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A large open-sided pandal with a thatched and corrugated roof supported by many bamboo posts, decorated with hanging green banana bunches and colourful woven garlands on the pillars. Hundreds of people in white ritual clothes sit cross-legged on mats and on white square fire-pit platforms across a sandy floor, many with brass plates and offerings in front of them, taking part in a fire-offering ceremony. Several individuals in white sit on mats in the foreground, and a few women in white sit on a chair at right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is discernible among the seated participants, so the candidate is uncertain. Overall the scene reads as a yajna with fire pits and offerings.

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A large open-sided pandal with a thatched and tin roof supported by many wooden posts, decorated with hanging green bananas and palm-frond strands. Rows of participants in white clothes sit on mats before white square fire-pit platforms (kundas) on bare earth, performing a homa or yagna. Several people in white and white-shirted helpers sit or kneel tending the offerings, with brass vessels and green plates nearby. A few figures in white stand in the far background among the posts.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pavilion with a thatched roof of palm leaves and bamboo poles, decorated with hanging strands of green leaves and banana bunches. Dozens of people dressed in white sit cross-legged on mats across a sandy floor, in rows facing a central aisle, with white circular platforms and small brass or clay vessels placed before them. Fluorescent tube lights line the roof beams and a few colourful painted pillars frame the scene. No individual can be clearly identified as a specific person.2006-07-17A large open-sided pandal filled with rows of seated participants performing a yajna. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats before white tiered fire pits (havan kundas), with small offering trays and vessels set before some of them. Overhead hang strings of green leaves and yellow flower garlands, and banana bunches and palm fronds decorate the colourful painted pillars at either side. The ground is bare sand, and the far end of the hall is full of further seated devotees.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.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 18 20062006-07-18