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A homa or yagna under a thatched shelter, with smoke filling the space. A priest in an orange-red garment stands at the right, holding a long pole with a green cloth at its end over the fire pit. Many people in white clothes sit on the ground in the smoky background. The fire pit and altar are decorated with marigold and pink flower garlands, palm fronds and a kalasha-like offering with a tall palm spathe. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the thatched roof.

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A photograph of a fire ritual under a thatched palm-leaf roof, with thick smoke filling the bright background. In the centre a man in a white dhoti and white head cloth, with an orange-red shawl over his shoulder, stands at a sacred fire pit holding a long pole or ladle and a green palm frond. Behind him, a crowd of seated devotees, many in white, watches the homa. The foreground is decorated with flower garlands in pink, red and yellow, a kalasha-like vessel, and offerings on a raised platform. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the roof. The image is a photo of a homa/yagna rite, with no clearly identifiable person identified by face.2006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14July 17 20062006-07-17September 14 20062006-09-14July 18 20062006-07-18A large open-sided pandal hall with a corrugated metal roof and banana-leaf and sugarcane stalks lashed to bamboo poles, with rows of seated devotees in white dhotis and saris. In the foreground a figure in orange clothing sits at a fire pit with smoke rising, while a silver vessel holds pink and white flower petals and marigold garlands lie on the ground. Several seated people near the fire wear white, and one wears a yellow top. The scene suggests a fire ritual in progress, with white-clad participants gathered in lines across the hall.2006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual inside a thatched open-sided pavilion, with heavy white smoke billowing from a fire pit at the lower left. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt, with a light cream turban and an orange-and-maroon shawl across his shoulders, holds a tray upward over the flames. Another tray of yellow flowers and greenery rests in his left hand. Several seated people in white clothes are visible in the smoky background, and marigold and pink flower garlands decorate the ritual area. A brass deity murti and a brass lamp sit near the fire pit.2006-09-14Photograph of a large open-hall fire ritual (homa/yagna) under smoke, with banana-leaf and palm-frond decorations and rows of lights overhead. At the left front, a man in an orange-and-saffron shawl sits behind a low table of brass vessels, flowers and offerings, with a woman in a red-orange garland-adorned sari beside him. Rows of seated devotees in white clothing fill the floor, several with hands joined in prayer, and a figure in an orange wrap sits among them in the foreground. Dense crowd beyond. Candidate a person for the orange-shawled figure at the altar, but appearance cues are limited, so identity is uncertain.2006-07-17September 14 20062006-09-14