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Night photograph of a smoky ritual gathering in a hall. Dense white smoke drifts through the scene, lit by a bright light behind. Many people stand in white or light clothes, some in shadow; a man in the right foreground wears glasses and a white shirt and looks toward the smoke. Small oil lamps and offering items sit on the floor near the people, and a few figures crouch or sit. Strings of decorations hang from the ceiling on the left.

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September 20 20062006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20Night outdoor fire ritual on a dirt ground under hazy smoke lit by street lamps. Many devotees in white shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas, plus women in sarees and salwar-style dress, stand around several small fire pits built of stacked bricks, where flames and offering materials burn. Some people hold their hands together in prayer or stand with folded hands, while others tend the fires. A bare-tree and building silhouette forms the background. The scene suggests a homa fire ceremony with a sizeable crowd, though only the visible participants are counted.2006-09-20Night photo of an outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground lit by street lamps. Brick-lined fire pits with burning flames and oil lamps are arranged across the ground, and smoke fills the air. Devotees in white and cream clothing stand and move around the fire pits, with one man in a white turban and white dhoti passing something near a pit. A woman in a white sari and others in white stand nearby, while a man in a green shirt and dark trousers stands at right and people watch from the background. Trees and a building are visible behind the crowd.2006-09-20Night photograph of a smoky outdoor homa ground with many people in white clothes. In the foreground a woman in a white saree with gold bangles stands beside a woman in a white and grey patterned saree. A woman in a red blouse and yellow saree crouches at small brick fire pits, tending flames. Devotees in white kurtas and sarees stand across the dusty ground among scattered offerings, with smoke drifting over a low building in the background.2006-09-20Night outdoor fire ritual in a open ground lit by street lamps, with thick smoke drifting through the scene. Many people in white and light clothing stand around small raised fire pits and brick platforms with flames and offerings. A man in white holds an object in front of him near a fire, and a person wearing an orange shawl stands among the group in white dress. A woman in a red blouse and yellow sari stands at right beside a pit. Oil lamps and small fires glow on the ground, consistent with a homa or yagna gathering. No clearly identifiable a person figure is confidently visible; the orange-shawled person is not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2006-09-20Night photograph of an outdoor homa or fire ritual at a Chennai event. Dense smoke fills the air, lit by two bright floodlights above and a larger light on a structure behind. Many people sit or stand on the ground in a crowd, and a few small flames burn in the foreground, including a fire near the centre-left and a small flame at lower right. Figures are blurred and largely indistinct, and no clearly identifiable person in saffron or ornate dress is visible. Scattered people are shown in silhouette against the smoke.2006-09-20Night photograph of an outdoor homa ceremony in a paved courtyard, with smoke drifting through the scene. Rows of low brick fire pits with small flames and offerings sit on the ground. Many people in white and cream clothing stand around, including a woman in a yellow sari on the left holding an offering, a woman in a cream sari, and a man in a green shirt on the right. A man in a light shirt and a figure wearing a white head covering stand near the centre, with a handshake or offering exchanged between them. Street lamps glow in the background.2006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20A large outdoor homa gathering in dense smoke at dusk or dawn. Many people in white clothing sit on the ground in rows, with small fire pits glowing in front of them. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a pendant necklace kneels beside a fire, and a man in a white shirt sits at lower left. Smoke fills the scene, obscuring the background crowd.2006-09-20Smoky outdoor ritual at dusk where many people in white clothes sit and kneel on the ground around small lit oil lamps and fire pits. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, and a man in a white shirt stands nearby. A small child in white walks at center, and another man in white bends over a lamp at right. Stone blocks and brass vessels with offerings sit on the ground, and a green-and-white cloth is draped over a bent figure at right. Smoke fills the air. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-09-20