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January 03 2015

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A night-time homa at an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated roof. A large fire burns on a tiered yellow-tinted altar platform in the foreground. Behind it stands a golden deity murti or seated figure garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, with a rudraksha mala. Beside it, a figure in a bright orange-saffron turban and white dhoti with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands at the fire with hands folded. To the left, a woman in a red-orange sari with gold border and garlands chants with folded hands, and four men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand behind her. Hanging paper decorations and a gilded temple pillar with red and white striped backdrop frame the scene. Five to six people are visible.2015-01-03January 03 20152015-01-03Night-time homa at an open ashram hall. A large fire burns in a rectangular yellow-painted fire pit in the foreground. Behind it, a figure in an orange-and-white garment stands before a decorated deity murti on a throne, the murti draped in marigold and multicoloured garlands and a saffron cloth. Four men stand to the left in white dhotis with gold borders, wearing rudraksha malas; the foremost wears an orange-red robe with gold border and a rudraksha mala, hands folded in prayer. A standing microphone is near the fire. A decorated side shrine with a garlanded deity on the right, and a ceiling hung with paper decorations.2015-01-03January 03 20152015-01-03January 03 20152015-01-03January 04 20152015-01-04September 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual before a building with red walls and a metal roof, lit by strings of coloured lights. At the centre a large fire burns in a rectangular homa pit with offerings, and a figure in saffron-coloured dress and a saffron head wrap stands behind the fire. Beside him a person in a red sari stands among others in white dhotis and shawls. A man in a saffron wrap and white dhoti holds a small bell or lamp near the fire, and a priest with a rudraksha-style garland and white dhoti stands at right. A golden umbrella canopy is held above a seated figure with a decorated altar, and garlands, flowers, brass vessels and bundled sticks lie on striped mats in front of the fire.2016-03-06 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony at night beside a square brick fire pit with flames rising from it. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured striped borders and gold necklaces stand and kneel around it. One priest in the centre, wearing a red-and-white head cloth, pours from a metal vessel. Behind them a silver-framed object and tiered arrangements of yellow and red flower garlands rest on a silver stand, with brass pots on a table at the back. The page-based identity cue does not show a qualifying candidate here, so the people are described by role only.2018-01-06A photograph of a fire ritual at dusk in a courtyard with red walls and a striped mat. A large flame rises from a homa fire pit lined with brick-like offering blocks. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a yellow cloth and a rudraksha-style garland kneels by the fire feeding it. A seated figure on a gold ornate throne with a tall dark crown-like headdress, red and gold robes, a gold pendant and a garland of flowers sits with hands joined in prayer. Nearby, a man in white holds a folded-hands namaskar, another stands bare-chested with a garland and a patterned cloth, and a few people in white stand behind. Brass vessels, banana leaves, fruit, flowers and a small oil lamp rest on a tray beside the fire. A decorative white parasol hangs at the top left.2016-03-06 +1 copiesJuly 16 20152015-07-16March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies