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January 03 20152015-01-03March 16 20172017-03-16August 21 20172017-08-21September 09 20162016-09-09A bare-chested man in white dhoti sits before a homa fire pit, tossing grains or rice into the flames with his right hand. He wears a yellow and green patterned turban with a red tilak, glasses, a dark beaded mala and a red-cord necklace with an orange pendant, and a white sacred thread across his chest. A metal bowl of offerings sits beside the fire. Behind him, a woman in orange sari holds a handheld microphone, and a golden throne-like seat with a red cushion is visible in the background. The scene is a fire ritual with offerings.2017-03-16A shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and shawl with red border sits cross-legged, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, white vertical sandalwood-paste marks on forehead and arm, and a long rudraksha mala. A woman in a yellow sari beside him holds a silver lamp with a lit flame, and a silver plate of offerings sits in the foreground. He is a devotee or priest; no distinctive a person cues are visible.2010-10-02March 16 20172017-03-16December 02 20162016-12-02February 19 20162016-02-19A photograph of a seated priest performing a fire ritual beside a yellow-painted brick fire pit with flames and a copper bowl set on top. He wears a rust-orange turban, rust-orange cloth, layered rudraksha malas, bangles and white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms, and holds a silver ladle lifting offerings toward the fire. Scattered orange and pink flowers lie at the base of the pit, with a blurred dark background.2018-04-03October 03 20142014-10-03October 10 20172017-10-10 +2 copies