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Night photograph of an outdoor homa or fire ritual at a Chennai event. Dense smoke fills the air, lit by two bright floodlights above and a larger light on a structure behind. Many people sit or stand on the ground in a crowd, and a few small flames burn in the foreground, including a fire near the centre-left and a small flame at lower right. Figures are blurred and largely indistinct, and no clearly identifiable person in saffron or ornate dress is visible. Scattered people are shown in silhouette against the smoke.

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A night-time outdoor photo of a homa or fire ritual on open ground, heavy white smoke filling the frame. Many blurred silhouetted people, mostly seated or bending, sit and move among small flickering fires on the ground. Bright floodlights glow through the haze behind them. The figures are too indistinct to make out clothing colours or individual roles, and no clear individual can be identified as a person.2006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20A large outdoor homa gathering in dense smoke at dusk or dawn. Many people in white clothing sit on the ground in rows, with small fire pits glowing in front of them. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a pendant necklace kneels beside a fire, and a man in a white shirt sits at lower left. Smoke fills the scene, obscuring the background crowd.2006-09-20Night outdoor fire ritual on a dirt ground under hazy smoke lit by street lamps. Many devotees in white shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas, plus women in sarees and salwar-style dress, stand around several small fire pits built of stacked bricks, where flames and offering materials burn. Some people hold their hands together in prayer or stand with folded hands, while others tend the fires. A bare-tree and building silhouette forms the background. The scene suggests a homa fire ceremony with a sizeable crowd, though only the visible participants are counted.2006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20January 01 20092009-01-01Night photograph of a smoky ritual gathering in a hall. Dense white smoke drifts through the scene, lit by a bright light behind. Many people stand in white or light clothes, some in shadow; a man in the right foreground wears glasses and a white shirt and looks toward the smoke. Small oil lamps and offering items sit on the floor near the people, and a few figures crouch or sit. Strings of decorations hang from the ceiling on the left.2006-09-20Night photo of an outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground lit by street lamps. Brick-lined fire pits with burning flames and oil lamps are arranged across the ground, and smoke fills the air. Devotees in white and cream clothing stand and move around the fire pits, with one man in a white turban and white dhoti passing something near a pit. A woman in a white sari and others in white stand nearby, while a man in a green shirt and dark trousers stands at right and people watch from the background. Trees and a building are visible behind the crowd.2006-09-20A dark night outdoor scene at an ashram ground where small flames burn on the dirt in scattered clusters. A seated figure in the foreground, wearing a light cloth wrap, sits cross-legged with hands together, facing the fires. Several other people sit or stand in the smoky background near more glowing fire points, with a lit lamp on a pole and a low building with lit windows behind them. The mood is night ritual or meditation around small fires.2006-08-18Night photograph of an outdoor ritual ground at a monastic training gathering. Many seated figures in pale or saffron-toned clothing sit in rows across dark earth, with small flames and glowing red-orange lamps arranged in circles on the ground. A bright floodlight glows in the background beside a low building with a flag. In the foreground, a seated figure in orange-tinted robes sits beside a small fire, and smoke drifts through the scene.2006-08-18Night photograph of an outdoor gathering at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with many people seated on the ground in white clothing in rows across a dark field. Small fires and glowing oil lamps are arranged in circles and lines on the earth, casting orange light. A single bright floodlight and a flagpole with an orange flag stand in the background beside a low building and palm trees. A small fire burns in the foreground where a seated person in light clothing sits near the flames. Smoke drifts through the scene. The arrangement suggests a ritual vigil or monastic training session.2006-08-18