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Outdoor courtyard in front of a white-walled building with a tiled porch, palm trees behind. Several rectangular yellow-brick fire pits stand on sandy ground, each holding dry sticks, offerings and small bowls, with decorative white kolam designs drawn on the ground. Three men in white dhotis and shirts stand near the pits, one bending to work, with a yellow van and scooter parked beside the wall. A brass oil lamp stands at right on a striped mat with a tray of flowers. This is a homa fire-pit setup being prepared.

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Outdoor ritual setup on bare earth in a courtyard. Four square fire pits are lined with yellow-painted bricks and hold dried twigs and kindling, with metal bowls of fruit and offerings at their edges. A tall brass oil lamp stands at the centre front, with a brass puja vessel beside it. The foreground sits on a striped green, pink and yellow cloth with a white folded cushion, a plate of fruit and a small brass bell. Behind, a white draped canopy and a yellow van are visible, with a few people in white clothes at the far right and a tree at the back. No person is seated in the foreground. This appears to be a homa or yagna preparation area.2006-07-30An outdoor courtyard set up for a homa or yagna. Several rectangular fire pits built from stacked yellow bricks sit in rows on bare earth. Each pit holds offerings, small plates and bowls. In the foreground a green and red striped mat, with a white cloth folded on it, sits before a brass oil lamp, brass vessels and a plate with fruit. Large white and red lotus-patterned rangoli designs decorate the ground. Behind, a white draped canopy stands beside a parked yellow truck. Two people in white clothes are visible at the right edge, tending the setup. No one else is visible.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30Outdoor ritual homa in a sandy courtyard beside a white building with a lattice-screen wall and trees. Two square brick fire pits burn with wood flames; the larger one in front is lit. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a white head wrap, wearing gold necklaces, holds a silver plate and stands on a striped green-and-maroon mat beside a brass oil lamp. Opposite, a man in a white dhoti and shirt crouches to tend the fire pit, with a red-and-white offering plate nearby. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti stands behind the pit, and a figure in white stands further back. Motorcycles are parked along the right side. Kolam designs decorate the ground. Mainly ritual setting with ordinary Indian attire and yagna fire.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30Outdoor homa ritual in a courtyard beside a white building with a lattice wall and trees. Two brick fire pits, one with a burning fire, stand on sandy ground. A man in white dhoti with a white head wrap, long gold-coloured beaded necklace and a bare chest stands on a striped green and red mat, holding a brass lamp. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and saffron-orange shawl holds a brass lamp stand near the fire. Behind them a man in white clothes stands, and a man in white shirt and trousers holds a steel plate. Rangoli kolam patterns decorate the ground and motorcycles are parked in the background. Three people are visible in the scene.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30Outdoor homa at a brick-lined fire pit in a courtyard with parked motorbikes and cars behind. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl kneels at the left, holding a small vessel. Beside the pit, a figure in white robes with a gold-bordered yellow shawl, a white head wrap and a long gold necklace stands and pours offerings into the flames. Another man in white stands in the background. Brass oil lamps, a green mat, plates of offerings and small bundled sticks are arranged around the fire. Trees and a white latticed building form the backdrop.2006-07-30Outdoor ritual yagna in a courtyard in front of white-walled buildings. A brick-lined fire pit with a sand base and dried grass sits on the ground, and a brass oil lamp stands at its edge. A woman in a white and yellow sari with a white head covering and a beaded gold necklace stands beside a kneeling man in a white dhoti and orange shawl who tends the lamp. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand or walk nearby, and a woman in a green sari stands at left. Flat green and pink woven mats are laid on the ground. Small offering bowls with fruit and flowers sit around the fire pit.2006-07-30Outdoor photo of a homa at an event courtyard. Several brick fire pits with bright flames stand on swept sandy ground, with white kolam floor designs in the foreground and a green-and-orange striped mat holding a brass oil lamp, a plate and offerings. Four or five people in plain white dhotis and shirts tend the fires; one woman in a white sari stands near the front fire. A white draped tent backdrop, a parked truck and a low building with a corrugated roof sit behind them under trees.2006-07-30