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May 03 20122012-05-03May 03 20122012-05-03A photograph of an outdoor homa or yagna under a pavilion. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and bare upper body sits cross-legged at a fire pit, holding an open book and a small microphone stand, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Before him stand kalasha pots with mango leaves and coconuts, plus fruit bowls and bundles of wood. Around him, a seated audience of about 30 people wears white clothing and saffron-orange shawls, some with lanyards, many with hands folded.2012-05-03October 18 20122012-10-18Outdoor ritual scene in a courtyard beneath a corrugated roof and blue tarpaulin, with a pink building behind. A fire ritual burns in the foreground on a low platform, with flames rising beside a brass vessel and a pineapple-like offering. A seated man bare-chested in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged before the fire, hands raised in a gesture. Around him, dozens of devotees in orange shawls stand with palms pressed together in prayer; some wear white kurtas and lanyard badges. On the right, a young man in orange robes with long hair chants before a microphone stand, with a brass plate and lamp in front of him. Several women in saris and orange shawls kneel or stand among the gathering.2007-07-11A young shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-white border, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands at a homa fire pit and raises a ladle-like spoon while speaking into a microphone. Smoke rises from the fire pit, with offerings and red flower petals in front. Behind him, several men in white and orange-saffron shawls sit and stand under a red-walled courtyard with a golden canopy and colourful tassels overhead. Kalasha pots with mango leaves and flower garlands sit on a white cloth to the right, and an open ritual book rests on a wooden stand. The priest is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the a person value is unsure.2012-05-03Outdoor ritual gathering under an open pavilion. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a low white altar holding an open book and a microphone, gesturing with his hand. Before him sit a large crowd of devotees, many in orange shawls and white clothes, some with hands folded in namaste. A square fire pit with a black interior stands on the altar, with kalasha-like pots wrapped in cloth and decorated with marigold garlands, brass bells and a small plate of offerings nearby. A dark stone deity murti stands at the upper left edge. Bundles of dried sticks and leaves lie to the right.2012-05-03A photograph of a priest performing a homa-style fire ritual at an outdoor ashram setting with red-painted walls and a corrugated roof. Centre, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark stands at a black-topped fire pit and gestures with folded hands while speaking into a microphone on a stand. Around him, a row of seated devotees in orange and saffron shawls and white clothes watch. Foreground right holds a table with brass kalasha-style pots, coconuts, mango leaves, white flowers and bundles of dried wood offerings. Colourful tassels hang at the top right beside a golden ornate structure.2012-05-03May 03 20122012-05-03Indoor Hindu ritual gathering in a white-walled hall, with a bride in an orange-and-gold sari and a groom in white dhoti and shawl seated on the floor at a white-painted brick fire altar (homa/yagna) decorated with marigolds, fruit, kalasha-style vessels, brass lamps and a ceremonial trident-topped staff. A man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala sits at the front, speaking into a microphone, while another orange-clad priest and a woman in an orange sari with folded hands sit nearby. Behind them a large audience of devotees, many in white, sits on mats, with a shrine on the left holding deity murti and a golden swan-like figure, and a row of hanging paper lanterns above.2008-12-26November 12 20102010-11-12A homa fire ritual in a bright indoor hall. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a white tilak sits cross-legged at the left, hands folded in prayer, speaking into a microphone on a stand. Before him are a fire pit with flames, brass bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, small brass lamps, bowls of offerings and a yellow powder dish on a cream cloth. Rows of devotees in orange shawls sit on the floor with hands folded in anjali, some in white, one in blue, and a few in white clothes. A white-robed person stands at the back near bookshelves, and a row of people stands along the right wall. Rangoli-style white patterns mark the floor at lower left.2012-07-11