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Photo 11742913A homa fire pit lined with red brick and decorated with yellow and pink flowers stands in the foreground of a temple-style setting. A woman in a brown blouse and white sari with gold border sits cross-legged on the left, while a man in a white shirt and glasses sits beside her, both facing the fire. On the right, a woman in white with an orange shawl holds a brass bell and gestures toward the central offerings. Behind them, a painted backdrop shows an orange-clad deity image, with orange cloth draped on two stands, bananas and fruit on plates, and a pink flower-covered murti with a kalasha at its centre.Night photograph of a fire ritual. Two dark-clothed figures stand in the foreground with their backs to the camera, one on the right and one on the left. Behind them stands a figure in an orange-red robe with a wrap over the shoulder, partially visible at the left edge and turned slightly toward the fire. A tall brass lamp stand with flame is on the left, and yellow and red garlands and flower decorations hang around the altar. The image is blurred with motion and the frame is partially cropped.2008-10-27April 14 20172017-04-14A homa ritual inside a temple hall with white marble pillars. A priest in white clothes, with a white cloth over his shoulder, stands at a stone fire pit where a bright flame rises, and he holds a ladle or spoon over the fire. Behind the fire, a deity murti dressed in red and decorated with garlands sits in a shrine framed by an arch of garlands. Two dark stone guardian figures in orange-and-gold garments flank the shrine. Women in yellow and orange saris sit on the right near the fire, with several seated people and offering plates in the foreground. On the right, a framed portrait of a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala is garlanded in red and orange flowers and set under an orange canopy; this portrait is a depiction and not a physical person.A photograph inside a white temple-style hall with carved pillars and a ceiling fan. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti and shawl kneels at a brick-lined fire pit, holding a ladle over a blazing homa fire with a brass bowl beside it. A woman in a red saree with glasses stands with hands folded in prayer, and a man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala stands beside her with hands together. Behind them a wooden throne-like seat is draped with red and orange garlands and holds a framed portrait. Brass oil lamps stand near the fire, and a dark stone figure in orange drapery and a painted deity figure in pink stand to the left.2009-09-21June 04 20152015-06-04Night outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit built of stacked yellow-orange bricks, decorated with white flowers and green leaves. A standing priest in saffron-orange dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala pours offerings over a bright flame, while another priest in white dhoti with mala and bare upper body kneels beside him. Seated devotees in white, orange and maroon saris and shawls, some with hands folded in prayer, face the fire. Behind them a golden-framed deity murti adorned with marigold garlands sits on an altar, with a crowd and lights in the background.2011-11-10A photograph of an aarti ritual before a richly adorned deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red roses, purple and yellow flowers, and green foliage. A smiling person with long black hair, a tilak on the forehead, a pink and white flower garland, a gold chain and a brown garment with gold border holds a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame toward the murti, which wears a crown, jewelled necklaces and an orange-red sari. Another person in a saffron-orange cloth stands behind, and a ceremonial staff with flowers rises at right. Smoke drifts in a warmly lit temple hall with a carved pillar at left.2013-04-21Indoor temple hall with a blazing homa fire built in a brick fire pit in the foreground. A man in white ritual clothes with a white shirt and white dhoti kneels at the fire, pouring offerings from a brass ladle. A woman in a yellow sari with pink border sits at the right beside the fire. Behind the fire, a deity murti is decorated with garlands and sits within an arched shrine framed by red and white flower garlands. Two dark stone dvarapala figures in orange-gold garments stand on either side of the shrine doorway. Brass aarti lamps and marigold offerings surround the fire pit, and a ceiling fan turns overhead.July 17 20062006-07-17A photograph inside a temple hall during a homa beside a brick fire pit where a tall flame rises. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-bordered cloth leans forward, reaching toward the fire and offerings. A woman in a yellow saree with pink border sits at right with hands folded in namaskar. Behind them, two dark-skinned guardian statues in orange garments and silver crowns flank a garlanded deity murti in a gilded shrine with red and white flower garlands. A ceiling fan and a framed picture hang on the white walls, and the lower left shows partial heads of onlookers.