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Night outdoor ceremony on a bare dirt ground in front of a long terracotta-coloured building. In the right foreground a tall fire blazes beside a wooden pole, with sparks rising. Behind it a large group of people, many dressed in white, sits and stands in rows, some in saffron and red garments. Bright floodlights illuminate the scene from the left and centre, and a gold-decorated object or palanquin-like structure stands among the crowd near the building.2013-03-02Night outdoor ritual scene with a large bright fire burning in the right foreground, flames and sparks rising beside a tall wooden pole. Behind it, a group of people in orange and white clothing sit and stand on dusty ground. On the left, an ornate shrine canopy with a lit deity murti glows red and gold, with people in orange robes and white garments around it. Lamps and a light source illuminate the scene against a dark sky, with a building in the background.2013-03-02Night photograph of an outdoor fire ritual on sandy ground. A large bonfire of stacked wooden logs blazes at centre, sparks rising into the dark sky. Seated rows of people, mostly in white and light shirts, face the fire in a wide circle in the foreground. Standing figures in white kurtas and dhotis stand around the fire, and at right a figure in orange-saffron robes stands near the flames. A bright circular light flare with rainbow halo sits at left. The gathering appears to be a homa or yagna-style fire ceremony with a seated audience of roughly two dozen to several dozen people visible.2006-05-04March 02 20132013-03-02A night-time outdoor photograph of a bonfire-style fire pit burning on bare ground, with a tall pyramid of wooden logs and flames rising at centre. Men in white dhoti-style clothing and a white kurta stand around the fire, some holding objects in their hands, while a man in a blue checked shirt stands at right. Several seated people in white and coloured saris and kurtas are gathered in the foreground and background, facing the fire in a ritual gathering. The sky is dark.2006-05-04Night photograph of a large outdoor fire blazing on bare ground, with tall flames rising beside a small burning pile. Several people in white clothing sit on mats around the fire at a distance, some in the foreground with head coverings and white garments, others in the background among small scattered lamps and lights. The scene looks like a fire ritual gathering in darkness, with the flames as the main light source.2007-02-07Night photograph of a large outdoor fire, a homa or yagna, burning at the centre of a sandy open ground. Several people in plain white garments stand around the fire, with one figure in a saffron-orange cloth at left. Thick crowd of children sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera, several with long braided hair, wearing white, pink, blue and red clothing. Dark sky behind the scene.2006-05-04September 06 20092009-09-06March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesNight photograph of a large bonfire blazing in an open sandy ground, with sparks rising into the dark sky. Around the fire, a crowd of people in white clothes sits on the sand in rows, watching. A figure in white bends low near the base of the flames, and on the right a standing person wearing an orange-brown robe and a light head covering walks past the fire. Several other people in white stand in the background. The scene appears to be a fire ritual such as a homa or yagna. The standing figure in orange cannot be confirmed as a particular individual from appearance.2006-05-04Night photograph of a homa fire burning in an open sandy ground, with bright orange flames and sparks rising from a stacked pile of logs. Behind the fire, a person in an orange-brown robe stands near the flames. Dozens of seated devotees in white and light clothing fill the foreground and background, watching the fire ritual in the dark. The area is lit mainly by the fire.2006-05-04March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copies