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A dense plume of grey smoke fills a night-time outdoor scene, with small orange flames glowing through it from a fire pit. Several seated people in white and pale yellow clothing are partially visible through the haze, with one figure in white at the lower left and a figure in yellow at the right. A palm frond hangs in the upper left corner. The setting suggests a fire ritual such as a homa, though the smoke obscures most details.

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September 20 20062006-09-20A large outdoor homa gathering in dense smoke at dusk or dawn. Many people in white clothing sit on the ground in rows, with small fire pits glowing in front of them. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a pendant necklace kneels beside a fire, and a man in a white shirt sits at lower left. Smoke fills the scene, obscuring the background crowd.2006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20Night photograph of a large outdoor fire ritual. Many people sit cross-legged in rows behind low brick fire pits, where small flames rise and smoke drifts across the frame. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a dark mala-like cord and an orange flower in his hair looks down toward the fire, while women in white and turquoise saris sit beside the pits. Bright lamps glow through the haze in the background. Small offerings and dishes sit near the fire pits, consistent with a homa or yagna.2007-02-11A hazy photograph of a crowded indoor hall filled with thick white smoke or incense. Several figures in light, loose white clothing stand close together, mostly silhouetted and blurred by the haze. Latticed windows and a bright arched opening glow in the background, and a few shadowy heads and shoulders are visible through the smoke.September 20 20062006-09-20A night-time outdoor photo of a homa or fire ritual on open ground, heavy white smoke filling the frame. Many blurred silhouetted people, mostly seated or bending, sit and move among small flickering fires on the ground. Bright floodlights glow through the haze behind them. The figures are too indistinct to make out clothing colours or individual roles, and no clear individual can be identified as a person.2006-09-20A row of devotees performs homa rituals beside several brick-lined fire pits burning brightly on bare ground in an open-air pavilion. Men and women in plain white clothes sit cross-legged, some tending the flames with sticks or pouring offerings from small brass vessels. Smoke drifts through the hazy air, and the figures at the front right wear white and pale saffron-edged shawls. The scene reflects the 108 Rudra Homa described on the page.2014-06-29 +1 copiesNight photograph of an outdoor homa or fire ritual at a Chennai event. Dense smoke fills the air, lit by two bright floodlights above and a larger light on a structure behind. Many people sit or stand on the ground in a crowd, and a few small flames burn in the foreground, including a fire near the centre-left and a small flame at lower right. Figures are blurred and largely indistinct, and no clearly identifiable person in saffron or ornate dress is visible. Scattered people are shown in silhouette against the smoke.2006-09-20A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ritual at dusk, with thick white smoke drifting across the frame. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a white shawl edged in red stands at the right, hands pressed together in namaskar, and beside him priests in white dhotis with red-bordered cloth and tilak stand with hands folded. A man in a white kurta bends low over the fire pit at centre. On the left a crowd of devotees in white clothes, some with white shawls and necklaces, stand with hands folded in prayer. Brass plates, kalashas and offering vessels sit on a red cloth covered table in the foreground, and palm fronds frame the right edge.2010-09-05Night outdoor fire ritual on a dirt ground under hazy smoke lit by street lamps. Many devotees in white shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas, plus women in sarees and salwar-style dress, stand around several small fire pits built of stacked bricks, where flames and offering materials burn. Some people hold their hands together in prayer or stand with folded hands, while others tend the fires. A bare-tree and building silhouette forms the background. The scene suggests a homa fire ceremony with a sizeable crowd, though only the visible participants are counted.2006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20