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December 12 20172017-12-12December 28 20172017-12-28Outdoor ritual photo of a large crowd gathered around a homa fire pit on a raised stone platform, with flames and smoke rising from a burning fire built on layered wooden logs above a tiered base of yellow-orange offering trays strewn with petals. Devotees in white kurtas, orange and red shawls, saffron-coloured garments and sarees mill about, many holding phones to film. In the foreground, a man in a pink shirt stands with hands near his chest, and a woman in a white saree with a rudraksha mala sits on the platform. Bundles of sticks, steel bowls and small heaps of white powder sit in front of the fire. Stage lights on a tall truss, a golden-roofed building and tents appear in the background.2017-12-12Large outdoor gathering on a sunny open ground during a ritual event, with a dense crowd of many hundreds of people filling the foreground and midground. Many wear saffron-orange and red clothing, while some wear white dhotis and kurtas. Stage lighting rigs on a metal truss stand at left, with a white tented pavilion and trees behind. In the foreground at left, brass plates and lamps sit beside bundles of incense sticks and a fire-related setup near a red carpet. Many people raise hands or hold up phones, and photographers with tripods and cameras work along the crowd edge. No identifiable individual can be singled out as a particular person.2017-12-12Outdoor homa ceremony at a large open-air gathering. A tall fire blazes on a platform of stacked yellow bricks strewn with flower petals, with smoke rising. Beside the fire, a man in a white sleeveless top operates a camera on a tripod. Behind the fire, many seated women in saffron, red, pink and purple saris and shawls sit on mats under white canopies and blue tarpaulin, with a tent frame and distant buildings in the background. Some women wear gold necklaces and bindis.2017-12-12May 20 20142014-05-20November 14 20052005-11-14September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor homa fire ceremony. A large golden-rimmed fire pit burns brightly at the front, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and pink petals. In the foreground at lower left, a priest in a white dhoti seen from behind holds his hands together. Behind the fire, a bare-chested man with a long bead necklace sits on a red-brown cloth, and at right an older bearded man in saffron wrap and red rudraksha mala raises one hand while holding a microphone, appearing to address the gathering. Brass bowls, trays and leaves sit around the fire. Behind them, a large crowd of seated devotees, many in white and saffron, sits on mats before a red pillared shrine with a black Nandi-style statue draped in flower garlands and red-trunked trees behind.2016-02-16 +1 copiesOutdoor homa or fire ritual with an open flame rising from a small fire pit beside a magenta-draped altar holding a silver bowl of grains, a brass lamp and a kumkum dish. A woman in a red-and-orange dhoti with flower-decorated hair and gold bangles sits on the left with a damaru-style drum at her feet. A shaved-headed young man in saffron and orange robes tends the fire, and a cameraman in white kurta films beside him. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and red shawls fill the mats. A woman on the lower right wears an orange sari and nose ring. a person candidate not clearly identifiable.2014-12-17March 10 20132013-03-10January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copies