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July 06 20152015-07-06July 06 20152015-07-06July 06 20152015-07-06Outdoor night homa at a brick fire pit on a green mat, with coloured rangoli patterns on the ground. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits at the pit, pouring offerings into the flame, with a bright brass oil lamp and trays of fruit and puja items beside him. Behind him, a seated audience of roughly several dozen people in white, orange and yellow clothing faces the fire under a dark sky, with a lamp post glowing above. a person is the orange-robed figure with mala at the fire pit; the page indicates his presence, and the appearance cues are a saffron robe and rudraksha mala.2010-12-16July 16 20152015-07-16Night-time outdoor fire ritual on a sandy riverbank lit by small oil lamps. In the foreground a yellow-brick fire pit burns with flames as a priest in saffron-orange robes with a crimson shawl pours offerings. To the left a woman in a red-brown robe with a long gold necklace and a leopard-print cloth sits with an offering vessel, a silver trident with flower garlands stands behind her. Around the fire, many seated people wear red and white shawls with rudraksha malas, some with vibhuti marks; to the right a decorated deity murti with a garland and kalasha is set on a platform. Many onlookers sit in rows behind. This appears to be a homa or yagna ceremony.2014-05-20Night ritual at a fire pit (homa/yagna) in an open-air ashram courtyard. A large square fire pit lined with wood sits at left, with smoke and embers visible. Seated on an orange cushioned throne at the back, a figure in a deep red-maroon robe wears a long white flower garland, with hands folded. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and a green-and-white upper cloth sits with palms joined, wearing a rudraksha mala. A woman in white garment with a bright pink head wrap and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a orange mat, hands folded, facing the fire. To the right, a standing man in saffron-orange and red clothes holds his hands in anjali, while another standing figure in white dhoti and a rudraksha mala also holds palms together. Rows of seated saffron-robed monastics and devotees fill the background. Women in red and gold saris with jasmine garlands kneel in the foreground, hands folded. Brass pots, kalasha-style vessels and flower offerings surround the fire pit.2014-10-03May 20 20142014-05-20Night-time homa at an outdoor ashram, with a large flaming fire pit built into a gold-coloured square platform in the foreground. Many devotees sit in rows behind it, most in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, while others wear white. On the right a woman in a red sari with white flower garlands sits on a silver-framed chair, holding a tray of offerings near the fire. Brass pots and oil lamps sit on red rugs. A stone deity murti stands at centre-back beside a tall column, and an ornate ceremonial chair appears at top right. The crowd is large but partly obscured by darkness.2014-10-27July 17 20132013-07-17May 20 20142014-05-20A homa fire burns inside a tiered brick fire altar with red and yellow painted bricks on a tiled floor. A figure in an orange-brown turban and wrapped saffron-toned cloth, wearing a long rudraksha-style mala and a large gold pendant, kneels at the altar and pours from a brass ladle into a bowl. Behind, a large seated audience in white and cream clothing with orange shawls and red garlands sits in rows. Tall brass oil lamps stand at the right edge. The scene looks like a fire ritual during a session.2015-07-09