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July 17 2015

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Four men sit cross-legged behind a decorated brick fire pit (homa kund) with painted red and white brick edges, during a homa for Samaya Deeksha. Each man wears orange and gold silk shawls over white dhoti, and several speak into handheld microphones on stands. The man second from left has a rudraksha mala and a gold-bordered purple shawl. Behind them are brass lamp stands, a gold-and-red ornate throne with a red cushion, and a garlanded object with yellow and white flowers at right. No figure here is clearly identifiable as a person by the visible cues, so no candidate is asserted.2015-07-17July 18 20152015-07-18July 03 20162016-07-03January 07 20172017-01-07July 18 20152015-07-18January 07 20172017-01-07July 17 20152015-07-17A group of seated men in an indoor hall perform a ritual with small oil lamps and brass bowls set on the floor before them. The foreground man on the right wears an orange saffron wrap, a long rudraksha mala and bracelets, and holds a lamp. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth and beaded necklace also holds a lamp. Others in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and white-painted forehead markings sit behind them. Marigold-like petals and flowers lie on a cloth at lower left, next to a framed printed portrait of a turbaned man with a drawn, decorative border. Fluorescent lights and a bulletin board appear on the wall behind.2017-01-07Three bare-chested men in white dhotis sit in a row on a red carpet, speaking or chanting into microphones on stands. The man on the left has his hair in a topknot and wears a beaded necklace; the others wear rudraksha-style malas and sacred ash marks on their chests and foreheads. Behind them stand garlands of red, yellow and white flowers and a green-and-pink textile backdrop with gold trim. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no one is labelled as him.2013-07-18January 07 20172017-01-07A photograph of a fire ritual (homa) at an outdoor or open-air altar with a brick fire pit blazing at left and dry wood sticks in the foreground. A bare-chested man with rudraksha beads and a red mala sits on a gold-edged low seat wearing an orange-yellow dhoti with a green border, smiling. Beside him a man in a white shawl holds a small brass vessel near a microphone, and another man in white dhoti holds a brass bell. A man in a white dhoti sits at left with his back to the camera before a microphone. Behind them a gilded tiered platform with red cushioning. Scattered red flower petals and brass plates with offerings are visible. a person is.2015-07-16August 09 20152015-08-09