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Outdoor ritual on bare dirt ground where rows of seated devotees perform a homa or puja beside low brick platforms. Each brick stack holds brass bowls, oil lamps, flower petals, yellow marigold blossoms, red flowers and small brass vessels. Many participants wear white or cream clothes, and several women wear white saris. A man in the foreground wears a white shirt, and a younger man in white sits beside him. A large crowd of standing spectators, some in colourful saris, stands behind a metal railing near a white van. A saffron flag is visible at top left, and a sign on the right is not legible.

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September 03 20072007-09-03December 02 20072007-12-02September 03 20072007-09-03A large outdoor gathering of many people seated on sandy ground in rows, facing forward during a fire ritual. Each participant sits behind a small white brick fire pit filled with burning wood and offering plates holding food and flowers. Many wear white or cream clothing, with some women in yellow and orange sarees and a few men in saffron. Some people sit on mats or cloth, and a few stand between the rows. Palm trees and a bright, hazy sky fill the background.2007-02-11A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees performing a fire ritual on the bare ground. Each person sits behind a small square fire pit built from red bricks, with lit flames and small brass lamps or dishes in front of them. Many wear white shirts or white saris, and some wear ribbon badges. The woman in the right foreground wears a white blouse, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a blue rosette badge, and sits with hands folded. Two women in green-yellow and orange saris sit nearby. Smoke hangs over the rows of people and fire pits, with more lamps glowing in the background. This shows a homa or yagna style fire ceremony rather than a single prominent figure. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.2007-11-18A large outdoor homa gathering in a sandy open ground shaded by trees. Hundreds of participants sit cross-legged in neat rows behind small square fire pits built from red bricks, each containing kindling sticks and brass vessels. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, with some in pale blue or checked shirts; women wear white, green and red saris. Participants wear lanyard name badges. A few standing figures in white move among the rows, and a white building and boundary wall appear in the background.2007-12-02A large outdoor crowd of devotees sits on the ground among rows of red bricks laid out as seating or ritual platforms, many with plates of flowers, fruit and lamps before them. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, women wear saris in blue, green, orange and pink, and a woman in a white sari stands near the left. A white temple wall and green trees frame the scene, with red-draped barricades and white and orange flags in the background. A banner-sized framed portrait is visible on the right fence, though no clear identification is possible. The gathering appears to be a sacred ceremony with offerings and sustained seated attention.2007-09-03Outdoor ritual gathering under tall trees at the Sapthayagam site in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Many people sit in rows on the ground behind small brick fire-pit enclosures, each with dried straw or sticks and small brass vessels, performing a homa/yagna. Most wear white clothes, with a few in colourful saris and yellow shirts. A man in white near the left wears an orange-bordered shawl and stands among the rows. Behind them are white buildings and a concrete structure under construction. A dense crowd of roughly one hundred or more people is visible, and no clear a person candidate can be identified in the scene.2007-12-02September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03Outdoors under tall trees at dusk, a large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on bare ground before rows of small brick fire pits called kundas. Many participants wear white dhotis and shirts, while several women wear orange, blue, purple and pink saris. Each person tends a small pit with dried twigs and grass, and brass bowls and small oil lamps are lit beside them, forming a homa or yagna ritual. Single-storey buildings and a lamp post stand in the background. No individual can be clearly identified as a person in this wide view.2007-12-02 +1 copiesOutdoor homa or yagna on bare earth: rows of men and women in white dhotis and kurtas sit cross-legged before small brick fire pits (kundas) with wood sticks, marigold petals, oil lamps and brass bowls set on banana-leaf plates. Many devotees wear rudraksha malas. Behind them a large crowd stands and watches under palm trees beside a small temple gopuram and a concrete building. No single robed figure stands out as a clear a person candidate.2007-09-03