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July 09 20152015-07-09July 06 20152015-07-06A homa fire ceremony in a hall filled with seated devotees, many dressed in white with saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground a square brick fire pit, its rim decorated with red and white flower patterns, holds a small burning flame and smoke rising. A priest in saffron shawl sits with his back to the camera at left. Opposite, a bare-chested officiant with a red head covering, rudraksha mala and white dhoti sits behind a silver stand, holding a ritual item over the fire. Brass lamps, a flower-garlanded deity murti at left, bananas and bowls of offerings sit around the pit. Two microphones stand in front.2015-07-17A night-time homa fire ceremony in an open courtyard. A large wooden fire pit with a tiered, white-patterned base is ablaze, decorated with marigold flowers. A shirtless priest stands behind it, wearing a white dhoti and a long beaded necklace. Seated on a silver-edged platform to the right is a woman in a pink head wrap, a white sari with orange border and a long beaded garland, offering into the fire. Beside her a man in an orange shawl and orange-trimmed garland sits near brass vessels and offering bowls. Rows of seated devotees in white and saffron clothing fill a colourful striped mat behind them, and a dark deity murti stands in the background. Brass lamps and bowls rest on the foreground ground.2016-02-22A photograph of a Vedic Rudra homa in progress. A bare-chested priest with a yellow head wrap, rudraksha-style gold necklaces and a green checked cloth sits at a large fire pit with a tall flame, feeding offerings into it. Beside him a younger man in an orange shawl and gold necklaces assists at the fire. Behind them a crowd of participants sits on mats in white and red garments, several with orange tilak marks on their foreheads, many with hands joined in prayer. Rose petals and grains sit on the yellow-edged fire platform with brass bowls nearby. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the figures are shown as priests and devotees.2016-07-02October 27 20142014-10-27July 06 20152015-07-06A homa fire burns in a stacked brick fire pit in front of a seated crowd of devotees dressed in white and saffron-red. On the right, a man in a red-maroon turban, glasses, and an orange-brown dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits beside a tall brass oil lamp. Rows of participants sit on the floor under purple stage light. The fire pit has red-dusted bricks.2015-07-09A large hall filled with seated devotees during a fire ritual. In the foreground, a brick fire pit with white-painted bricks and a burning flame sits before a row of people, with yellow and pink flower petals scattered on the bricks. Men in orange robes and white clothes and women in saris and salwar kameez, many wearing red and white flower garlands, sit on the floor with brass bowls and oil lamps. A priest in orange at left and a woman in orange at right tend the ritual items. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left, and a microphone is at right. Many more seated people fill the background under tall windows.2007-12-26Indoor yagna scene in a hall with a sunken brick fire pit at centre, flames rising from it and a copper bowl set beside it. A man in orange-brown garments with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back hair stands at right, pouring offerings toward the fire. Rows of seated participants in white and saffron-bordered shawls, some with lanyards, face the fire. Tall brass oil lamps stand at left and right, and a brass kalasha-style lamp is in the foreground. A purple light and pink-gold drapery frame the room.2015-07-09Outdoor Rudra homa fire ritual. A bare-chested priest in a yellow head cloth and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold beaded necklace, feeds offerings into a large flame rising from a pit built of stacked yellow-ochre bricks decorated with red flower petals. Behind him, a crowd of dozens of people in white clothes and red shawls sit in rows, many with orange forehead marks and orange lanyards. Brass vessels, a basket of grain, flowers and fruit lie on a green cloth in the foreground. A few people in white stand at the back of the crowd.2016-07-02A photograph of a Vedic fire ritual. A bare-chested priest with a yellow-and-brown turban, rudraksha-style gold necklaces and a green-and-white cloth over his shoulder holds a brass kalasha-style vessel above a large flaming homa fire pit. The yellow brick fire altar is decorated with pink flower petals. Behind him seated participants in white and red-bordered garments, with orange tilak marks on their foreheads, sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Several saffron-robed attendees stand in the background, and a young priest in orange cloth tends the fire. Brass bowls with grains and offerings rest on a cloth on the ground.2016-07-02