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Outdoor homa ritual with several couples seated on the ground around small brick-lined fire pits with open flames. The foreground man wears white dhoti and shirt with a white and red flower garland and works at the fire, beside a woman in a red blouse and red-and-white checked sari wearing a white and red garland. Other participants in white clothes, garlands and a woman in orange sari sit around the fire pits, with brass vessels, plates of offerings and a small brass lamp in front. A crowd of onlookers stands behind in white, pink and saffron garments.

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December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26Outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground beside a brick-built fire pit with a bright flame and burning wood. Seated participants in white dhotis and shirts and in red, orange and green silk saris wear white and red flower garlands. A woman in the foreground in a red sari with gold border and gold bangles sits with folded hands, while a bald older man in white garlanded clothing sits beside her. Brass pots, plates of yellow flowers, bowls of offerings and a ladle lie on the brick surround. Several other devotees are seated in the background.2006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26Crowded outdoor homa ceremony with many devotees seated on the ground around low brick fire pits (kundas) with flames and smoke. Several participants wear white ritual clothes with garlands of white and red flowers; a man in white with a red-and-white garland sits in the centre-front, a woman in a red sari with floral garland performs offerings beside him, and a young girl in a pink-and-maroon sari with beaded necklace sits with palms pressed together. Brass vessels, oil lamps, plates of fruit and flower offerings sit near the fires. Background shows a large standing crowd, including a man in a saffron-trimmed shawl and people in yellow and blue saris.2006-12-26