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Outdoor ritual under a open-sided thatched canopy of wooden poles and palm fronds. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border sits cross-legged before a fire pit built from stacked white blocks, holding a small object in her hands and wearing a red rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind her on the left, a man in white clothes sits beside a row of white-painted brick blocks and small offering pots. Further back, rows of seated devotees, several in orange and red saris, watch the proceedings. Brass bowls, a brass lamp and small clay pots with green leaves rest on the ground in front of the fire pit, consistent with a homa or puja setup.

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November 11 20062006-11-11 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ritual at a brick fire pit. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a red and gold border sits cross-legged, wearing a white forehead mark and beaded necklace, and offers into the flames with a ladle. Brass vessels, banana-leaf plates of fruit and flower offerings, and a small kumkum dish sit on a mat. Behind her, many devotees in white clothes sit at rows of white brick fire pits, with flames and smoke rising. A red and pink fabric canopy and palm trees frame the scene. A man in white at right holds a ladle at another fire pit.2006-12-29A photograph of an outdoor ritual gathering under a tent. In the foreground, several women in white dhotis or saris with orange shawls sit on mats behind small brick fire pits, each with brass bowls, a brass plate with orange kumkum, and incense sticks. Behind them, a large crowd of seated devotees fills the open ground, with some wearing white and others in colourful garments under the tent canopy.2008-11-11September 29 20062006-09-29January 24 20052005-01-24Outdoor homa ceremony under a corrugated metal shelter with a hillside of rocks behind. Many devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sit on mats in rows before small brick fire pits, holding lit torches or lamps and offering flames into the fire. Smoke rises from the pits, and brass pots and plates of flowers and fruit sit in front of them. At the far end, a deity murti decorated with garlands and a draped canopy stands on a raised altar, with a priest in white at its side and a tall lamp stand nearby. Painted pillars frame the shelter.2008-11-11A photograph of a homa or yagna ceremony held under a tarpaulin canopy with a rocky hillside behind. Seated devotees in white clothes, many with orange sashes, sit on mats in rows before brick fire pits. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits in the foreground with her head bowed, and brass bowls, kalasha-style vessels, flower petals and offerings sit on banana-leaf plates. Smoke rises from the fire at the back, near a decorated shrine canopy with a deity murti and a priest in white standing at the altar.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.2006-12-29Outdoor homa ritual at an open-air ground under palm trees and strings of purple and orange bunting. In the foreground a woman in a blue-bordered white sari with a dark rudraksha-style mala sits cross-legged, hands joined in prayer, beside a square fire pit built from white bricks with a brass bowl and bundled sticks as offerings. Behind her, many people in white clothes sit and stand along a bamboo railing, several with hands folded, and a pink and gold draped canopy stands at right. Watermarked archive photograph style with purple flags overhead.2006-12-29January 24 20052005-01-24 +1 copiesJuly 17 20062006-07-17Outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal roof with rows of seated devotees in white dhotis and white clothing with orange shawls. In the foreground a young woman in a white sari with a gold border and orange shawl sits with hands joined in prayer beside a brass plate holding flower petals and a small brass lamp. Rows of brass bowls, small brass vessels and incense sticks line low brick platforms on the mats. Behind them other devotees sit in lines under the shelter, with trees and a brick structure visible beyond.2008-11-11