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Outdoor homa at a large open-air pandal, smoke drifting through the scene. Many devotees in white ritual clothes sit on the sandy ground in rows, several with folded hands. A woman in an orange saree sits centre-left holding a brass bowl, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala sits at the front left. Small fire pits with offerings are visible in front of the seated crowd, and a stone fire altar sits in the lower foreground. A banner with text and palm fronds frame the top. The seated crowd is large, with many more people blurred in the background.

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December 26 20062006-12-26A 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.2006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual with devotees seated on the ground in white clothing. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a yellow rosette badge sits at a low brick fire pit where flames are burning, hands joined in prayer. Beside him, a younger boy with glasses and a garland presses his palms together, and a brass vessel with a ladle rests on the ground. Behind them, many men and women in white and pale clothing sit in rows under a white canopy, several with hands folded, amid smoke. Wooden poles wrapped with green leaves frame the scene.2006-07-17July 11 20062006-07-11A 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.2006-07-17Outdoor fire ritual under a open pavilion with palm fronds and a blue backdrop, where many devotees in white clothes sit on the sand-covered ground around small stone fire pits. A man in front left wears an orange cloth over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a light blue sari with a gold border sits with hands folded near a fire pit with flames. Several women wear white saris with gold borders, and a few men wear white kurtas with mala beads. Brass vessels, a water bottle and offering dishes sit on the pits. A small figure with a visible crown-like headdress is seen at the far upper stage, but the appearance is too uncertain to attribute. Participants appear to be attending a homa/yagna with fire offerings.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion with a tall roof and rows of tube lights, where many people in white clothes sit on mats performing fire offerings at square white fire pits. Smoke rises through the hall. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a blue-and-yellow badge sits behind a fire pit, extending her hand over the smoke, and another woman in white sits beside her. Another seated woman in white with a blue badge holds a pot near a pit. Many more participants sit in rows in the background, several with small oil lamps and offering plates. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the foreground, so no candidate is asserted. A homa-style fire ritual is taking place with many devotees.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A 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.2006-07-17