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September 14 2006

Outdoor ritual space under a thatched palm-leaf roof decorated with banana stalks and palm fronds. A man in a white dhoti and white turban with a garland sits on a bench at left, while a woman in a white sari with an orange border stands beside him. A man in white kneels before a low platform draped with pink and yellow flower garlands, on which a seated figure in a cloth covering sits among brass vessels and offerings. A standing priest in white dhoti with an orange shawl faces the platform. A woman in orange and a few other people in white move in the background, and a colourful kolam rangoli design decorates the ground. The scene appears to be a ceremonial puja or padapuja.

September 14 2006

June 29 2014

2014-06-29 +1 copies

November 23 2016

Outdoor ritual at dusk under palm trees and strung leaf garlands. A standing priest with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti and white shawl with maroon borders, rings a handbell while holding a lit lamp. Behind him a fire burns in an open pit. Seated men in white dhotis and saffron-coloured ceremonial garlands chant and sit on orange cloth. A framed portrait of a deity stands on an ornate gold-trimmed red throne, with a green cloth and a garland of red flowers in front of it. Brass oil lamps, metal plates of offerings and fruit, and tall decorative banners complete the scene.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Outdoor homa at dawn beside a wooden fire pit with a large flame. A man in a white dhoti seated on an orange armchair, wearing an orange-and-gold cloth and a floral garland, holds his palms joined in namaste. Beside him a priest in white dhoti with a red turban raises a lit lamp toward the fire. Behind the fire, young girls in red-orange traditional dress with flower garlands sit in a row. Marigold offerings and a brass oil lamp rest in the foreground on a striped rug, and a pink wall, palms and bunting frame the scene. a person: the seated man in orange and gold with a long garland matches the page's stated presence, but his face and features are not visible enough to confirm; he is seated apart from the priest.

November 23 2016

September 09 2016

Outdoor homa or yagna under a corrugated metal roof, open-sided with palm trees behind. A square yellow-painted fire pit burns with a tall flame at left, decorated with yellow marigold flowers. Behind it, rows of bare-chested men in white dhotis and orange-and-red garlands sit on mats. Standing at right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala lifts a bowl. Seated at centre, a man in white dhoti with a pink turban pours from a brass vessel into a wicker basket. Brass lamps and yellow flowers sit on a tray in the foreground. Hanging decorations line the roof edge.

October 16 2010

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Outdoor homa ritual under a open-sided shelter with palm trees behind. A fire burns in a rectangular stone fire pit at centre, with smoke rising. A man in white dhoti stands at the left, bending over the fire. In the foreground, a man with a teal head wrap and bare upper body sits cross-legged on an orange cloth beside a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl, and a man in white is seated further right. Silver bowls of food and offerings sit on the orange cloth, with a brass pot and a large brass vessel at right. A garlanded red-and-white deity murti stands in a red-curtained shrine at the rear, with other devotees seated nearby. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person candidate.