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May 03 20122012-05-03A fire ritual at night, with a large flame rising at left-centre in front of seated devotees. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a leopard-print lower wrap sits on a low platform, wearing a long gold-and-white garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, holding a silver vessel and pouring liquid toward the fire. Flower garlands hang on a pole behind him. Around them, devotees in white and orange clothing sit with hands folded in prayer, and a woman in a maroon head covering tends a brass plate at lower left. a person cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace, saffron clothing and a leopard-print wrap, in a homa-style fire offering.2014-05-20August 09 20152015-08-09March 10 20132013-03-10March 29 20132013-03-29July 16 20152015-07-16A photograph of a ritual in an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and orange walls. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands at a fire pit of brick and burning wood, holding a lit lamp or offering vessel above it while smoke rises. Behind him a gold-framed red velvet throne holds a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and a red carpet runs toward it. Brass bowls of yellow and white offerings sit on the floor. On the right, a deity murti is decorated with red, orange and multicolour flower garlands, with a brass oil lamp in front. Seated devotees in white and yellow shawls with hands joined line the left side, and several figures in white stand near the throne. A saffron-clad person stands at the back right.2010-11-12Night outdoor homa at a gathering: a central seated figure in red and orange robes, with a gold and garland-decorated neck, sits on a low wooden stool with a leopard-print cloth, holding a ladle over a blazing fire pit in the foreground. A tall copper trident-topped staff wrapped in white and orange flower garlands stands beside him. Around them, a large seated crowd in white and red-orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with vibhuti on their foreheads, sits on green matting. A seated figure in the foreground in a red turban and orange clothing faces the fire.2014-05-20December 17 20142014-12-17September 09 20132013-09-09September 17 20102010-09-17July 14 20122012-07-14 +1 copies