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April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night outdoor fire ritual at a brick-and-stone homa pit with red-and-white striped borders, scattered orange marigold petals and a smoke haze rising. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels at the pit with palms pressed together, bowing forward. Beside him, a priest in a white dhoti and shawl holds a brass tray and stands with a shaved head and dark-rimmed glasses. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats, hands folded in prayer, including a woman in white and a man with a rudraksha mala. A large crowd stands behind in the dark, many in white, pink, blue and red saris and shirts, hands joined. Small lights are visible in the background.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night-time outdoor homa ceremony with many participants seated on the ground before rectangular brick fire pits. Flames rise from the pits as people hold oil lamps and offering plates. A man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and gold-toned bangle, pouring or tending the fire. Beside him a young man wears an orange-and-white shirt holding a lit lamp, and an older man with white hair and a white dhoti sits with hands together. Women in white saris and a girl in yellow stand or sit among the rows. Hundreds of people are visible across the field in the background, many in white clothes, with more fire pits and lamps.2007-02-11Night-time vivaha-homa ceremony at an outdoor fire pit lined with white-painted brick, the flame area beside a lit oil lamp. A bride in a pink and orange sari with marigold and white flower garlands sits on the left, and a groom in cream kurta and dhoti with a flower garland sits beside her, both with hands folded. Behind them a large seated crowd in white, orange and red clothes sits on red cloth and mats, with a few people standing near white pillars. On the right a man in orange robes and a woman in maroon sari arrange brass plates of fruit, bananas, and offerings beside the pit. Lamps and brass vessels are scattered on the ground. No identifiable a person is visible in this photo.2012-10-14February 11 20072007-02-11Night outdoor homa at Tiruvannamalai. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a shaved head and tripundra sits at the front of a square fire pit with red-and-white stepped sides, scattered with marigold petals. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with folded hands, sit on mats around the pit. Behind the pit, a framed portrait labelled with a visible garland of yellow and orange marigolds stands on a white-draped table, flanked by brass oil lamps. A string of small lights and a standing lamp illuminate the scene, with more people standing in the background.2011-04-17Night outdoor vivaha homa at a red-and-white striped brick fire pit lit by flames and oil lamps. A young man in an orange-saffron robe holds a lit lamp over a brass plate beside a microphone stand, while a seated figure in orange sits near the pit. A bride in a maroon-and-pink sari with flower garlands and a groom in cream kurta with a garland sit on a raised platform behind the pit. Seated devotees in white and orange fill the background under dim lights.2012-10-14December 30 20092009-12-30Photograph of a homa fire ritual in a courtyard at night with a crowd of devotees seated on mats. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala sits at the right, hands folded before a fire pit of stacked red-brick kundas with flames rising at the centre, with a microphone stand nearby. Opposite him a man in grey trousers and white shirt sits at the fire, and a kalasha-type brass vessel and bowls with flower petals and marigolds lie on the mat. Behind them, men and women in white and coloured saris sit with palms pressed together, including a toddler in the middle, and a worn plastered wall forms the backdrop. Several people are seated in the foreground at left, all with hands folded in prayer. a person's appearance is not clearly visible.