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A large open-sided hall with corrugated roof and bamboo-pole supports, filled with many devotees seated on mats in white clothes during a fire ritual. Smoke rises through the crowded hall. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala sits at a small fire pit with a brass vessel, while a woman in a red sari sits nearby. Other participants in white and orange saris sit around low fire pits with offerings. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left and a saffron cloth hangs from a pole. Banners and a ceremonial structure appear in the background. a person is not clearly visible among the seated participants.

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July 18 20062006-07-18July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a thatched roof and bamboo-style pillars hung with strings of decorative leaves and flowers, filled with many people in white ritual clothes seated on mats around white tiered fire-pit platforms (homa kundas) with brass pots, lamps and offering trays. Participants, mostly men and some women, sit in rows performing a fire offering ritual; in the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti tends an offering tray with flowers and a brass vessel. Lines of white tube lights hang from the rafters. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the seated participants, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof and bamboo poles hung with strings of leaves shows many devotees seated on mats in white clothing performing a fire ritual. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari sits before a white square fire pit with bright flames and brass vessels, holding a ladle. Beside her, a man in white clothes and a woman in white sari sit at other white fire pits, with a person in orange cloth nearby. Background rows of seated participants and a cameraman extend into the hall. Dry ground and green plantain-like plants frame the scene.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17Outdoor ritual gathering under a corrugated metal roof, with many seated devotees in white clothing wearing garlands of white jasmine and red flowers. Two large decorated arches with green, red and yellow scalloped borders frame a deity murti on a raised platform at the back, draped with garlands. Devotees sit on the ground in rows with brass plates, oil lamps and offerings in front of them, some holding small items in their hands while performing a puja or similar ritual. A few women wear pink, yellow and red saris, and the sky and trees are visible through the open sides of the pavilion.2006-12-26July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion filled with many seated participants performing a homa, a fire offering, on the ground. Smoke rises through the centre of the frame from a fire pit in front of a woman in a white sari with a light-blue badge, holding a plate. Other participants, mostly in white clothes, sit on mats around low white tiered platforms with small oil lamps. A woman in a yellow-and-pink sari with a rudraksha mala and a man in white dhoti sit nearby. Long rows of fluorescent tubes hang from a metal roof with pillars. Several people in the background wear white. No single a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17 +1 copies