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September 29 20162016-09-29November 23 20162016-11-23A photograph of a ritual fire pit (homa kunda) in front of a painted temple structure with a multicoloured tiered base topped by a pair of golden lions. Lit flames and smoke rise from the sunken fire pit, which is decorated with scattered flower petals. Behind it, a yellow-and-white garland-draped kalasha offering stands on a green and yellow yantra/mandala drawn with marigold petals. A priest in white dhoti and orange-saffron shawl stands at left, holding a long golden ladle (sruva) over the fire. Ghee bowls, brass vessels, leaves and flower offerings surround the setup. Stone steps with red and white stripes lead up to the structure. A partially visible person in orange clothing appears at right in the background.2016-11-23Photo 11717757 +2 copiesA photograph of a fire ritual at a temple shrine. A priest seated at the left, wearing white clothes and a black thread bracelet, pours liquid from a long-handled silver ladle into a burning fire pit. The fire pit is covered with yellow cloth and scattered yellow and purple flowers, with brass and steel vessels, cups and a silver bowl arranged nearby. Behind the fire, a large deity murti with a multi-headed serpent hood, painted in blue, teal and gold, is garlanded with yellow flowers. The scene is a homa or yagna with offerings. No visible person matches the a person description.2016-09-09Close view of a homa fire pit at a Vishesha Deeksha session. A hand holding a long-handled ladle pours liquid ghee into flames rising from a yellow-edged square fire pit. A small brass bowl sits on the rim, pink flowers and a red and white cloth lie beside it, and seated participants in white and orange blur in the background. Smoke drifts across the frame.2017-03-16A homa fire ritual in progress. A fire burns in a yellow-edged rectangular fire pit with a blue-painted border and scattered white powder. A hand at right pours a thin stream of ghee or liquid from a brass ladle into the flames. At left, a bare forearm with a silver bracelet is raised toward the fire. Behind the pit, several seated participants in white ritual clothes and a few in orange or saffron garments sit near pink flower garlands and a brass bowl. Smoke rises through the scene.2017-03-16November 23 20162016-11-23A night-time fire ritual at a temple shrine. On the left, a seated priest in white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) in his right hand, with white sacred ash marks on his arm. Before him a wooden platform holds a homa fire of burning sticks, a silver bowl, a silver ladle, a small lamp and brass pots. Behind them a deity murti stands garlanded with yellow and orange flowers beside guardian lion figures on a blue-and-yellow pedestal, with smoke rising. Walls are striped white and maroon.2015-01-04November 10 20112011-11-10Photo 11715439Photo 11715438