kolam lies in the background. Only partial hands and clothing are visible, so no face is shown. Appears to be a homa or yagna ritual.2016-10-29