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February 16 20162016-02-16November 19 20132013-11-19May 20 20152015-05-20Night-time outdoor ritual under a corrugated roof. A fire pit burns at center front, with brass oil lamps and bowls of flowers and fruit on striped mats. Two men stand at left in orange and white dhotis; one holds his palms together in prayer and the other carries a tray. At right, a golden throne-like seat with a red canopy holds a deity murti adorned with a garland and flower strands, while a bearded man in a red-brown robe sits on a gold chair beside it, a gold fan behind him. A smaller decorated shrine with a kalasha-like structure and flower garlands stands behind the fire. Smoke drifts across the scene.2016-02-16Night outdoor homa ceremony. A man with long dark hair and a beard sits with palms pressed together in a gilded, lotus-patterned throne with red cushions, under a decorated canopy with red, yellow, and blue tassels. He wears an orange-brown robe and a pink-and-white flower garland, with a red bindi on his forehead. Tall flames rise from a fire pit on the left, with coconut halves and offerings at the base. Golden trident staffs stand beside the throne, and string lights hang from a tarpaulin roof. A standing figure is partly visible behind the fire. a person is seated on the throne during the fire ritual.2017-03-16April 01 20162016-04-01Night ritual photograph in an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof. At centre, a bright fire burns on a gold-covered homa platform in front of a golden throne draped in red cloth and heaped with marigold and yellow flower garlands; a red-and-white cloth bundle sits in the flames. A bare-chested priest with a white sacred thread and orange cloth leans forward with a hand over the fire, while a man in white dhoti and shirt with rudraksha-style beads stands beside the homa. On the right, a seated woman in a red-brown sari with a garland sits on a gold ornate chair under a multicoloured canopy. Behind the chair a second person sits in a dark garment. Left, a decorated deity murti with flower garlands sits on an altar with oil lamps and brass vessels, and bowls of petals and offerings lie in the foreground.2016-02-16May 20 20152015-05-20Night-time homa ceremony outdoors under a canopy. A man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate gold throne with a red velvet cushion, palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a rust-orange robe and a pink-and-white flower garland. Flanking the throne are gold trident-topped staffs and a gold-and-red umbrella hung with colourful tassels. In front, a fire blazes in a pit on a multicoloured cloth, with a brass plate of offerings nearby. Behind the fire, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and cloth stands near a standing fan, and two men sit beside the fire, one bare-chested with a sacred thread.2017-03-16July 09 20132013-07-09February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesNight photograph of a ceremony beside a golden throne. A man on the left in orange saffron robes, with a bare upper body, rudraksha beads and a bearded face, holds two lit oil lamps toward a seated figure. The seated person on a gold-framed throne has hands pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, wearing long layered garlands of yellow and red flowers and a dark robe. Smoke rises in the air, and a multicoloured fringed canopy hangs overhead. A flower-garlanded plinth lies at the lower left.2016-02-16