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Night-time photograph of a seated group inside a stone-walled temple courtyard. At the centre, a priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style mala and gold necklace, sits behind a square brick fire pit (homa kund) scattered with marigold petals and ash. Beside it, a framed portrait of a woman in orange garments and a garland sits on a white cloth with flowers. Around them, adults in saris and a man in white sit listening, while many children sit cross-legged in a wide circle in the foreground. A woman in an orange sari stands behind them near the wall, and a small child is held nearby. Oil lamps and flower offerings lie on the ground.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16Night photograph of an outdoor homa or yagna at a temple courtyard. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a beaded necklace, sits cross-legged behind a square fire pit built of red bricks, with dark offering sticks laid in it. Seated devotees fill the foreground and left side on the ground, many with their backs to the camera, while two women in saffron and orange saris sit on a stone ledge against the wall. Behind the priest, a framed portrait of a deity in orange garments garlanded with flowers sits at the foot of stone steps, with brass vessels and flower offerings nearby. Warm lamplight illuminates the stone courtyard and wall. +1 copiesNight photograph of a homa fire ceremony in a stone-walled courtyard. A small square brick fire pit holds a bright flame, with marigold petals scattered around it. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace sits cross-legged before the fire, hands folded, beside a fruit-laden offering tray and a small oil lamp. Beside him a man in a light shirt and white dhoti sits with hands clasped. Behind them a seated crowd of men, women and children watches, some in saris and salwar kameez. A standing man in a dark tracksuit stands near a grilled window, and a man in orange and white sits on a ledge at right. +1 copiesA night fire ritual is performed in a stone-pillared courtyard. A fire burns in a yellow-tiled rectangular fire pit at the centre. A priest in a white dhoti with a red border and a gold necklace sits cross-legged before it, offering into the flames. Beside him sits a younger man with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead, wearing a white shirt and yellow shawl. Behind them, seated and standing devotees and children watch, including a woman in a teal sari and a man in a black shirt. On the right, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long hair and a gold necklace, garlanded with flowers, rests on a step beside fruit, flowers and offering plates. +1 copiesNight outdoor homa at a temple courtyard. A priest in white dhoti sits cross-legged before a brick fire pit with a flame, with brass vessels and offerings nearby. A framed portrait with flower garland sits beside the fire, labelled with no readable caption. Seated devotees, many children and women in saris, surround the fire in a semicircle. Behind them, people stand near an illuminated temple doorway with a deity shrine inside. +1 copiesPhotograph of a homa fire ritual in a courtyard at night with a crowd of devotees seated on mats. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala sits at the right, hands folded before a fire pit of stacked red-brick kundas with flames rising at the centre, with a microphone stand nearby. Opposite him a man in grey trousers and white shirt sits at the fire, and a kalasha-type brass vessel and bowls with flower petals and marigolds lie on the mat. Behind them, men and women in white and coloured saris sit with palms pressed together, including a toddler in the middle, and a worn plastered wall forms the backdrop. Several people are seated in the foreground at left, all with hands folded in prayer. a person's appearance is not clearly visible.April 17 20112011-04-17A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged before a brick fire pit (homa/yagna), with flames rising from the wood. He wears a gold-bead necklace and holds a ritual implement in one hand. Around him seated devotees, including women in pale and patterned saris and children, watch in the evening light. Yellow flower petals lie on the pit's edge. At right, a framed portrait garlanded with white flowers and a fruit offering on a tray sit beside the fire. A large white bag and an orange-clad standing figure appear in the background. +1 copiesNight outdoor puja at Tiruvannamalai. A priest in white dhoti with a shaved head holds a lit oil lamp before a framed portrait of a woman in orange garments with a garland, set on a white-draped table with brass lamps. Devotees stand and kneel with palms pressed together under a street light, including women in green, teal and pink saris and a girl in orange. Seated figures in white and a girl with a long braid sit on a red-and-white striped platform. Flowers and a kumkum-marked plate lie at the base of the framed portrait. The scene is a photograph of ritual worship.2011-04-17December 31 20112011-12-31