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Outdoor ritual on a green mat where devotees build a brick fire pit (yagna/homa structure) on reddish earth. A man in white dhoti with maroon border stands at left, a shaved-headed figure with white markings on his arm. A woman in white sari with long dark hair kneels at centre, placing offerings among marigold petals and a rangoli kolam. A woman in white with an orange shawl kneels at lower right, holding an offering. A microphone stand stands at left; a brass puja plate with flowers, a kalasha-like vessel and yellow garlands sits at right, and more people in white and orange stand in the background.

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Two women kneel on bare earth placing red clay bricks in a row, decorated with small yellow marigold flowers. The woman on the right wears a cream sari with a red and gold border, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, gold bangles and a gold ring, and presses a brick with her right hand. The woman on the left wears white clothing with a gold border and an orange shawl, her blonde hair tied back. A microphone on a stand, a wooden stand holding books and a tray with offerings sit on a green mat behind them, with a second person in white partly visible at the top edge. Coconut shell pieces and scattered flowers lie on the ground.2010-12-16Devotees perform a homa at outdoor fire pits of stacked bricks, with flames rising from each. Seated participants in white and saffron-orange shawls tend the fires with long metal ladles and bowls of offerings, while others sit in rows on mats. Foreground women wear white saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas; a central woman wears an orange sari with a red blouse and bangles. Marigold petals and flower garlands are scattered on the bricks and mats, with brass vessels nearby. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2008-11-11A photograph of a homa ceremony held outdoors under a tent. Many devotees sit on mats in rows before small square fire pits built from brick, with small flames rising from each. Most wear white clothes with orange shawls or stoles. They hold ladles and spoons over the fires and have brass bowls and plates of offerings, including orange kumkum or vibhuti, beside them. Several participants are young women with hair tied back. Behind them more seated people and a green tree line are visible. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2008-11-11A homa is performed at a brick fire pit under a white tent, with a large flame rising from the bricks decorated with marigold garlands. A bald priest with a bare chest and a saffron-brown shawl sits cross-legged at the fire, with a red-and-gold sash and beaded necklaces. A man in a patterned saffron-and-gold garment on the right ladles offerings into the fire. Several people in white and saffron dress stand and sit around, including a woman in a white sari and a man in white with a saffron shawl who bows over an altar of flowers. Brass lamps, a kalasha, and a colourful striped cloth lie nearby, with a deity image on a red backdrop in the background.2015-07-17December 24 20072007-12-24A photograph of a homa/yagna at night: a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a square brick fire pit ringed with yellow flowers, his face pressed into his hands. A brass vessel with a ladle lies on the bricks, and an oil lamp sits at the left edge. Behind him, seated devotees in white and orange shawls watch, including a woman in white with a red-bordered shawl, a woman in white holding a child, an elderly woman in a patterned orange shawl, and a man in orange seated on a white chair. A green mat covers the ground and a white chair stands at right.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16A photograph of an outdoor ritual under a open tent canopy on grass. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing gold bangles. Beside him women in white saris with gold borders and orange-saffron garments sit before low stacked brick platforms set with brass vessels, brass lamps, bowls of yellow flowers and plates of petals and offerings. Behind them rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill a mat-covered ground, with onlookers standing in the background among trees and parked vehicles.2008-11-11December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a homa being performed in a hall with a white-brick fire pit decorated with yellow flowers. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a white floral garland, sits cross-legged at the pit, extending his hand over offerings of fruit, grains, a green cloth bundle and sticks. A microphone stands beside him. Behind him are seated devotees: men and women in white clothes, several young men in orange shawls, a woman in a green sari, and small children, with cushions and a white-draped table at the back. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2007-12-25January 30 20162016-01-30A homa ritual at a square fire pit lined with white brick and decorated with yellow flowers. A man in an orange shawl and a white garland sits at the front, feeding offerings into the pit with his hands, with a handheld microphone clipped near him. Around him, seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls, some wearing rudraksha malas, chant and watch on mats. Trays of flowers, fruit, bowls and dry wood sit on the floor, and a bright orange-yellow hanging cloth glows in the background. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be established from appearance alone, so he is described by role only.2007-12-25