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A large open-sided shed with a corrugated roof and bamboo beams hung with strings of yellow and green leaves. Rows of devotees dressed in white sit cross-legged on mats around tiered white square fire pits, several with small flames burning. Potted palms stand between the pillars, fluorescent tubes run along the ceiling, and smoke drifts through the hall. Participants in white clothes tend the fires or sit in meditative stillness, with some holding small brass bowls. Many more people fill the background of the hall. a person is not clearly identifiable in this view.

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July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 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.2006-07-17A 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 20062006-07-17A large open-sided pandal hall with a dusty earthen floor and a corrugated roof, lined with rows of white tube lights on bamboo posts. Many devotees in white clothing sit cross-legged on mats in long rows behind small white circular fire pits, several with small flames and offering plates, some holding brass vessels and trays of offerings. Bright sunlight and haze fill the hall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible at the front of the hall in this view.2006-07-17A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof and bamboo-and-leaf decorations hangs overhead. Rows of devotees in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats before square, whitewashed fire pits (homa kundas), with bright flames burning in several of them. A man in the foreground wearing a white shirt and white dhoti sits at a fire pit, with brass vessels and oil lamps placed on the ground. Many other white-clad participants sit at the fire pits across the hall, forming a yagna ceremony.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17