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A large outdoor homa gathering in a sandy open ground shaded by trees. Hundreds of participants sit cross-legged in neat rows behind small square fire pits built from red bricks, each containing kindling sticks and brass vessels. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, with some in pale blue or checked shirts; women wear white, green and red saris. Participants wear lanyard name badges. A few standing figures in white move among the rows, and a white building and boundary wall appear in the background.

Outdoor ritual scene in a dusty open field with many devotees dressed in white seated in long rows on blue mats between low rectangular brick fire pits, several with small brass vessels and offerings. In the foreground an older man with white hair, glasses and a white beard sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind the rows, a long red and white draped canopy frames a decorated platform with floral garlands, where figures in white and one in orange robes stand near a shrine area. A water tank on a tower, tall trees and a pale overcast sky complete the setting.

Outdoor homa ceremony on bare red earth with rows of white-painted brick fire pits. Many men in plain white ritual clothes sit cross-legged on blue tarps, some with palms joined in prayer and some with hands held before them. Brass vessels, banana leaves, wood sticks and small offerings sit beside each pit. A pink and gold draped canopy and a tree line stand in the background, and a purple dove emblem appears at upper left. Many devotees are visible; the nearest sitters wear white with rudraksha malas. a person is not clearly visible in any appearance-based way.

September 03 2007

September 29 2006

2010-07-24 +2 copies

Outdoors on a bare dirt ground, many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts sit in rows performing a homa. Several small square fire pits are built from white brick blocks, with small flames burning in them. Participants hold bowls and offerings beside the fire pits, and banana plants and a bamboo fence stand behind. Standing men in white and other onlookers move around the edges of the area, and a whitewashed wall and hillside form the background.

December 26 2006

Outdoor homa ceremony under a open-sided tent roof strung with green leaf garlands. Several men and women in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats before square brick fire pits with burning flames, pouring offerings and tending ladles. Offering plates with fruit, flowers and red items sit beside the pits. A large crowd of seated devotees in white fills the sand-covered ground behind them, with a red and white draped stage and a tall pyramid of brass kalashas on the right. A white-robed figure with a yellow shawl stands at the stage edge.

September 03 2007

Outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground with several rows of white brick fire pits, flames rising from the nearest one. Priests in white dhotis and kurtas sit on mats and low white platforms, holding ladles, brass pots and bowls of offerings; the foreground priest wears a rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles. Marigold petals and orange cloth lie among the altars. Behind them a large audience in white sits beneath a red-draped pavilion with banana leaves and a parked truck. No candidate for a person is clearly visible in the foreground; the scene is a group fire ritual.

Outdoor ritual gathering under tall trees at the Sapthayagam site in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Many people sit in rows on the ground behind small brick fire-pit enclosures, each with dried straw or sticks and small brass vessels, performing a homa/yagna. Most wear white clothes, with a few in colourful saris and yellow shirts. A man in white near the left wears an orange-bordered shawl and stands among the rows. Behind them are white buildings and a concrete structure under construction. A dense crowd of roughly one hundred or more people is visible, and no clear a person candidate can be identified in the scene.