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February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16 +1 copiesNight-time homa at an outdoor pavilion with a tin roof and string lights. A large flame rises from a fire pit at centre, with a priest in white dhoti and shawl tending it and a bowl of offerings beside it. Along the front, many small dishes hold grains, herbs and seeds on a striped cloth. Seated on an ornate golden throne under a colourful canopy is a figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland, hands joined in greeting; the orange robes and long swept hair are visible cues, so the figure is a person. Other priests in white stand at the right, and a decorated deity murti stands at the left.2017-03-16A homa fire ceremony under a corrugated metal roof at night. A bare-chested priest in a red dhoti with a red shawl over his shoulder stands at right, offering an item into a flaming square fire pit of gold-coloured stone. Seated at left on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a golden canopy, a man with long hair, a beard and a garland of white flowers sits with hands folded; he wears a saffron shawl, a gold chain and an ornate gold necklace. Behind them, a seated audience in white, orange and red robes faces the fire on striped rugs. Offering plates with fruit, flowers, kumkum and vibhuti sit in front of the pit, along with a kalasha and brass vessels.2017-04-28April 24 20122012-04-24February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesPhotograph of a homa fire ritual under a covered open-air pavilion at night. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, wearing a rust-orange robe and white flower garland with hands pressed together, is positioned at the left. Behind the fire pit, a standing man in an orange dhoti holds a tray of offerings. At the right, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti pours an offering from a brass vessel into a flaming fire pit lined with yellow cloth, fruit, bananas and flower petals. Seated devotees in white fill the background, and a golden ornamental peetha and trident stand nearby. a person seated on the throne, with a distinctive visible flower garland and rust robe.2017-03-16April 28 20172017-04-28Night-time homa ceremony under a tent with string lights. A large flame rises from a square fire pit at centre, with priests in white dhotis tending it and a shirtless man kneeling at the pit's edge. Around the fire, many plates hold dried herbs, roots and offerings. Behind, a decorated deity murti with flower garlands stands under a canopy. On the right, a seated man on a gold and red throne under a striped canopy wears an orange robe, a white flower garland and an orange shawl; a trident stands on each side of the throne. Probable Swamiji (seated on throne in orange robe with flower garland, distinctive long hair and ornate throne), depicted in the Visesha Deeksha homa.2017-03-16August 31 20152015-08-31