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April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A photograph of a fire ritual, a homa with tall orange flames and smoke rising from a fire pit in the foreground. Four men stand behind and beside the fire. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold chain and horizontal white tilak holds a microphone in one hand and a gesture in the other. The center man wears an orange wrap, a white-and-orange headdress, a rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, with palms pressed together in prayer. To his right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and beaded mala presses his hands together. Behind them are marigold garlands, banana leaves, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a stone pillared hall with colourful cloth decorations.2018-04-14A homa fire blazes in the foreground of a temple hall, with tall flames and smoke rising from a pit of offerings. A man at left in white dhoti and shawl with vertical white tilak and a gold necklace holds a microphone and presses his palms together. In the centre a man in orange saffron robes, rudraksha mala and a layered bead-and-silver necklace with a patterned headpiece folds his hands in prayer. At right a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl with a grey-white beaded necklace and a black headwrap joins his palms. Banana leaves, marigold garlands, a ceremonial staff and a red-and-gold decorated pillar frame the scene. Whether the central saffron-robed man is a person cannot be determined from appearance.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A photograph of a night fire ritual under a corrugated metal roof. A bright fire burns in a low stone-rimmed pit in the foreground, with smoke rising. Several men stand around it with palms pressed together in namaste. The man second from left wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, with rudraksha beads around his neck. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange upper cloth and a bare-chested man stand with hands folded. At left edge a woman in an orange sari also folds her hands. Several men in brown and rust-coloured robes with gold-bordered cloths stand in the background. On the right, a bare-chested man in a golden-bordered orange dhoti stands near a man in a white shirt and checked lungi. A purple logo appears at top left.2013-09-04 +2 copiesSeptember 04 20132013-09-04July 16 20152015-07-16Photograph of a camphor flame burning above a silver tray of flowers and white offerings on a gold-edged table, during an aarti in a temple setting. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand behind the flame: the one on the left has bare arms and bare chest with multiple rudraksha malas and a large gold pendant, the one on the right wears a long rudraksha mala, gold garlands and folds his hands in namaskar with a red-tilak, red-banded headband. Behind them a younger man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border and a mala stands on the right. Golden ritual objects and a brass lamp are visible.2012-06-05April 14 20182018-04-14July 16 20152015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16