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Outdoor homa ceremony at a large open-air gathering. A tall fire blazes on a platform of stacked yellow bricks strewn with flower petals, with smoke rising. Beside the fire, a man in a white sleeveless top operates a camera on a tripod. Behind the fire, many seated women in saffron, red, pink and purple saris and shawls sit on mats under white canopies and blue tarpaulin, with a tent frame and distant buildings in the background. Some women wear gold necklaces and bindis.

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Outdoor homa at a large open-air gathering. A fire blazes on a tiered brick altar edged with yellow-marigold garlands, with smoke rising. Several priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls sit at the fire, one wearing a bright orange turban and rudraksha malas. A brass oil lamp stands on the red-carpeted ground in front. Seated women in colourful saris and shawls and some men fill the foreground, with a crowd beyond. A cameraman films from a tripod on the right beside a metal lighting truss, and a standing man in white ritual clothing is at the far right. Smoke and a tent backdrop fill the background.2017-12-12December 12 20172017-12-12December 28 20172017-12-28Outdoor cremation ceremony on open grass under striped multicoloured canopies. A large pyre of stacked logs burns on a brick-edged platform with pink powder marking the ground. A figure in orange-red dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala stands beside the fire. A dense crowd of roughly 100 people, mostly men in white clothes, sits on the ground, with some in orange robes. Smoke rises against a bright sky.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor funeral cremation ceremony on a dry dirt and grass field under a tent with colourful bunting. A large pyre of stacked logs sits on a ring of bricks, its perimeter dusted with purple and pink powder and marked by yellow flower petals. A saffron-robed sannyasi with long swept-back hair stands near the pyre, and another orange-clad figure with hands folded in prayer stands at right. Two men in white shirts and dhotis stand at the pyre, one holding a white cloth. A large seated crowd in white clothes sits on the grass behind them under the tent and open sky.2005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre of stacked logs, already burning with tall orange flames and smoke rising, set on brick base on open grass under a colourful striped tent canopy. Several white-clad people stand with hands folded in prayer near the fire; a woman in a white sari stands centre-left. Two shirtless figures in saffron-orange dhotis stand on the right, one with long dark hair, facing the pyre. A large crowd in white and light clothing sits on the grass behind.2005-11-14December 12 20172017-12-12Large 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.2017-12-12November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation pyre of stacked logs on brick base, smoke rising, with a figure in orange-saffron robes using a long stick to tend the fire at left. A white-clad person stands nearby. Behind, a seated crowd in white and orange clothes sits on grass under a tent strung with colourful prayer flags. Marigold petals scattered on the ground at the pyre's base. Visible people number roughly 20-30 in the background, plus the tending figure and one standing white-clad figure at left edge.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14