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Night photograph of an outdoor temple-courtyard ritual beside a lit fire pit at the lower right. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and kurta with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala stands in the centre, holding a red cloth-wrapped bundle with yellow flowers, leaning toward a line of women with outstretched hands. A seated priest in white dhoti with a cloth and garland tends the fire with a long iron ladle, and a framed portrait with flower garlands sits at right. Standing men in white shirts and dark clothing watch from behind, a woman in a patterned sari sits at left, and a child stands at the far right. Stone pillars and warm lights frame the courtyard.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +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 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA night-time homa at an outdoor temple courtyard. A priest with a shaved head, wearing a white dhoti and a gold necklace, sits at a brick fire pit with a large flame, pouring offerings from a brass vessel. Around him, women in saris sit on the ground and watch, and a framed portrait with flower garlands is placed beside the fire. The portrait shows a figure in orange robes, but its subject is not established. Behind them, a stone temple entrance with a decorated deity murti and garlands is lit by lamps, and a few people in colourful clothing are standing and moving near the shrine steps. The priest's white ritual clothing and shaved head do not qualify as a probable candidate. +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesApril 05 20122012-04-05Night-time homa at an open courtyard with a brick fire pit blazing at centre-right. A bare-chested man in orange and gold cloth sits behind the fire, seemingly tending it. In the foreground a dhoti-clad priest in white with a gold-bordered cloth stands with hands together. At left a bare-chested man with a trident-like staff and rudraksha beads stands near a white-draped table holding brass vessels and a lamp. Behind them, a seated audience in white and orange clothing fills the right side, many with palms pressed together. Warm lit pillars and windows frame the background. Some visible numbered and labelled offerings sit on the ground around the fire.2015-12-23Night ritual inside a temple hall beside a fire pit where a flame rises from a pile of coconut halves and offerings. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth and a garland of yellow and white flowers holds his hands over the fire near another man's head, who is also shaven and garlanded. Behind them a bald man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and flower garland looks upward. Several onlookers in dark and white clothing stand around, and a bright tube light and stone pillars frame the scene.2011-11-29