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Night outdoor homa scene on sandy ground. Several white brick fire-pit platforms with smoke rising are set up, with devotees standing around them holding brass plates and offerings. Men wear white dhotis and shirts; women wear white saris with gold borders, and one woman wears an orange-and-white sari. A small girl in a red checked outfit and a child in a white dress stand nearby, with oil lamps glowing in the background. No individual can be identified as a person in this crowd.

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February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11Night outdoor homa at a tented venue: a brick-lined fire pit sends up smoke and flames at lower left. Women in white and cream saris stand in a long line, several holding round white plates or bowls of offerings toward the pit; the foremost woman in a cream sari with gold border and a dark beaded necklace extends her plate. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, and a row of white-clad devotees waits behind the line under a blue tent canopy. No clear depiction of the a person is visible.2006-12-17Night scene under a tent at an outdoor homa or yagna. A brick fire pit with burning wood sends smoke upward. A woman in a green and gold saree with a red bindi holds a leaf offering over the fire, while a woman in a red-bordered saree beside her holds another offering. Several people in white dhotis and white sarees stand behind, including a man in white clothes near the pit. a person is not clearly visible, so no candidate is identified.2006-12-17Night outdoor homa in an open dirt ground at an ashram-style compound. Many devotees, mostly in white clothes, sit cross-legged on the earth in rows before small brick fire pits (kundas) holding offerings, flowers, and oil lamps. A woman in the foreground in white with a bench beside her tends a pit. Trees and a building are dimly lit behind the crowd, with a parked car visible near the back.2006-09-20Night-time outdoor homa ceremony with many participants seated on the ground before rectangular brick fire pits. Flames rise from the pits as people hold oil lamps and offering plates. A man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and gold-toned bangle, pouring or tending the fire. Beside him a young man wears an orange-and-white shirt holding a lit lamp, and an older man with white hair and a white dhoti sits with hands together. Women in white saris and a girl in yellow stand or sit among the rows. Hundreds of people are visible across the field in the background, many in white clothes, with more fire pits and lamps.2007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11Night photograph of a large outdoor homa or yagna in progress, with many rows of people seated on the ground before small square fire pits built from white bricks. Each pit holds a burning flame with a lit oil lamp or dish beside it, and metal bowls of offerings are set around the pits. Participants wear white shirts, pale blue and yellow saris, and a few saffron-toned garments, and many appear to be tending the fires or placing offerings. Hundreds of additional small lamps glow across the dark field, and a faint dove-shaped logo appears in the upper left corner.2007-02-11December 17 20062006-12-17Night photograph of a large outdoor gathering of devotees performing fire rituals on sandy ground. Hundreds of people sit in rows behind small brick-built fire pits, each with a burning flame, offering plates, steel bowls and flower garlands in front of them. Many women wear white and cream saris with coloured borders, one in a green sari and another in red and white. Men wear white shirts and dhotis. Smoke and haze hang over the crowd, lit by warm flame light and a distant spotlight. A foreground woman in a red blouse and white bordered sari sits with an offering plate. The scene suggests a homa or fire ritual performed collectively.2007-02-11