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A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof and bamboo poles hung with strings of leaves shows many devotees seated on mats in white clothing performing a fire ritual. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari sits before a white square fire pit with bright flames and brass vessels, holding a ladle. Beside her, a man in white clothes and a woman in white sari sit at other white fire pits, with a person in orange cloth nearby. Background rows of seated participants and a cameraman extend into the hall. Dry ground and green plantain-like plants frame the scene.

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July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof and bamboo-and-leaf decorations hangs overhead. Rows of devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats before square, whitewashed fire pits (homa kundas), with bright flames burning in several of them. A man in the foreground wearing a white shirt and white dhoti sits at a fire pit, with brass vessels and oil lamps placed on the ground. Many other white-clad participants sit at the fire pits across the hall, forming a yagna ceremony.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a thatched roof and bamboo-style pillars hung with strings of decorative leaves and flowers, filled with many people in white ritual clothes seated on mats around white tiered fire-pit platforms (homa kundas) with brass pots, lamps and offering trays. Participants, mostly men and some women, sit in rows performing a fire offering ritual; in the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti tends an offering tray with flowers and a brass vessel. Lines of white tube lights hang from the rafters. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the seated participants, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2006-07-17July 18 20062006-07-18July 17 20062006-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17