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A 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.

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A 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 large open-sided pandal hall with a dusty earthen floor and a corrugated roof, lined with rows of white tube lights on bamboo posts. Many devotees in white clothing sit cross-legged on mats in long rows behind small white circular fire pits, several with small flames and offering plates, some holding brass vessels and trays of offerings. Bright sunlight and haze fill the hall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible at the front of the hall in this view.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and rows of white fluorescent tubes hanging from the beams, filled with smoke. Women in white cotton clothing sit on the sandy floor before small fire pits, with smoke rising around them. In the foreground, a woman in a white blouse and mundu stirs a fire pit with a long ladle, while a woman in a pink-bordered cream sari with a hair clip and bead necklace sits beside it. Several palm trees stand among the pillars, and small offering plates sit on mats near the fire pits. a person is not clearly visible in this image.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 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.2006-07-17A 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.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and bamboo pillars holds a seated ritual gathering. Many devotees in white clothing sit cross-legged on mats before white stone homa pits, many with small brass plates and oil lamps set before them. A raised stage at the right is draped in purple cloth with a decorated backdrop and a central image, with a microphone and speakers nearby. Banners and string decorations hang along the back. Several people stand among the seated devotees, and the crowd fills most of the hall.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-air hall with a sandy floor and a thatched roof on tall poles shows many devotees seated on mats before white square fire pits, performing a homa. Most wear white clothing; in the foreground a man in white with a pale shirt sits with palms pressed together in prayer beside a pit holding brass vessels, a coconut and offerings. Nearby women in white sit in prayer, and small brass lamps and plates of flowers and offerings sit at the pit edges. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the foreground participants. Hundreds of people are visible across the hall.2006-07-17