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Night photograph of a small outdoor fire ritual on a dirt ground. A low brick fire pit with a small flame sits in the foreground, surrounded by stacked red bricks. A woman in a long-sleeved orange top and grey trousers, with a pink bag over her shoulder, leans over the fire pit tending it. Around her, several people in white robes and white kurtas stand or kneel, one in a white shawl with an orange scarf, and another kneeling in white holding a small object. Smoke hangs in the dark background, with a faint light at the left edge.

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Men in plain white shirts and dhotis tend a brick-lined fire pit in an indoor hall at night, feeding sticks into a small burning fire. Two men in the foreground bend low over the pit, while others in white garments with lanyard badges stand around the edge, some with grey hair and beards. Tiled walls, windows and a fire extinguisher are visible behind them. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ritual. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17Night-time outdoor ritual scene beside a shallow pit with ash, embers and a small flame at its edge. In the foreground a bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands with his back to the camera, gesturing toward the pit. Beside him a woman in an orange sari with a red garland faces the same way. A line of devotees stands behind them: men in white kurtas with maroon shawls and orange lanyards, a woman in a white salwar kameez with a dark shawl, a woman in a maroon shawl and white outfit, and another in a purple sari. Corrugated sheeting and a concrete block wall form the background, with bystanders at the left edge.2013-09-04Night photograph of a homa at a square fire pit built of white brick, with a bright flame rising from the centre and red and orange flower petals scattered on the brick rim. Several people in white ritual clothing stand around it at night, some holding round metal plates or trays of offerings toward the fire. One man in front bends over the pit tending the flame. A young man in white kneels at the left edge beside brass vessels, and a woman in a white and orange dotted sari stands at the far left. A woman at the right wears a red shawl and dark trousers and stretches an arm out to a plate.2006-07-23Night 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.2006-12-17A night-time outdoor cremation scene at Tiruvannamalai. A tall flame rises from a pyre of straw and flowers at right, while a woman in a red-orange sari and a man in white dhoti hold a long torch toward it. A brass plate with a small fire sits on the ground in front. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand around, one in a saffron wrap near the flame, and onlookers stand in the background.2011-01-14Night outdoor fire ritual. A central figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold-toned necklace tosses or offers something into the fire with one hand. To the right, a saffron-clad man with a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the far right holding a staff. Behind them, a crowd of roughly 25 people in white and saffron clothing, some with red shawls and marigold garlands, stands watching the ritual under the night sky.2013-07-13A night-time outdoor ritual on a bare earthen ground lit by a single fire. A small fire burns on a raised brick hearth at centre, with brick and wooden platforms around it. Several people in white clothes move around the fire carrying metal plates or offerings; one woman in a white sari stands near the fire, and a woman in a red blouse and pink sari holds a plate in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and light trousers with an ID badge walks in the lower centre, and an older woman in a white sari sits at lower left holding a plate. Others in white and saffron stand in the background, one wearing an orange shawl. Dark surroundings with a few distant lights.2006-07-23Evening outdoor homa at a fire pit built from bricks on a dirt ground. Several devotees in plain white clothes sit and kneel around the flames, and a woman in white and yellow sits at the front with brass vessels and a small lamp on a low wooden stand. A man in a white turban and white garments stands at the right, and a bare-headed man in white stands in the foreground. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white and checked shirts stands and sits near a building with trees and lit windows.2006-09-20December 17 20062006-12-17