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Outdoor homa ceremony under a open tent with red cloth walls and banana leaves hung from a metal frame. Men in plain white kurta and dhoti sit on the ground around a square fire pit built of white bricks, where flames burn and a brass bowl sits on the bricks. A bearded man in the foreground pours an offering with a long brass ladle, and yellow marigold flowers lie on the bricks. Fruit and offering plates are arranged on white cloth at the right, and women in saris and seated devotees watch from behind. A standing man in white is visible in the background. No identifiable a person is clearly present.

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Outdoor homa ceremony under a canopy with banana leaves and a red cloth backdrop. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged behind rows of white brick fire pits, where flames rise. The man in the foreground, wearing a rudraksha mala, holds a long ladle over the fire. Behind them, women in saris and devotees sit on the ground, and a white-clad man stands at the back. Brass bowls, marigold petals, fruit and coconuts are arranged on trays nearby.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony with a row of fire pits built from white bricks, with flames rising from the central pit. A bearded man in white dhoti and white shirt sits cross-legged at left, pouring an offering with a long ladle over a fire. Other men in white clothing sit beside brass vessels and offering trays holding bananas, flowers and fruit. Behind them, seated devotees including women in pink and multicoloured saris and a man in a yellow shawl sit in rows. Red fabric draping and banana leaves frame the open ground, with a white-clad standing attendant at the back.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony under a red and white tent on bare ground. Several men in white kurta-style clothes sit cross-legged on woven mats, many wearing yellow or saffron shawls. Small square fire pits made of white brick hold a small flame, with brass vessels and flower petals around them. Metal trays of fruit, flowers, and offerings lie on the ground, and an elaborately decorated stage with a kalasha display stands at right. Around a dozen seated onlookers in the background watch from behind the mats. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony at a brick fire pit ringed with yellow and orange marigolds and red flowers, with a small flame burning in the centre. Two men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit at the fire, one in the foreground placing offerings into the fire with his right hand, the other beside him holding a rudraksha mala. Behind them a seated woman in white and other devotees sit on the ground beneath a red draped canopy decorated with banana plants. Bananas and fruit plates rest on the left, and a brass vessel sits by the fire. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the seated figures are described by role only.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony at a white-brick fire pit decorated with yellow marigold petals and red flowers, with a small flame burning at its centre. Two young men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged at the front; the one on the right wears a small lapel microphone and a red tilak. Behind them, rows of seated participants in white and cream clothing attend, and a man in white stands at the back against a red draped backdrop framed by banana plants. Offerings of bananas, fruit, pots and trays are arranged on the bricks. A purple logo sits in the top-left corner.2010-07-24A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual on bare reddish earth. A man with short dark hair and a beard, wearing a white dhoti and white shirt with a dark mala around his neck and a tilak on his forehead, sits on a woven mat and tosses an offering with his right hand toward a small brick fire pit burning with orange flames. Beside him is a brass bowl with a ladle, a small brass vessel, and a steel tray of offerings. Yellow flowers are scattered over the bricks. Other participants in white clothing sit at neighbouring fire pits in the background, with trays of offerings and marigolds. The scene is fenced by brick-lined pits and white chalk markings on the ground.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ritual at an open-air ground under a canopy with banana leaves and blue poles. A square fire pit built from white brick blocks holds a small flame, with flower petals, marigolds and offerings on the tiers. Men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit and perform the rite; the foreground man raises a brass vessel with one hand. Behind them seated devotees in white watch, and a red stage backdrop stands at the rear. Coconuts in woven netting and brass plates of food line the right side.2010-07-24Outdoors under a red tent canopy with banana plants, several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit on mats before brick fire pits. Flames burn in the pits, decorated with yellow flower petals, while the seated men pour offerings and hold ladles and brass bowls over the fire. Plates of fruit, leaves and flowers rest nearby. Behind them, a row of seated devotees, including women in saris, watches the homa. The scene is a fire ritual conducted by priests in white.2010-07-24A photograph of an outdoor homa at a ground-level brick fire pit built of white bricks and decorated with yellow and red flowers. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl pours or stirs from a brass bowl with a ladle, seated at the pit. Beside him another man in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Behind them a woman in white and a woman in blue-and-white sit on the sand, with a red wall and bamboo fence in the background. Silver bowls holding yellow marigold flowers and small offerings lie in front.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground beside a red tented enclosure. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits at a brick fire pit, pouring offerings with a long ladle into a bright fire, with a brass bowl and yellow flowers nearby. Behind him, seated devotees in white, cream and colourful saris watch, and a standing person in white stands further back. Banana leaves, fruit, and a plate of offerings lie to the right. A man in a yellow shawl sits at the far right.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony in progress at a fire pit built from white bricks and decorated with yellow and red flowers. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl and a small microphone clipped to his collar pours liquid from a metal vessel into the fire, holding a handbell in his other hand. Beside him another man in white with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala watches. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white clothes, some with brass plates, sit on a sandy ground in front of a red draped tent decorated with banana leaves. A bunch of bananas and orange cloth lie at the left edge. No identity of any person is established from appearance.2010-07-24Outdoor homa ceremony on a dirt ground under a white tent with red and white draped fabric. In the foreground, a white-brick fire pit holds smoking ash and a metal ladle, with yellow marigold petals scattered around it. Men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on woven mats, several wearing yellow shawls; one at right sits with hands joined in prayer. Brick platforms hold offering trays with fruit, coconuts and flowers. A framed portrait with a garland sits at upper right. Behind, a crowd of devotees sits on the ground and a truck and banana plants are visible beyond a red fence.2010-07-24