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Outdoor homa ritual at an open-air ground under palm trees and strings of purple and orange bunting. In the foreground a woman in a blue-bordered white sari with a dark rudraksha-style mala sits cross-legged, hands joined in prayer, beside a square fire pit built from white bricks with a brass bowl and bundled sticks as offerings. Behind her, many people in white clothes sit and stand along a bamboo railing, several with hands folded, and a pink and gold draped canopy stands at right. Watermarked archive photograph style with purple flags overhead.

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A photograph of an outdoor homa fire pit lined with white square bricks, with a sunken central fire pit containing ash and wood, and brass bowls with offerings placed around it on the ground. A woman in a blue blouse and white sari with a beaded necklace sits cross-legged in front of the pit, hands together in prayer. Beside her, women in white saris sit and pour or offer materials, and a row of men and women in white garments stand behind a bamboo rail. Behind them is a stage draped in pink and red fabric with strings of triangular flags, and palm trees overhead. The scene suggests a homa or yagna ritual in progress.2006-12-29Outdoor homa or yagna in a open-sided pavilion with a palm tree and draped red and pink cloth backdrop. Rows of white-painted bricks form fire pits, with small flames and smoke rising from them. Several people in white clothing sit cross-legged at the pits, one man in a white shirt and white dhoti tending a fire with a brass ladle-like vessel and wooden stick. On the left, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a white forehead mark sits beside a flaming dish and fruit offerings on a woven mat. Many more people in white are seated in the background among the smoke.2006-12-29Outdoor photo of a large homa ceremony on bare ground beneath palm trees and smoky haze. Dozens of rows of small square white brick fire pits, each with a small flame or smoking fire, are tended by many people seated cross-legged on mats and on the ground. Most participants wear white clothes with gold-bordered cream saris and white dhotis, and several women wear saris in blue, orange and pink. Brass bowls, plates and oil lamps sit beside the pits. In the upper left, a decorated canopy with pink and red drapes shelters floral-garlanded deity murti and an elaborate altar. Many people stand and walk in the background.2006-07-11Outdoor fire-ritual gathering on bare red earth with hundreds of white-clad devotees seated in rows before square white-brick fire pits, several with small flames and smoke rising. Women in white saris and shawls sit with palms pressed together in prayer, some holding brass plates, with offerings, oil lamps and a bottle on a mat in the foreground. Palm trees, a green-roofed brick building and a red flag on a pole stand behind, with a white car parked nearby. The scene resembles a homa or yagna. No single person is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-07-11Outdoor homa or yagna ceremony on bare red earth, with many devotees in white dhotis and white clothing seated in rows behind small square brick enclosures containing wood sticks, brass vessels and offerings. A woman in a white sari with a long braid sits with hands folded in prayer in the foreground. Behind the rows, a red and white draped canopy and a stand of marigold and garland decorations line the right side, and a standing figure in white and a figure in orange robes stand near the ceremonial area. A black water tank on a metal stand and palm trees appear in the background.2006-07-11Outdoor homa at dusk on sand, with rows of participants seated before small square brick fire pits blazing with flames. A woman in the right foreground wears a white sari with gold border, a rudraksha mala and a red-and-gold rosette, and holds a ladle over the fire; a brass pot and offerings sit beside a pile of sticks. Behind her men in white dhotis and shirts sit at their own fire pits under a striped canopy, strings of lights and a green tent. Many people in white are visible, with additional participants further back, a crowd estimated well beyond twenty.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJuly 11 20062006-07-11Outdoor homa or yagna on bare earth at a meditation ashram grounds. Many devotees in white clothes sit in rows behind small square brick fire pits with brass vessels, plates and offerings on the ground. A man in an orange saffron robe sits at the left foreground with his back to the camera, and another seated man in orange stands out at left-centre. Palm trees, a red-roofed building with green tin roof and a flag mark the background.2006-07-11July 17 20062006-07-17July 11 20062006-07-11A photograph of an outdoor ritual gathering under a tent. In the foreground, several women in white dhotis or saris with orange shawls sit on mats behind small brick fire pits, each with brass bowls, a brass plate with orange kumkum, and incense sticks. Behind them, a large crowd of seated devotees fills the open ground, with some wearing white and others in colourful garments under the tent canopy.2008-11-11July 11 20062006-07-11