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A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof, strung with hanging green leaf and marigold-style garlands, and lit by long fluorescent tubes. Banana-like plant trunks stand beside the pillars. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris move across a sandy floor, some carrying offering trays or plates. White tiered square platforms. A woman in a red and white printed sari stands at right, and a child in pink walks at left. Banners hang along the back wall. The scene suggests a multi-station fire offering ritual.

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A large open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof, lit by tube lights hung from wooden posts wrapped in banana or palm stalks and strung with yellow leaf and flower garlands. Many white fire-pit platforms sit on the sandy floor in rows. A woman in a yellow blouse and white sari with a gold-bordered cloth walks in the foreground, followed by women in white saris. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand and sit among the platforms, some crouched at a pit. Banners hang along the back wall. The setting matches a homa/yagna area with fire pits during a multi-day yajna.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16Night photograph inside a large open-sided pavilion with a bamboo and thatched roof, lit by tube lights hung from poles and decorated with banana or palm fronds and strings of leaves. Many white-clad participants are at a field of white tiered fire pits set on reddish-brown earth. A woman in a cream sari with a yellow border and a white flower in her hair walks at left. A man in white shirt and dhoti walks in the centre. A young boy in white uniform with a rudraksha mala kneels at a fire pit in the foreground, with a copper vessel and a plate with offerings beside him. A man in white with a mala stands at right. Banners hang along the back wall.2006-07-16Photograph of a temporary open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof, strung with paper garlands and banana-leaf or sugarcane stalks, with an earthen floor. A barefoot person in a saffron-orange cloth stands centre-right beside a small white ceremonial platform holding brass and copper vessels, a white cloth and a flame lamp. Around them men in white dhotis and shirts stand and move through the space. At left an elderly man with white hair and beard in white clothes stands beside a table of ritual items and a pot. Colourful painted panels and a decorated umbrella-like canopy with a red and gold design hang nearby, and loudspeakers are visible at right. The scene suggests a homa or yagna area with ritual preparations during a multi-day fire-offering event.2006-07-16A photograph of a large hall with a corrugated roof, filled with many people performing a fire ritual (homa/yajna) at multiple square brick fire pits. Woman in white clothes with a rudraksha mala kneels at the nearest pit, tending a brass vessel beside offerings on a woven mat, including plates of flowers, fruit and white powder. Other participants in white and cream clothes, and women in saris, sit or stand at neighbouring pits and move through the crowd. Palm fronds and strings of leaves hang from wooden posts, and banners with portraits and text line the walls under white fluorescent tubes. Many people are visible, with some partly hidden at the edges.2006-07-18A large open-sided pandal hall with a tin roof, hanging green leaf-strings and tube lights, where many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some in saffron and pink saris, move among small square white-plastered fire pits (homa kunds) on a wet floor. Several people in white bend over the pits and mats, tending offerings; plantain stalks, sugarcane pieces, a plate of offerings with flowers, and a red bowl sit on the ground. Banners behind show a framed portrait of a bearded saint in white and the word Dhyanapeetham, with a dove logo at upper left. A yajna or homa offering appears to be underway. Many people are visible in the scene.2006-07-18A large thatched pandal hall during the Sapta Yagam event in Salem, with bamboo poles and a corrugated roof draped in hanging strings of yellow-green leaves and white paper flowers. Rows of seated devotees, mostly dressed in white, fill the floor in front of a raised stage at the far end, where small figures stand near decorative drapes and a central altar area. Tall tubelights hang from the poles and potted banana or palm plants stand among the crowd. Some devotees wear saffron and orange garments. A dark-clothed figure is at the lower right.2006-07-16A large open hall with a corrugated metal roof and bright tube lights on bamboo posts shows a fire-offering ritual. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit among rows of small brick fire pits set on a wet, muddy floor. In the foreground a man in white bends over a brick pit, tending a flame or offering on a pan-like vessel. Several people in white and a woman in a white sari stand nearby, and others crowd the background. Green and blue banners hang from the posts, some bearing portraits and Tamil text. No figure is identifiable as a person with confidence.2006-07-18July 16 20062006-07-16A photograph inside a large open pavilion with a sandy floor and tall palm-frond decorations, lit by fluorescent tubes. Several devotees bend over white tiered fire-pit altars, tending small offerings. A woman in a red floral skirt and white top kneels at the nearest altar, another in white kneels beside her, and a woman in an orange and white garment bends over a brass tray on a blue mat. Others in white and cream saris stand by the altars, one in a cream sari with a green badge. Banners hang along the back wall and a purple emblem with a bird is visible at upper left.2006-07-16July 17 20062006-07-17A large open hall with a corrugated metal roof, lit by long fluorescent tubes hung from bamboo poles, where many people in white clothing gather around small brick-lined fire pits on a wet, muddy floor. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stoop near the pits, one bending low over a pit with a flat metal vessel, while women in white saris stand nearby. Banners with Tamil script hang on the walls, and banana or sugarcane stalks are tied to the posts. Water pools on the ground around the pits, reflecting the lights. No individual's appearance clearly matches the a person cues, so no candidate is identified.2006-07-18