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July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16April 17 20112011-04-17Outdoor photograph of a homa or yagna ground at a Sapthayagam ritual site: many rectangular brick fire pits arranged on bare earth, each with a small brass bowl and scattered offerings, flowers, and leaves. A long crowd of devotees stands behind a wooden bamboo rail at the back, many women in sarees and salwar kameez in orange, green, red, and maroon, with children and men in white shirts. Saffron and white flags and a white-clad attendant walk along the rail on the right. Trees and a parked white van are visible beyond. The page's excerpt mentions Sapthayagam at Hosur and a free medical camp and annadaan, but no a person figure is clearly visible here.2007-09-03April 17 20112011-04-17Inside a decorated open hall, several men and women in white dhotis and white shirts work on a tiered mud altar built in concentric round steps, its base wet and smoothed. Banana bunches, palm fronds, leaf-and-flower strings and garlands hang from pillars and a red-and-white stage. A bare-bodied man in a white dhoti and a woman in a pink sari bend over the structure, while others stand or sit in the background near brick work and white-clothed seating. Overhead tube lights and a red umbrella add to the ceremonial setting.2006-07-16September 03 20072007-09-03Outdoor ground-level ceremony at a construction site of dirt and bricks. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward with a brick in hand, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Beside him a woman in an orange-trimmed white sari and a woman in a red sari with a shawl kneel and stand around a square brick enclosure being laid out in the sand. Stacked bricks lie to the right, and white-clad onlookers and a parked car stand in the background, with a pink-shawled figure at the left edge.2006-12-22September 03 20072007-09-03February 11 20072007-02-11September 03 20072007-09-03December 02 20072007-12-02