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A large crowd sits and stands on a sandy beach at dusk, facing a homa fire pit built from red bricks in the foreground. Two priests in white dhotis with green and red shawls kneel at the fire, one holding a brass oil lamp and the other offering from a brass vessel. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands to the right beside a white circular platform holding yellow flower petals and red bricks. Bundles of sticks, plastic crates, jars and a sack of material lie at the bottom left. A white-robed figure stands among the crowd in the middle distance.

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December 24 20152015-12-24Outdoor beach ritual on sand. Two priests in white dhotis with green and red-bordered cloth sit cross-legged beside a white round platform holding a brass kalasha with mango leaves and a coconut, two brass lamps with lit flames, a red plate, a fruit and small brass vessels. A shirtless priest seated at the platform's far side pours or offers from a vessel. A square fire pit of red bricks in the foreground holds ash and offering items. Behind them a large seated audience in white, red and orange clothing sits on sand, with a standing attendant in white at the right edge. Ritual is homa-style fire worship in a beach satsang setting.2015-12-24December 25 20152015-12-25Four priests sit on green mats on a sandy beach around a brick fire pit where a bright flame burns, with bundles of wood stacked to one side and a copper vessel and brass lamps nearby. A decorated altar draped in teal cloth holds fruit and floral offerings behind the fire. Two priests on the left wear white dhotis, purple-and-gold shawls and garlands; one wears a purple turban and stirs a ladle. Two on the right wear white dhotis with purple shawls and garlands. Behind them a large crowd of devotees in white, orange and red clothing sits and stands on the sand under a pale sky, which suggests a homa or yagna held outdoors.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25December 24 20152015-12-24December 25 20152015-12-25Outdoors on a sandy beach at dusk, a fire homa is being performed. Four men in white dhotis with magenta or purple shawls sit on green mats around a small brick fire pit with burning flames, bundles of wood stacked beside them, and brass vessels and oil lamps nearby. Behind a draped green altar with flower decorations, a crowd of more than twenty seated and standing people watches the ritual against a pale sky.2015-12-25A night-time beach ritual with a blazing fire pit at centre, surrounded by stacked wooden logs and offerings. Several priests sit around the fire; one in an orange-saffron dhoti pours or tends the flames, and a bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style necklace sits to the right. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot, small oil lamps and flower offerings lie on the sand. Behind, a large seated crowd of roughly a hundred devotees in red and white clothing watches quietly under a dark sky. This appears to be a homa or yagna on the beach.2015-12-24December 25 20152015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night photo on a sandy beach showing a homa fire pit lit with a flame at the centre. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a sacred thread sits behind the fire holding a ladle, with offering bowls, brass vessels, a lamp and flower garlands arranged on the sand. Two people sit on the right tending the offerings and a figure in dark clothing sits at left. Behind them, a large seated crowd of over a hundred people in white and red clothing watches in the darkness. Plastic bags and small items lie on the sand in the foreground.2015-12-24