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Night ritual in an outdoor courtyard with a lit fire pit at the centre, surrounded by yellow-painted brick or wooden platforms heaped with flowers, fruit, brass lamps and garlands. Several priests sit cross-legged in white dhotis and bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas, one wearing an orange turban and a yellow-headed man beside him. Smoke drifts through beams of light. Behind them, a standing figure in white robes and a flower garland is seen at the right edge, and more white-clad attendants and devotees move between poles and offerings. This appears to be a homa or yagna with offerings around the fire.2017-05-10Night-time outdoor homa at an ashram, with two fire pits burning amid heaps of marigold and rose flowers, banana leaves, fruit, coconuts and brass vessels. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths sit around the fire pits and offerings, one wearing a saffron head-wrap and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, more men in white dhotis and white shirts stand near a raised platform, and a bare-chested man in an orange cloth holds up an offering. Smoke drifts through strings of lights and trees in the background.2017-05-10Night outdoor fire ritual. Several men in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths sit on the ground tending the fire; one man in a yellow headcloth and a rudraksha-style mala pours from a ladle, and another in an orange turban sits in the foreground. Smoke drifts through the scene and people in white and orange stand behind the altars under trees.2017-05-10Night-time ritual at an open-sided pavilion with bright floodlights and smoke drifting through the air. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis work at ceremonial tables covered with flower garlands, marigolds and red rose petals, with brass kalasha pots, lamps and coconuts arranged on yellow-painted bases. A priest in white pours from a vessel onto a heap of red flowers while another sits cross-legged nearby. A man in an orange cloth and orange turban stands near an ornate gold throne-like seat draped in orange fabric. Other men in white dhotis and garlands stand behind the ritual area, and a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands at right beside a gold-coloured brass structure.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A homa fire ritual in a brick-walled hall. Central fire pit built of stacked bricks with a bright flame, surrounded by marigold and flower garlands, brass vessels, and a basket of dried sticks. Several priests in white dhotis and orange-saffron shawls tend the fire; a shirtless priest with an orange turban in the foreground and others seated behind a second fire pit. Marigold garlands and offering trays are arranged along the platform.2016-10-16Night photograph of a homa at an open-air ritual space. A fire burns in a rectangular fire pit at centre-left, with brick-like blocks around it. A woman in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a plantain-leaf offering. Beside her, a figure in orange with a mala and forehead markings sits near a brass plate. A young person in orange kneels and holds a small item near a decorated tray with fruit, flowers, a kalasha-like cone and red garlands. On the right, two boys stand bare-chested in white dhoti-style cloth, one bending toward the tray. Seated devotees in white clothing and white headwraps fill the background, and a potted plant sits at left.2017-02-15Night-time outdoor homa at a temple-style setting. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a yellow-bordered cloth sits beside a flaming fire pit ringed with marigold and red flower garlands, pouring an offering from a small steel bowl. Behind him another priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth stands tending the ceremony, and a third figure kneels at a second fire pit further back. A red-draped table holds flowers and petals, and fruit and brass vessels sit on the ground. Scaffolding and red curtains frame the scene.2018-03-02Night-time outdoor homa or fire ritual at an ashram ground under trees, with smoke rising among several yagna pits. Priests in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees with rudraksha malas and saffron cloths tend the fire pits, which are decorated with flower garlands, purple-and-white ribbons, fruit, brass vessels and kalasha pots. A bare-chested man in front wears a yellow headband and a gold-looking necklace, holding a small bowl. Behind, a priest in white stands near a raised platform with a deity murti and an orange-clothed figure. Fluorescent lights and a metal railing frame the scene.2017-05-10October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies