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A photograph of a row of devotees performing a ritual outdoors among white brick steps, with smoke or incense haze filling the scene. Several people in white clothing sit or kneel along the steps, holding brass plates and small bowls with lit oil lamps (diyas) and offerings, one bowl holding red and orange cloth. The foremost person, a young woman with dark hair, wears white with a red-striped sash and holds a flame or bowl toward the steps. Others beside her, including a person with glasses and another in orange, also hold offerings. The steps are dotted with red kumkum and small lamps.

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A smoky homa or fire ritual at a row of white brick fire altars. Several devotees in white clothes sit in a line, several in saffron-orange robes at the right edge. A young boy in white with a red-bordered shawl in the center pours or offers from a brass vessel, with a bronze bowl of offerings and red-cloth items on the altar ledge. A small oil lamp flame glows among the bricks. Smoke fills the upper scene.2006-07-11July 11 20062006-07-11July 11 20062006-07-11Photograph of several young women seated on the ground performing a fire ritual. They wear white dhotis or sarees with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and some hold brass ladles and dishes of offerings. Brass bowls and small lamps sit on mats. Smoke drifts through the scene and a woman in the foreground gazes ahead. No visible candidate for a person appears in the frame.2008-11-11June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA dense, smoky scene of a fire ritual in progress. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and cream shirt crouches at a brick fire pit, extending his hand toward burning flames. Beside him a woman in a teal green sari with flower garland sits behind the fire pit. Behind them many people in white and light clothing sit closely together, with more small fire pits glowing among the smoke. Brick fire pits hold flames, offerings and marigold petals.2007-02-11A photograph of an outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged behind rows of white brick fire pits, feeding offerings into small flames with long ladles and spoons. Smoke rises from the pits. Metal plates hold leaves, herbs, and bundled wood, and a long cloth-covered table on the right displays bananas, fruit, and red-and-orange cloth offerings. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white, several women in colourful saris, and a few bright orange and red garments fill the background. Chalk kolam-style patterns mark the ground, with scattered flower petals near the fire pits.2010-07-24A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in an outdoor setting. Rows of devotees sit on the ground behind low brick fire pits (kund) with brass vessels, ladles and small offering trays with flowers. Devotees in white clothes and saffron/orange shawls sit with palms pressed together in prayer, some with heads bowed. A flame rises from a pit at the right edge. Several women in the foreground wear white with orange shawls, and one has long hair in a braid. Background shows more seated participants and a canopy.2008-11-11Outdoor homa or yagna in a open-sided pavilion with a palm tree and draped red and pink cloth backdrop. Rows of white-painted bricks form fire pits, with small flames and smoke rising from them. Several people in white clothing sit cross-legged at the pits, one man in a white shirt and white dhoti tending a fire with a brass ladle-like vessel and wooden stick. On the left, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a white forehead mark sits beside a flaming dish and fruit offerings on a woven mat. Many more people in white are seated in the background among the smoke.2006-12-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA row of fire pits built from brick and whitewashed stone blocks, with flames rising from each on a dusty ground in a ritual setting. Several participants in white clothing sit cross-legged along the line, tending the fires. On the right, a person in white and a red-orange garment feeds offerings into a fire, and a small brass bowl sits beside a pit. Smoke hangs in the air, consistent with a homa or yagna ritual. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of devotees under trees during a ritual. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length dark hair wears a white garment and an orange shawl, with a gold bracelet on his wrist, looking forward. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red-beaded mala sits with her hands clasped. Rows of seated people in white clothes with orange shawls continue behind them. In front, brass bowls with spoons rest on a stepped platform of bricks, holding flowers and small oil lamps. Other people sit further back among the trees.2008-11-11