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September 09 2016

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A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with coloured striped border and a pink headband stands at a fire ritual, holding a long handled ladle over a silver oil lamp lit with a bright flame. Beside him a fire pit burns in front of a kalasha decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers, with a silver bowl nearby. A white-draped table and a brass object appear in the background. Sacred ash marks are visible on his arm, and he wears a rudraksha mala. The scene suggests a homa or yagna. No face-based identification is made, and the person is described by role as a priest.2018-01-06A photograph of a fire ritual (homa/yagna) in a temple hall. Two shirtless men with rudraksha malas sit before a square brick fire pit with a bright flame. The central man wears a maroon turban, a white dhoti and a striped shawl, and holds a ritual implement over the fire. A younger man beside him sits with a mala. At the right, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow-green cloth bends forward holding a small bell-like vessel. Yellow and orange flower garlands and marigolds surround the pit, and orange-clothed figures stand in the background with a golden ornate structure behind them. The a person-attribution is not visibly supported by appearance.2018-01-06September 09 20162016-09-09September 09 20162016-09-09A homa fire ritual in a temple hall with golden carved walls. In the foreground, a priest shirtless with rudraksha malas, a maroon turban and a white dhoti holds a small brass vessel with a flame over a lit fire on a stack of yellow bricks. Flowers, leaves and a brass bowl sit nearby. Beside him a young man in a white dhoti and rudraksha malas sits near the fire. Behind them, several young men in orange robes stand with hands folded. In the background, a figure in orange robes sits on a red and silver throne. Yellow and orange flower garlands decorate the foreground.2018-01-06January 06 20182018-01-06Ritual scene during a homa or puja with a small fire burning on the floor in front of several men in traditional attire. A bare-chested priest in the foreground wears a blue head wrap, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a green-striped cloth, pouring from a silver kalasha-style vessel with a metal ladle. Behind him a man in white dhoti bends forward to the fire, and another in an orange cloth bends at the left edge near a yellow and red marigold garland. A fourth man at the right in a white dhoti and pink-gold shawl holds a silver vessel. Multicoloured mats cover the floor, and a large golden prabhavali halo frames a seated figure in the background.2017-09-27April 14 20182018-04-14January 06 20182018-01-06July 03 20162016-07-03Outdoor homa ceremony at night beside a square brick fire pit with flames rising from it. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured striped borders and gold necklaces stand and kneel around it. One priest in the centre, wearing a red-and-white head cloth, pours from a metal vessel. Behind them a silver-framed object and tiered arrangements of yellow and red flower garlands rest on a silver stand, with brass pots on a table at the back. The page-based identity cue does not show a qualifying candidate here, so the people are described by role only.2018-01-06A homa fire burns in a yellow-brick fire pit decorated with yellow and red flowers and scattered petals. A bare-chested priest with an orange head wrap and a brown-and-blue striped dhoti sits at left, pouring an offering from a long brass ladle into a brass vessel. Other priests in white dhotis with gold borders stand and sit behind the fire, and brass pots of flowers sit in the foreground.2018-01-05