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November 10 20112011-11-10 +1 copiesClose photo of a ritual offering arrangement on a wooden surface. Several silver kalasha pots, some with green leaves and tied coconuts with husks on top, hold water and rice-like grains. Stacked yellow-green blocks. A golden carved ornamental object appears in the blurred background. No people are visible.2011-12-08October 10 20132013-10-10May 13 20132013-05-13September 05 20172017-09-05Close view of a homa fire pit built from reddish-brown bricks, with a glowing ember fire at its centre and white and green petals scattered over the brick rim. A bare arm with a gold bangle reaches in from the right, holding a long-handled ladle over the fire. A silver bowl sits behind, and marigold garlands in yellow and maroon stand in a brass vessel on the left. A lit oil lamp glows at the right edge. No people's faces are visible.2011-11-10Close view of a homa fire pit built from stacked yellow-ochre bricks with flames rising at the centre, a silver ladle and silver bowls on a glass-topped table, and silver pots and trays in the foreground. Behind, a deity murti in a glass case is decorated with red and white flower garlands and a green leaf arrangement, with a red and gold drape. Hands of a priest in white and a red-clad participant are visible at the left edge, and watermarked archive text sits in the lower right.2013-05-13A ritual puja table laid out before a golden deity murti draped with yellow and red flower garlands. In the foreground, a coconut wrapped with a yellow marigold garland and green-and-white ribbon sits on a tray beside a silver kalasha-style bowl of yellow flowers, silver lamps, betel leaves and small brass vessels. Oil lamps burn at the sides and a gold-embroidered red cloth hangs in the background. No people are visible in the frame.2016-03-27A ritual arrangement on a colourful striped cloth at a temple-style puja. A white wicker basket holds a glass vase wrapped in lavender and pink cloth, topped with yellow and red flowers and green leaves. In front, a silver tray of banana leaves holds bananas and pink petals, beside silver bowls, a small silver lamp and a brass kalasha-style vessel with garlands. Blurred figures in white and saffron-coloured clothing sit at the back, with a stone platform decorated with green and pink petals at right. No clearly identifiable person is in focus.2017-09-05October 16 20162016-10-16A homa fire burns on a stack of yellow-painted bricks in the foreground, with flames and smoke rising from a small offering pit. Beside it sits a small silver vessel and a silver lamp. Behind, a decorated deity murti or kalasha is adorned with red and orange flower garlands, green leaves and a white flower, placed on a white cloth with a gold border. Blurred figures in white clothing stand in the background, with orange cloth in the lower right. Scene suggests a fire ritual during a satsang setting.2013-05-13December 25 20132013-12-25