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Outdoor homa ritual beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A square brick fire pit with white-painted geometric patterns smokes at the front-left, with a brass plate of offerings nearby. A man in white kneels and tends the fire while others in white shirts and dhotis stand around it. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands centre. At the right, a long-haired figure in a yellow-and-white garment sits on a low wooden seat before a microphone stand, with brass vessels, a kalasha-type pot, oil lamps and flower garlands on the ground. Rows of seated devotees in white, several wearing red beaded malas, fill the background.

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January 24 20052005-01-24 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20052005-01-24January 24 20052005-01-24January 24 20052005-01-24Outdoor homa or yagna under a large spreading banyan tree on bare sandy ground. A fire burns in a rectangular brick fire pit surrounded by kolam designs. A person in a yellow-and-white robe sits behind the pit tending offerings, with a brass vessel nearby. To the right, a man in an orange saffron garment with a wrap sits on a low seat beside a brass lamp, a bell and a plate of fruit and sweets; no candidate's appearance can be confirmed as a person. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha malas sit in rows on mats under the tree, and a standing attendant in white with palms joined stands at the right edge. Smoke drifts through the dappled light, with a potted plant and offerings at the left.2005-01-24January 24 20052005-01-24January 24 20052005-01-24 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20052005-01-24January 24 20052005-01-24March 08 20052005-03-08March 08 20052005-03-08 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20052005-01-24 +1 copies