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Night outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard. Seated devotees in plastic chairs and on the ground face a raised platform where priests in orange and white robes perform a fire ritual, with smoke rising from a fire pit. Several young men in white dhotis stand in a line at the back left. Behind the platform, a decorated deity murti is adorned with garlands and sits beneath a golden arch with lamps and flower decorations, with green cloth draped around the shrine. Hanging red and yellow banners frame the scene. The people visible in the image are counted here, and the page's named person cannot be confirmed by appearance.2014-10-27Evening outdoor homa at a fire pit built from bricks on a dirt ground. Several devotees in plain white clothes sit and kneel around the flames, and a woman in white and yellow sits at the front with brass vessels and a small lamp on a low wooden stand. A man in a white turban and white garments stands at the right, and a bare-headed man in white stands in the foreground. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white and checked shirts stands and sits near a building with trees and lit windows.2006-09-202009-June LBE-GlimpsesNight outdoor fire ritual on a sandy open ground in Chennai, with many hundreds of seated participants in white clothes performing homa. Small fire pits burn in front of each group, with offerings and brass vessels arranged on low brick platforms, and smoke drifts through the scene. Men and women in white dhotis and saris sit in rows, several wearing rudraksha malas. A multi-storey building and parked vehicles stand in the background under a dim sky. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-09-20February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesDecember 30 20092009-12-30February 21 20162016-02-21Night outdoor homa at an ashram courtyard. A fire burns on the ground at centre, with smoke rising. Two priests in saffron and orange shawls sit before the fire; one holds a microphone and reads from a book while the other sits beside him. Behind them a large audience of devotees sits on mats, many women in red, orange and white saris and men in white and saffron. A seated figure in dark robes sits on a raised platform at left beside a trident-like staff and a white-draped table with brass vessels and garlands. Illuminated white buildings with arched windows and a decorated facade frame the scene, and a bright spotlight lights the upper area.2015-12-23August 01 20142014-08-01September 05 20092009-09-05Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a gold necklace and an orange head covering sits at the front right, holding a ladle over a square fire pit filled with offerings, with a microphone stand beside him. Behind him, a white-clad assistant wears a yellow cloth. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes face the fire, many holding small brass vessels, and red floor mats are lit by many small oil lamps. A decorated shrine with garlands and lights stands at the left, and a whitewashed building sits in the background. Visible people number roughly several dozen.2009-12-30July 09 20132013-07-09