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A dim, smoky hall hung with strings of marigold and multicoloured flower garlands across the ceiling. A bright flame burns in the background at the far end of the room, surrounded by a dense crowd of devotees seen from behind, many raising their arms and hands upward. Several men in front wear light caps and shirts, and some hold up phones or cameras. The crowd fills the foreground.

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A dense, hazy crowd fills a hall hung with garlands of marigold and red flowers. Many hands are raised in the air, some holding mobile phones, and a bright open flame glows in the centre background. In the foreground, several men wear pale green or yellow peaked caps and khaki uniforms. Smoke and warm light blur the scene, and no individual is clearly identifiable as a known figure from appearance alone.2006-12-04A dim, smoky hall crowded with devotees, many with raised hands in namaskar and arms lifted toward a bright open flame in the centre. Overhead hang strings of yellow and red flower garlands. Men in shirts and cloth caps and a person wearing a beaded necklace stand close together, some holding up mobile phones. No individual can be clearly picked out as a person from this distance, and the scene is dominated by the flame and the crowd's gesture of devotion, consistent with a karthikai deepam lamp lighting.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A large hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing and orange or saffron shawls, many with palms pressed together in prayer or raised hands. In the foreground a fire pit with visible flames sits on a striped rug, with offering trays and brass vessels nearby. At the right, priests in white and saffron dhotis tend the fire near a decorated seat with a golden canopy. Hanging lamps, ceiling fans, and a tall lamp stand fill the background under purple stage lighting, and a cameraman stands near the left wall. A white-clad man stands at the far left, and a bald man in white sits in the center foreground.2015-07-16A homa fire ritual at night in a crowded outdoor gathering, with a square brick fire pit ringed by yellow marigold garlands and flames rising from it. A bearded man in orange-saffron cloth and a red-and-white rudraksha mala on the right holds an raised ritual vessel with a burning flame and speaks into a microphone. Beside the fire, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold-and-beaded necklace sits cross-legged. Behind them, rows of seated participants in white kurtas wear lanyards and some raise hands in prayer. A silver bowl of grains sits at left. Smoke drifts through blue-lit air.2015-12-11A photograph of a dimly lit temple ritual with smoke and warm lamplight. At the centre, several large brass oil lamps burn on a wide round metal tray decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. Behind the lamps, a crowd of about twenty devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, stands watching closely. On the left, a bare-chested man wears a tall ornate crown-like headdress, a flower garland and beaded necklaces. Several bare-chested priests on the right wear rudraksha malas and wrapped cloths, one with glasses. The scene looks like an arati or lamp-offering ceremony with sacred smoke rising.2006-12-04December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14