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Outdoor 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.

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Large 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.2017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12A large outdoor crowd gathers at a homa fire ritual under a hazy sky, with stage lighting trusses at the top right and a tented structure behind. Many devotees in white and orange-red clothing raise smartphones overhead to photograph the proceedings. At left, a fire blazes in a raised pit beside a low table holding stacked round offering trays, brass bowls, and bundled wood. A woman in an orange sari stands near the fire while a woman in white with a rudraksha-style necklace appears among the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this view.2017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12December 28 20172017-12-28December 12 20172017-12-12Overhead 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 20172017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12October 10 20162016-10-10December 12 20172017-12-12