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October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09Night photo inside a open-sided hall at a Navaratri Chandi Homa setting. Left, a large multi-armed goddess murti with a gold-and-green halo stands above a blue backdrop, flanked by smaller figures. A blurred pink-garbed person in the foreground and a woman in a red and gold silk sari sit on the floor near a brick fire pit with brass vessels. Right, a framed portrait garlanded with orange and yellow marigolds sits on a dark cloth-covered platform beside a red canopy with tinsel. Oil lamps and offerings are scattered on pink cloth. The woman has a bindi and is seated with hands folded.2021-10-09A night-time homa ritual in front of a large white deity murti of Durga with multiple attendant figures and a lion, decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A fire burns in a square stone fire pit with offerings and brass vessels in front. A priest in orange-saffron clothing and an orange turban stands at left holding a brass lamp aloft. At right, a man in a red-upholstered gilded chair, wearing orange-gold robes and bare-chested, sits with hands folded in prayer, with another devotee beside him. A standing man in white clothes watches. Two electric fans and smoke fill the space.2013-10-13October 08 20212021-10-08October 02 20142014-10-02A night-time homa ritual before a large deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms, decorated with white floral backdrop and a canopy above. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and shawl raises his arm beside a square fire pit with a dark ash surface, brass pots, oil lamps and scattered flowers. Smoke rises through the frame. Seated to the right, a man in white with a yellow shawl and bead necklace sits on a red and gold throne-like chair holding a tray, while beside him a man in orange robes with white markings on his arms and forehead sits on a cushion. Several other seated figures in orange and red clothing face the fire, and string lights glow in the background.2010-10-16October 13 20132013-10-13Night ritual in an open hall with a fire pit and offerings. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and white upper cloth sits at left beside a small flame and brass vessels, performing a homa. Behind a white marble platform with a dark central pit stands a large decorated deity murti with a golden crown and ornate white arch, flanked by additional painted figures and a lion beneath. Brass oil lamps stand on the platform. Fruit, coconuts and plates of offerings are arranged in the foreground. At right, a person in red-and-gold dress sits on an ornate red and gold throne-like chair beside another seated priest in white. Hanging striped cloth panels decorate the walls.2010-10-11 +1 copiesOctober 11 20212021-10-11October 02 20142014-10-02Night photograph of a homa at an outdoor shrine. A fire burns in a raised wooden fire pit with smoke rising, while several men stand behind it in traditional attire. One stands at left in a red-and-gold dhoti with a garland, another holds a red-and-white cloth at centre, and a third in white stands near the fire. A seated figure in white clothes with a gold border is seen from behind at lower right before a large deity murti of Goddess Durga in white and red adornment with yellow marigold garlands, flanked by smaller figures. Brass vessels, red flower offerings, and lit oil lamps sit on a striped cloth in the foreground. A thatched roof with leaf garland hangs overhead. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2014-10-02