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Night-time photograph of a ritual fire with smoke rising over a sandy ground. In the foreground a man in white shirt and trousers with glasses bends forward to tend the fire, placing offerings near wooden planks decorated with yellow cloth and flower petals. Behind him a young man in an all-white kurta and white shawl with a rudraksha mala stands holding a fan-shaped leaf plate. To the right an elderly man with white hair and glasses, wearing a pale pink kurta and an event name badge, watches attentively. Several other people stand in the background, and a woman in an orange-bordered sari is partly visible at left. The scene is a homa or yagna-style fire ceremony.

Night photograph of a homa fire ceremony in an outdoor courtyard at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. A large square fire pit blazes in the centre. A man in white clothing kneels at the left, his arm extended toward the flames. A seated figure in orange robes sits behind the fire, and a man in orange robes at right holds a tray of offerings toward the pit. Other figures in white and orange clothing sit in the background near a lit lamp and a small table with offerings. Pale stone flooring and a dark palm-lined background frame the scene.

Night outdoor fire ritual. In the foreground, a man in white clothes and glasses leans over a brick fire pit, pouring offerings from a white paper plate into the flames. Behind him, several men in white kurtas and dhotis stand holding plates of offerings near the pit. The brick pit has red kumkum marks and white patterned lines, and flames and burnt offerings glow inside. Dark night background with distant lights, consistent with a homa or yagna.

Night fire ritual. Around it, about a dozen devotees in white kurtas and dhotis or white clothes wear red-and-white striped shawls and hold folded papers or offerings. Several stand with hands folded in prayer, while a woman in white kneels at the left edge and a man in white kneels at lower right placing items into the fire. Marigold flowers lie on the altar. The scene is lit by the flame and a bright floodlight above. No one in the scene is clearly identified as a person.

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Night photograph of a homa at a square fire pit built of white brick, with a bright flame rising from the centre and red and orange flower petals scattered on the brick rim. Several people in white ritual clothing stand around it at night, some holding round metal plates or trays of offerings toward the fire. One man in front bends over the pit tending the flame. A young man in white kneels at the left edge beside brass vessels, and a woman in a white and orange dotted sari stands at the far left. A woman at the right wears a red shawl and dark trousers and stretches an arm out to a plate.

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2007 - Social Service Activities At Kailaasa SriPuram Sarvajnapeeta, Hyderabad

Devotees sit on the ground at night performing a homa at small brick fire pits, each containing a burning fire. A woman in the foreground wearing a cream and gold sari with a red border and red bangles feeds sticks into the fire from a brass plate. Behind her, rows of seated people in white dhotis and kurtas and women in colourful saris tend their own brick fire pits with brass bowls of offerings. A woman at the lower right in a blue and orange striped sari with glasses looks down at her own fire.

May 18 2008