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Photo 11701593Photo 11701600A night homa at an outdoor ceremonial space. Several priests in orange and saffron garments with heavy beaded garlands sit around a square yellow fire pit, tending a bright flame and offering into it. A central figure in white and gold, with a microphone before him, sits in the seated line. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white and red-bordered shawls watch, and a man in white stands with hands joined at the top left. A carved lion and a painted deity murti appear at the right edge, with a lamp and small offerings on the floor. Count of visible people is more than twenty.2016-02-07February 07 20162016-02-07August 02 20172017-08-02 +1 copiesDecember 21 20132013-12-21Night ritual homa at a brick fire pit with a large blazing flame. A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha mala kneels at the fire, holding a long ladle and pouring offerings. Beside him another priest in orange sits with a mala, and a third man in white with glasses sits at right. Brass bowls, marigold and red flower offerings, and small oil lamps lie on the bricks. Behind them devotees stand with folded hands under string lights, and a green draped stage edge is visible.2011-11-10Photo 11701599A fire ritual (homa) at a yellow-painted square fire pit with flames and smoke rising. A bare-chested man in an orange turban and orange dhoti stands at the right, wearing rudraksha malas and a silver chain, with sacred ash marks on his chest and forehead, tending the fire. Several bare-chested men in orange cloth and red eye-bands sit in rows behind the pit, some with rudraksha necklaces. Brass vessels, a lamp and a tray of offerings sit on a striped cloth at the front. Background shows painted deity figures and a large yellow ring. The setting is a pandal-style hall with fluorescent lights.2017-09-17 +1 copiesOctober 19 20152015-10-19 +1 copiesAugust 16 20182018-08-16December 20 20112011-12-20