A large night-time outdoor gathering of hundreds of seated people in rows, each beside a small brick-lined fire pit with a burning fire and brass plates of offerings. Many oil lamps and flames light the dusty ground under string lights and palm trees. Most participants wear white or light clothing, while some women wear orange and yellow saris. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large night-time outdoor gathering of hundreds of seated people in rows, each beside a small brick-lined fire pit with a burning fire and brass plates of offerings. Many oil lamps and flames light the dusty ground under string lights and palm trees. Most participants wear white or light clothing, while some women wear orange and yellow saris.

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February 11 2007

A photograph of a very large outdoor gathering at night, with hundreds of participants seated on the ground in rows before small brick-walled fire pits. Each pit holds a lit flame or small fire and offering vessels, and numerous oil lamps flicker across the dark field. Most participants wear white or light clothing, and some wear sarees in blue, green and pink. The scene resembles a homa or yagna ritual performed in unison, with the crowd absorbed in the fire ceremony.

February 11 2007

February 11 2007

A large outdoor fire ritual at dusk with a vast crowd seated on the ground in rows, each person beside a small brick-lined square fire pit with bright flames and rising smoke. Participants wear white shirts, saffron and orange saris, and colourful garments, and many hold brass plates and bowls of offerings near the fires. A few standing figures move among the rows. Scattered lamps and haze fill the air under overhead lights. No individual can be identified as a person with certainty here, so no candidate is described. Homa fire pits with offerings, seated devotees in homa rows.

February 11 2007

Night aerial view of a large outdoor homa ceremony with hundreds of participants seated in rows on bare ground before small brick-lined fire pits. Each pit holds a flaming fire with smoke rising, and small brass plates of offerings sit beside them. Many people wear white and cream clothes, while some women wear orange, yellow and red saris. Bright oil lamps and haze fill the scene under floodlights.

A photograph of a large crowd performing fire rituals at dusk in a smoky outdoor setting. Many people sit on the ground in front of square white-tiled fire pits, each with a burning flame and small offering vessels. Men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris are visible. Hundreds of small oil lamps glow across the scene. The homa or fire ritual involves a crowd of devotees, with no single prominent figure clearly identifiable in the scene.

February 11 2007

Night-time outdoor ritual on bare ground with a very large crowd of devotees seated in rows before small brick-walled fire pits. Each pit holds a burning flame, and many participants have brass plates and oil lamps beside them, some lit with small flames. Most people wear white, cream, yellow and orange garments, and many are seated cross-legged facing the pits. Bright floodlights and a tent structure are visible in the background, and the scene resembles a homa or yagna, with the fire pits used for offerings. No individual a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the crowd, so no appearance-based identification is made.