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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26Crowded outdoor homa ceremony with many devotees seated on the ground around low brick fire pits (kundas) with flames and smoke. Several participants wear white ritual clothes with garlands of white and red flowers; a man in white with a red-and-white garland sits in the centre-front, a woman in a red sari with floral garland performs offerings beside him, and a young girl in a pink-and-maroon sari with beaded necklace sits with palms pressed together. Brass vessels, oil lamps, plates of fruit and flower offerings sit near the fires. Background shows a large standing crowd, including a man in a saffron-trimmed shawl and people in yellow and blue saris.2006-12-26A photograph of a large hall full of devotees seated on the floor in rows during a group ritual with hands pressed in anjali. Many wear white or pale garments with floral garlands, while several women wear saffron, orange, yellow, green and maroon saris. In the foreground a small fire pit with a lit flame sits beside brass vessels and offerings, consistent with a homa or puja setting. Framed photographs and banners line the walls behind the crowd, and a stage area is visible in the distance.2008-12-26Devotees sit close together at a satsang, hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes lowered in prayer. A woman in the left foreground wears wire-rimmed glasses, a white top, a gold bangle and a white jasmine garland with red flowers. Beside her a man in a cream shirt also wears a white and red flower garland and joins his palms. Behind them a man in a purple shirt with a white garland sits, and a boy in white stands at the lower left edge. Several other seated devotees are partly visible in the background.2013-05-12May 07 20172017-05-07Outdoor evening gathering on a sandy ground with people seated on mats and cloths, many holding white and yellow flower garlands. In the foreground a man in a cream kurta and white dhoti sits with hands together facing left, and beside him an older bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds garlands. A woman in a red-and-gold sari holds a brass plate of flowers and fruit. Other devotees in saris and shirts sit behind them, some with hands folded in prayer, under bright floodlights. No clearly identifiable ritual figure is visible.2012-10-14May 12 20132013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12Outdoor fire ritual with devotees seated on the ground at a clay fire pit where flames are visible at lower left. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a gold wristwatch and a yellow cloth over his shoulder. A young woman in a yellow top with jasmine flowers in her hair has her hands over the fire, and a girl in a pink dress with white dots sits with hands folded behind him. Other devotees in white clothing sit nearby, a brass bowl and small brass lamps sit beside the pit, and a pink floral offering rests on a tray. Smoke fills the background of this sacred yajna scene.2006-07-17December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copies