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August 29 20142014-08-29August 29 20142014-08-29Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual space with a yellow-edged square fire pit at centre. Seated men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit around the pit, several with sacred marks on their foreheads and arms, and some with microphones on stands. A central figure in an orange-red turban and orange cloth, with white markings on his body, sits on the far side of the pit tending offerings in a brass bowl, while others in orange robes sit behind. To the right, a deity murti is decorated with garlands in red, green, white and purple, draped in a red and green cloth, beside a golden arch. A brass vessel and offering plates sit on the pit's edge.2014-09-06Night-time Ganapati homa at an outdoor ashram setting. A golden-yellow square fire pit holds a flaming fire, with smoke rising. Several priests sit around it in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis, with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; the priest at right wears a red and gold turban and white garment with gold border and offers something into the fire. Silver and brass vessels, a small pot with yellow flowers, and bowls of grain sit at the edges. Behind them a seated audience in white and red-sashed clothing fills the background, with a microphone stand visible at left. A partial garland hangs in the background.2014-10-11A photograph of a night homa in progress at a fire pit set in a yellow-bordered square, with a bright flame rising from it. Several people in white dhotis with gold borders sit around the pit; the three in the foreground face away from the camera, wearing rudraksha malas. Behind the fire, a group of robed priests in orange and saffron sit on a mat, some with white markings on their foreheads, one playing a small hand instrument. At the centre, a seated figure in an orange turban and saffron robe, with a rudraksha mala, sits before the fire. To the right, a large golden seat draped in red and green cloth is garlanded with yellow and red flowers, and a mound of smoke drifts through the scene.2014-09-06October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA homa fire ritual in progress at a square brick fire pit, with a flame rising from the centre. Several shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and white shawls with red borders sit around the pit, wearing gold-toned and beaded necklaces. One priest in the foreground holds a long wooden ladle over the fire, while others behind tend offering bowls, brass vessels, oil lamps, yellow marigold petals and grains. Behind them stands a deity murti draped in red and white garlands. In the upper right, a framed portrait shows a long-haired figure in saffron clothing with rudraksha beads, seated on a gold and red throne; this is a printed portrait, not a physical person. The scene is lit warmly by lamps and string lights.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor homa at an ashram, with a square yellow-painted fire pit in the foreground holding a small fire and ash. Four men sit around it on mats: on the left a young man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and white forehead marks; next a man in saffron-orange robe with red shawl and rudraksha mala; third a man in saffron-orange robe, shaved head and rudraksha mala; on the right a man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala, red-and-pink turban and flower garlands, pouring from a vessel. Brass kalashas, bowls and flowers sit on the mat. Behind them a seated crowd in white and red shawls, and a bronze-coloured statue with a garland in an illuminated shrine. Many attendees wear white with red shawls.2014-10-11A night-time fire ritual, a homa, at an outdoor square-brick fire pit lined in gold-painted border. A large flame rises from the pit. Four priests in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and white tilak marks sit on the ground, and one in saffron/orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a ladle at the pit edge; a young assistant in a white dhoti with a red-pink headcloth pours from a copper vessel. Brass pots, steel bowls of grains and yellow flowers surround the fire. Seated devotees in white and red shawls watch from plastic chairs behind, around 20 visible.2014-10-11July 17 20152015-07-17September 19 20152015-09-19September 09 20162016-09-09