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A large open pavilion with a corrugated roof on bamboo poles, decorated with palm fronds and hanging leaves, holds rows of people seated on mats at small white square fire-pit platforms for a homa. Many participants wear white clothes; several women in white saris, one with a rudraksha mala, sit with brass bowls, plates and offerings before them. Banners hang along the far walls. The scene shows a mass fire-offering ritual in progress with many seated devotees.

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A large open-sided pandal with corrugated roof and banana-trunk pillars hung with strings of flowers and leaves. Many devotees in plain white ritual clothes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on mats in front of white-tiered altar platforms holding small brass lamps and offering plates, performing a homa-style yagna. Hanging banners and portraits line the back walls. In the foreground a man in white with a mala sits near the front, and a woman in a white sari with a mala sits at right; no clearly identifiable central figure is visible among them. The scene is a fire-offering ceremony with seated participants.2006-07-17July 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 20062006-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 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.2006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a thatched and corrugated roof supported by many bamboo posts, decorated with hanging green banana bunches and colourful woven garlands on the pillars. Hundreds of people in white ritual clothes sit cross-legged on mats and on white square fire-pit platforms across a sandy floor, many with brass plates and offerings in front of them, taking part in a fire-offering ceremony. Several individuals in white sit on mats in the foreground, and a few women in white sit on a chair at right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is discernible among the seated participants, so the candidate is uncertain. Overall the scene reads as a yajna with fire pits and offerings.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof, bamboo poles and hanging strings of green leaves and flowers, where many people sit on mats in rows facing fire-offering stations. Seated figures wear white dhotis and shirts, and women wear white saris with gold borders; a man in the foreground wears a white shirt and rudraksha-style beads. Small brass oil lamps and kalasha-like vessels sit on white platforms, and palm fronds stand between the pillars. Banners and flex boards line the far walls, and a cameraman stands among the crowd. The scene suggests a yajna or homa gathering, though exact details are not clearly legible.2006-07-17