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July 11 2006

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A smoky homa or fire ritual at a row of white brick fire altars. Several devotees in white clothes sit in a line, several in saffron-orange robes at the right edge. A young boy in white with a red-bordered shawl in the center pours or offers from a brass vessel, with a bronze bowl of offerings and red-cloth items on the altar ledge. A small oil lamp flame glows among the bricks. Smoke fills the upper scene.2006-07-11A photograph of a row of devotees performing a ritual outdoors among white brick steps, with smoke or incense haze filling the scene. Several people in white clothing sit or kneel along the steps, holding brass plates and small bowls with lit oil lamps (diyas) and offerings, one bowl holding red and orange cloth. The foremost person, a young woman with dark hair, wears white with a red-striped sash and holds a flame or bowl toward the steps. Others beside her, including a person with glasses and another in orange, also hold offerings. The steps are dotted with red kumkum and small lamps.Outdoor homa at a riverside ghat with smoke rising from a brick-lined fire pit in the foreground. A man in an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a flower garland sits behind the fire, pouring offerings with a small bowl. Around him, people in white kurtas sit and hold brass bowls, one young man wearing a long rudraksha mala, with a red-and-white shawl and forehead tilak visible nearby. Brass plates and offering bowls rest on the ground, and a crowd of devotees in white and orange stands and watches behind them. A microphone stand is at left.2006-05-22A photograph of a fire ritual with devotees seated on the ground in white clothing. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a yellow rosette badge sits at a low brick fire pit where flames are burning, hands joined in prayer. Beside him, a younger boy with glasses and a garland presses his palms together, and a brass vessel with a ladle rests on the ground. Behind them, many men and women in white and pale clothing sit in rows under a white canopy, several with hands folded, amid smoke. Wooden poles wrapped with green leaves frame the scene.2006-07-17June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of devotees under trees during a ritual. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length dark hair wears a white garment and an orange shawl, with a gold bracelet on his wrist, looking forward. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red-beaded mala sits with her hands clasped. Rows of seated people in white clothes with orange shawls continue behind them. In front, brass bowls with spoons rest on a stepped platform of bricks, holding flowers and small oil lamps. Other people sit further back among the trees.2008-11-11July 11 20062006-07-11Outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit built of white bricks and decorated with yellow and orange marigold petals. Two young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged at the fire. The man on the right, wearing a yellow shawl and a small lapel microphone, holds a ladle over the flames. The man beside him wears a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala. A brass bowl sits at the left edge of the pit. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and blue sits and watches, including women in white and a woman in a blue sari. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person; the visible participants appear to be ritual assistants or devotees.2010-07-24A long row of seated participants in white dhotis and unstitched white clothing with gold borders performs a puja during a satsang event. Brass thalis and small brass lamps holding flames sit on low tables along the floor, with a copper-coloured water bottle in the foreground. Several men bare-chested wear rudraksha malas and white tilak markings on their foreheads and arms, and raise incense sticks or small items toward the offerings. A man near the centre has his hair in a topknot and wears gold earrings. Lit oil lamps line the floor behind the row, and the hall is filled with more seated devotees. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2017-05-25Evening homa at an outdoor ritual ground. Several participants sit cross-legged on the ground behind low white brick fire pits, where flames rise from wood and offerings. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red-and-gold circular badge pours liquid into a brass vessel near the fire. Beside her a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala pours from a small vessel into a fire pit. Other seated devotees in white and colourful saris, a few with badges, continue the rites behind them, and a string of green lights and a red cloth canopy appear overhead. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2014-06-29 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20112011-09-21September 24 20112011-09-24