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Outdoor ritual homa or yagna at an open-air ashram site. Several devotees sit cross-legged on the ground wearing white clothes and garlands of white and red flowers. A seated elderly man on the left has a long white beard and white shirt and white dhoti. A woman in the center wears a red blouse and sari. Beside her a woman in red and orange sits near small brass vessels and a fire pit lined with white bricks, with smoke rising. Other devotees sit in rows behind, and a child stands at far right beneath strings of flower decorations and a canopy.

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Outdoor homa ceremony at a temple courtyard. Rows of devotees sit on mats and bare ground before small brick fire pits, with a visible flame in the foreground pit. Several people wear white kurtas or dhotis and red-and-white marigold garlands; a woman in a maroon sari and a woman in a pale green sari sit near the front, and an older man in a cream kurta sits at centre. Brass bowls, leaves, flowers and offerings lie by the pits. Behind them, a stone temple structure with garlands and a decorated canopy. Possibly a yagna or homa. Ritual items include a kalasha-like brass vessel and fruit offerings.2006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26Outdoor fire ritual under a corrugated tin shelter with a fire pit lined with white bricks and burning wood. Seated rows of devotees wear white dhotis and red-and-white flower garlands. In the foreground a man in white with a garland sits beside a woman in a red and gold sari; an older bearded man in white sits next to a woman in a red sari. Brass lamps, a plate and small offerings lie before them. Behind is a temple shrine with a decorated gopuram-style structure and hanging flower strands. Many more people sit in rows in the background.2006-12-26Devotees in white ritual clothes sit on the ground around a brick-lined fire pit where a flame burns, with smoke rising. Offerings are arranged on brass plates, including a plate of flowers and fruit, and a brass ladle rests on the brick edge. A middle-aged man in white with spectacles and a shawl sits beside a woman in a white sari with a gold border and jasmine garland, both seated near the fire. A man at left in sunglasses and a rudraksha-style mala wears white, and other people wear white with flower garlands, some in red. The setting appears to be an open-air homa or yagna.2006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26Outdoor homa ritual with several couples seated on the ground around small brick-lined fire pits with open flames. The foreground man wears white dhoti and shirt with a white and red flower garland and works at the fire, beside a woman in a red blouse and red-and-white checked sari wearing a white and red garland. Other participants in white clothes, garlands and a woman in orange sari sit around the fire pits, with brass vessels, plates of offerings and a small brass lamp in front. A crowd of onlookers stands behind in white, pink and saffron garments.2006-12-26