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A photograph inside a gold-ornamented temple hall with red floor and open windows. A large sacred fire burns in a stone fire pit in the foreground, with rice and flower petals scattered around it. Behind it, a priest in a white dhoti with bare upper body and a white head cloth raises a plant offering toward a deity murti adorned with flower garlands on a gold-and-red shrine. Two other attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand on either side, one holding a brass lamp stand, and brass oil lamps, banana bunches, coconuts and fruit trays are arranged nearby. Colourful tall decorative banners hang at the upper right.2020-03-16March 16 20202020-03-16A homa fire ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with red carpeting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and a purple waist cloth, with a white sacred thread over his shoulder and tilak markings, holds a ritual implement over a square fire pit where flames rise from a dark mound of burnt offerings, with scattered rice grains around the pit. Behind him a seated priest with a shaved head and folded hands watches, and tall brass oil lamps stand beside a golden deity shrine adorned with flower garlands. Fruit offerings including bananas and sliced coconut sit on platters nearby.2020-03-16 +2 copiesA photograph of a sacred fire ritual inside a richly decorated Hindu temple hall with pink and silver shrine alcoves holding deity murtis. A large blazing homa fire rises from a stacked brick fire pit topped with a tiered ornate golden altar, decorated with red flowers. On the left, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a saffron-coloured shawl and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, beside a standing man in white dhoti with a saffron sash and a yellow-brown headwrap seated near him. On the right, a young man in white dhoti and purple-striped sash bends forward tending the fire. Seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch in the background, and green mats cover the floor.2016-07-02March 16 20202020-03-16 +1 copiesPhoto 11728734 +2 copiesJuly 16 20152015-07-16June 23 20172017-06-23A night homa ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with a red carpet. A fire burns in a clay fire pit in the foreground, with a priest in white dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala seated beside it, stirring an offering with a long ladle from a metal bowl. Behind the fire stands a golden palanquin-style altar holding a deity murti garlanded with red and white flowers, flanked by tall brass oil lamps. Green banana leaves with offerings and flower-decorated trays are arranged on the floor. A man in white dhoti sits at the back right beside a drum, and another priest in white stands at the left edge. Nothing in the frame clearly identifies a person candidate.2020-03-15 +1 copiesPhoto 11728701 +2 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14December 07 20162016-12-07