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November 25 20142014-11-25Outdoor ritual under a pink and white canopy with smoke drifting through the air. Four men in saffron-orange dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha malas stand and kneel around a low ritual platform covered with striped cloth. A kneeling man in the foreground tends a fire pit with a long ladle, while a man in the center holds a small brass vessel. Brass oil lamps, a brass bowl, and a decorated kalasha with flowers sit on the platform. Another person sits in the background near a plate of offerings. The setting suggests a homa or puja with a fenced yard and a golden structure beyond.2017-10-10 +2 copiesJuly 22 20132013-07-22Night-time outdoor ritual at a yagna or homa setting. A figure in orange and red robes with a red turban sits on a red-and-gold throne at the back, with a fire and smoke rising before him. Foreground: shaved-headed young boys in saffron-orange robes sit on yellow-cloth floor, a white-clad man with a white cloth wrapped around his head and bare upper body and bracelets sits with his back to camera, and several white-clad attendants stand nearby. Brass vessels, pots and flower offerings sit on a yellow cloth, and a red-draped table with yellow marigolds and blue cloth stands at left. Two women in white stand at right. A car passes in the background.2013-11-20A night-time outdoor ritual homa at a tented event. A fire pit with smoke rising sits in front of a row of wooden boxes and flower-decorated offerings. Four men in white dhotis sit with their backs to the camera, bare-chested with rudraksha necklaces, one wearing an orange shawl. Behind them, a standing priest in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands near a bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti with a green head cloth who holds a ritual item. On the right, a decorated ratha-like offering table is garlanded with red flowers. Rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the tent. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2016-07-04October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20132013-09-09March 10 20132013-03-10Night ritual under a corrugated roof with a fire pit (homa/yagna) on a yellow-draped platform. A priest in an orange-red dhoti and saffron-gold shawl stands with his back to the camera, facing the fire and a deity murti garlanded with marigolds. Two seated men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas chant into microphones beside the fire pit, one holding a silver vessel. A third man in a saffron-orange robe with a flower garland stands with folded hands at the right, with other robed attendants behind him. Brass lamps, a silver bowl, kumkum dishes and flower petals are arranged on the mats and platform.2014-09-11Night outdoor homa at a square fire pit lined with yellow stone, with flames rising at the base. A shaved-headed young priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a white tilak and sacred thread holds up a long strand of flame-yellow cloth above the fire, while a second priest in similar saffron-orange clothing and a bare-chested cord-adorned figure nearby assist with offerings. On the left, a standing man wears a long white-and-marigold garland and a maroon-and-gold dhoti, hands folded in anjali. Behind them, a row of men in white dhotis with gold borders stand with palms pressed together, and a seated audience in white and red clothing watches. Brass bowls of offerings, kumkum, flowers and a decorated kalasha sit at the fire's edge.2014-08-29October 15 20132013-10-15November 07 20132013-11-07