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July 04 2016

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Outdoor homa ritual at night before a decorated shrine. A fire burns in a tiered brick fire pit strewn with rose petals. A shirtless priest in a green cloth and white dhoti pours an offering from a brass vessel with a ladle into the flames, while other shirtless men in white dhotis sit nearby, one in a green headband and one with a rudraksha-style neck cord. Behind them a decorated ratha-style structure with lions, white garlands, fruit and a figure in orange sits at the top of the frame. On the right, a man in orange and white sits at microphones. Brass pots, banana leaves and marigold petals lie on the ground, and a few onlookers' heads are visible in the foreground. No one is identified as a person in this image.2016-07-04A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a temple hall. A large open fire burns in a raised wooden-framed fire pit at the centre-bottom, with smoke rising. A seated priest with a green turban and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with a striped border, holds a small lamp or offering over the fire. A second priest in a white dhoti stands bent over beside him, holding a lamp. Behind them a woman in an orange-red sari presses her palms together in prayer, and another figure in a red-orange sari stands to the right beside a white-draped table with red flowers. Brass vessels, marigold and yellow flower garlands, and a pile of rice grains sit near the fire pit. Striped red and white pillars and steps frame the background, where other people in white stand watching.2017-07-08Outdoor fire ritual, a homa or yagna, with a large open flame on the left and a wooden offering platform in front. A bare-chested man in a green turban with white and red forehead markings, wearing rudraksha mala beads, a red thread and a green shawl, holds a ladle over a silver bowl. Beside him a bare-chested younger man with a short beard and an orange-and-white cloth pours or offers into the fire. Marigold-like flower petals and yellow-wrapped items sit on the platform. Behind them, people in orange and white clothing sit and watch.2016-07-04October 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesOutdoor homa at night: a brick fire pit with a large flame rises in the centre, decorated with pink and red flower petals along its ledges. A bare-chested priest in a green waist cloth and white dhoti, with a green head cloth, pours an offering from a brass bowl into the fire. Beside him a shirtless man in a green dhoti and white cloth sits cross-legged, and at left a shirtless man in white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl holds a small offering. Brass pots, a bowl of petals and rice sit on the ground at lower left. Behind them, a seated crowd in white clothes with red shawls watches, several with tilak marks.2016-07-04September 05 20172017-09-05 +2 copiesJune 19 20162016-06-19June 19 20162016-06-19A homa fire ritual at night in a pavilion. A seated man in a green turban and white dhoti with a purple-striped waist cloth holds an offering near a burning fire pit. A standing priest in a white dhoti and shawl leans over the fire holding a lamp, while a young boy in orange-red cloth with hands folded stands beside a second red-clad figure. Flower garlands, brass vessels and a pink-and-green mat lie at the edge of the fire. People are seated in the background.2017-07-08July 02 20162016-07-02Night fire ritual. A large blazing fire burns in a square brick fire pit at centre. A seated priest in an orange-yellow turban, gold-beaded necklaces and a red-and-white shawl tends the fire with a ladle. Another seated priest in a white turban sits beyond the fire. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left. Foreground devotee in white dhoti with gold border sits with back to camera. Around the altar are kalasha pots wrapped in white cloth, decorated with white flower garlands, fruit, bananas, oranges, rose petals and brass lamps. A decorated throne-like seat with a gold backrest stands at left, draped in flower garlands.2017-05-26July 08 20172017-07-08