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Night-time outdoor homa ceremony with many participants seated on the ground before rectangular brick fire pits. Flames rise from the pits as people hold oil lamps and offering plates. A man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and gold-toned bangle, pouring or tending the fire. Beside him a young man wears an orange-and-white shirt holding a lit lamp, and an older man with white hair and a white dhoti sits with hands together. Women in white saris and a girl in yellow stand or sit among the rows. Hundreds of people are visible across the field in the background, many in white clothes, with more fire pits and lamps.

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Night outdoor ritual in which many devotees sit on the ground before small square brick fire pits, each with a burning fire and offerings in brass plates. Most wear white dhotis and shirts, and several have rudraksha malas around their necks. A woman in an orange-yellow sari sits at the left. Smoke rises through the scene, and a large banner behind shows a painted portrait of a saint and an image of a woman in orange with a mala. A string of coloured lights hangs above. A homa or yagna is being performed. No individual has been identified as a person, and no candidate appears in the scene.2014-06-29February 11 20072007-02-11Night photograph of a large outdoor homa or yagna in progress, with many rows of people seated on the ground before small square fire pits built from white bricks. Each pit holds a burning flame with a lit oil lamp or dish beside it, and metal bowls of offerings are set around the pits. Participants wear white shirts, pale blue and yellow saris, and a few saffron-toned garments, and many appear to be tending the fires or placing offerings. Hundreds of additional small lamps glow across the dark field, and a faint dove-shaped logo appears in the upper left corner.2007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11June 19 20142014-06-19 +2 copiesNight-time outdoor homa ceremony with a vast crowd seated on the ground in rows before many small square brick fire pits. Each pit holds a bright flame, and participants in white and coloured clothing sit beside them with brass plates and offerings. Overhead floodlights and haze light the scene. A small blue-and-white bird logo appears in the upper left corner. The gathering is in the many hundreds, with rows extending into the distance.2007-02-11Devotees in white clothing perform a homa at a row of brick fire pits, with flames rising from several of them under a striped red-and-white tent. In the foreground a woman with grey-streaked hair in a white sari with a gold border holds a green leaf over the fire, beside a small brass bowl and a brass vessel. Behind her a man in white shirt and dhoti and a younger woman in a white top sit cross-legged tending the fires, while many more people in white and colourful saris sit in the smoky background.2014-06-29 +1 copiesOutdoor Rudra Homa at dusk in a palm-lined grounds. Many men and women in white dhotis and shirts, and a woman in a yellow-orange sari, sit cross-legged before rows of square brick fire pits blazing with flames. Participants feed sticks and offerings into the fire with long ladles and spoons, while plates of offerings and bundles of twigs lie on the sand. Behind them a decorated backdrop shows large painted portraits of a saint in a yellow robe with rudraksha beads and a red-garlanded woman, plus green string lights. About 30 to 40 people are visible across the homa rows.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11Night outdoor homa or yagna in progress on bare sandy ground, with many devotees seated in rows around small brick fire pits. Flames rise from several square fire pits, and smoke fills the dim air. Most participants wear white or pale clothing, with women in white saris, yellow and pink saris, and men in white shirts and dhotis. Some sit with offering plates of flowers and fruit beside them. A few children are visible among the seated crowd. Trees and a low building form the dark background, with a parked vehicle at right. a person is not clearly identifiable in this image.2006-09-20Night outdoor fire ritual on a sandy open ground in Chennai, with many hundreds of seated participants in white clothes performing homa. Small fire pits burn in front of each group, with offerings and brass vessels arranged on low brick platforms, and smoke drifts through the scene. Men and women in white dhotis and saris sit in rows, several wearing rudraksha malas. A multi-storey building and parked vehicles stand in the background under a dim sky. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-09-20