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Outdoor fire ritual (homa) on a dirt ground under palm trees, with smoke rising. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at the front of a circular fire pit with flames burning, holding a brass vessel. Around the pit and behind it, many people in white clothes sit in rows performing the ritual, while two standing men in white dress, one with a yellow cloth and one with a red-orange shawl, look on. A figure in orange sits at the right edge, and a white stone structure with a figure stands at left. The scene includes a small white building with a green roof in the background.

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June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor homa ritual at dusk amid smoke and palm trees. A figure in orange robes with a red-beaded rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular fire pit with a small offering vessel nearby. Several people in white ritual clothes sit or kneel around small fires and on raised platforms, one holding an item at the fire edge. Another person in orange with a red shawl stands on the right beside a man in white holding a cloth. A white stepped shrine with a dark deity murti and garland stands behind, below a tall tapered pillar. Other figures in white and yellow are seated across the grounds.2010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13August 09 20102010-08-09June 13 20102010-06-13An outdoor ritual on a bare dirt ground beneath tall coconut palms. Around fifteen to twenty people sit in white clothes with yellow shawls, several wearing red scarves, arranged in a loose circle of small ash-rimmed fire pits, some smoking. At the left foreground, a figure in orange-saffron robes sits with hands pressed together in prayer, the only saffron-clad person visible, but his face and features are not clearly discernible and his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity. Behind them a pile of firewood, a small white building with a green roof, and stone statues along the right edge complete the scene.2010-08-08June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor photo of a ritual fire ceremony on a bare dirt ground beneath coconut palms, with smoke rising from the trees on the left. Several rows of seated participants sit cross-legged around circular fire pits holding ash and embers. Most wear white ritual clothing with red or yellow shawls; a seated man at the front left in an orange-saffron robe holds his hands in anjali near the pit, and a central man in white with a red shawl sits at the front of the pit area. A wood pile and a small white building with a corrugated roof stand in the background, and stone statues are visible at the right edge. Several dozen physical people are visible.2010-08-08June 13 20102010-06-13August 09 20102010-08-09June 13 20102010-06-13