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Outdoor homa scene at a fire pit lined with yellow and orange marigold-decorated bricks, flames and smoke rising from logs. A bare-chested priest with a sweeping orange turban and rudraksha beads sits at the right, tending the fire, while a woman in a red sari and another in orange sit nearby. Trays of yellow and orange flower garlands, fruit and offerings sit on wooden tables. A large crowd of seated devotees in orange, red, white and saffron clothing fills the field, with TV cameras on tripods and a lighting truss behind. A digital clock display reads 08:27 at the lower right. Tents and palm trees are visible in the background.

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December 12 20172017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12Large outdoor gathering on a sunny open ground during a ritual event, with a dense crowd of many hundreds of people filling the foreground and midground. Many wear saffron-orange and red clothing, while some wear white dhotis and kurtas. Stage lighting rigs on a metal truss stand at left, with a white tented pavilion and trees behind. In the foreground at left, brass plates and lamps sit beside bundles of incense sticks and a fire-related setup near a red carpet. Many people raise hands or hold up phones, and photographers with tripods and cameras work along the crowd edge. No identifiable individual can be singled out as a particular person.2017-12-12Overhead view of a large open-air homa ceremony on a red-carpeted ground. Crowds of seated devotees fill the left and right sides, many in red, orange, pink and green saris and kurtas. Central fire pit sends up smoke, with a woman in orange seated on a yellow-and-patterned mat before ritual vessels and silver pots. Priests in orange and white dhotis and shawls sit at the drum-like kund edges, and a figure in a long dark garment sits in the centre facing the fire. A white carved shrine canopy stands at left, and staging rigs and cameras line the top edge.2017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12Night-time homa at an outdoor ashram, with a large flaming fire pit built into a gold-coloured square platform in the foreground. Many devotees sit in rows behind it, most in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, while others wear white. On the right a woman in a red sari with white flower garlands sits on a silver-framed chair, holding a tray of offerings near the fire. Brass pots and oil lamps sit on red rugs. A stone deity murti stands at centre-back beside a tall column, and an ornate ceremonial chair appears at top right. The crowd is large but partly obscured by darkness.2014-10-27December 12 20172017-12-12Outdoor homa ceremony at a large open-air gathering. A tall fire blazes on a platform of stacked yellow bricks strewn with flower petals, with smoke rising. Beside the fire, a man in a white sleeveless top operates a camera on a tripod. Behind the fire, many seated women in saffron, red, pink and purple saris and shawls sit on mats under white canopies and blue tarpaulin, with a tent frame and distant buildings in the background. Some women wear gold necklaces and bindis.2017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12Outdoor ritual photo of a large crowd gathered around a homa fire pit on a raised stone platform, with flames and smoke rising from a burning fire built on layered wooden logs above a tiered base of yellow-orange offering trays strewn with petals. Devotees in white kurtas, orange and red shawls, saffron-coloured garments and sarees mill about, many holding phones to film. In the foreground, a man in a pink shirt stands with hands near his chest, and a woman in a white saree with a rudraksha mala sits on the platform. Bundles of sticks, steel bowls and small heaps of white powder sit in front of the fire. Stage lights on a tall truss, a golden-roofed building and tents appear in the background.2017-12-12A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in an open courtyard. A standing priest in an orange shawl and orange dhoti holds a silver plate near a rectangular fire pit with burning flames. Seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing, some in white and pink saris, sit on mats with hands folded in prayer. Kalasha pots decorated with white flower garlands and mango leaves, plus fruit plates and oil lamps, sit at the front.2012-07-12