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A large open hall filled with many devotees dressed in white seated on mats before tiered white fire altars during a yajna. In the foreground, a man in white with a rudraksha mala folds his hands in prayer beside a white fire pit with a small flame. An older man in white with a mala and a blue badge holds a brass dish and a pot of offerings near another fire pit with red flower offerings. Overhead tube lights hang from a tarpaulin ceiling, and hazy smoke fills the space. Hundreds of people are visible across the hall, so the count is 100+ in total, though only a few are clearly identifiable.

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A large open-sided pavilion with a tin roof, rows of tube lights hanging from wooden poles and a sandy floor holds a mass fire-offering ritual. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged around square white-painted fire altars (homa kundas) with small flames burning. In the foreground, a man in white sits behind a white altar with a brass vessel and a plate of red flowers. A man in white at right serves items on a plate on a mat. Crowds of seated participants fill the background.2006-07-17A large open-sided pandal hall with a dusty earthen floor and a corrugated roof, lined with rows of white tube lights on bamboo posts. Many devotees in white clothing sit cross-legged on mats in long rows behind small white circular fire pits, several with small flames and offering plates, some holding brass vessels and trays of offerings. Bright sunlight and haze fill the hall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible at the front of the hall in this view.2006-07-17A large open hall during a fire ritual, with many devotees seated on the sandy floor in rows, mostly dressed in white, with some in coloured saris. Fire pits are dug into the ground in front with small brass vessels and offerings beside them, and smoke drifts through the air. Palm fronds and tall poles decorate the structure overhead, and fluorescent tube lights hang from the rafters. Several people sit with hands folded in prayer, while a woman in an orange sari and a man in white in the foreground look toward the fire. A banner with text is visible on the upper right wall. a person's presence is not clearly visible in this image.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A long open pavilion with a corrugated roof and tall bamboo posts hung with strings of leaves, lit by rows of fluorescent tubes, with smoke haze in the air. Many people in white clothing sit cross-legged on mats in rows across a sandy floor. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari and a man in white with a red mala sit at a white square fire pit with brass bowls and offerings, performing a homa or yagna ritual, while a woman in white sits on a red plastic chair beside them. Several other fire pits are visible down the hall with people seated at each.2006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion filled with many seated participants performing a homa, a fire offering, on the ground. Smoke rises through the centre of the frame from a fire pit in front of a woman in a white sari with a light-blue badge, holding a plate. Other participants, mostly in white clothes, sit on mats around low white tiered platforms with small oil lamps. A woman in a yellow-and-pink sari with a rudraksha mala and a man in white dhoti sit nearby. Long rows of fluorescent tubes hang from a metal roof with pillars. Several people in the background wear white. No single a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17