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July 15 2011

Outdoor homa or yagna at an open-air courtyard shaded by palm and banana trees. Many devotees sit in rows on the paved floor before red rectangular fire pits holding wood and offerings. Several men wear white dhoti and shirts with rudraksha malas; women wear white saris with gold borders, saris in red and orange, and some folded hands in namaskar. A man in the foreground, bald with rudraksha malas and white clothes, holds a small oil lamp and offering. Brass and steel vessels, a plate of flowers and a yellow cloth bag sit on the ground. A red-roofed building and tall palms appear behind.

Outdoor temple scene with several devotees seated in a row on a mat and paved ground, hands joined in prayer. The foreground woman wears a white sari with a red-and-yellow bag at her side; the woman beside her wears a green-and-yellow shawl. Behind them, seated people wear white, cream and teal clothing. In front of them stand rows of red brick-patterned boxes with white markings, strung with rope and containing small bundles of sticks. To the left stands a black stone Nandi-style bull statue garlanded with orange and yellow flowers, beside a table of bananas. Palm trees and a tiled-roof shrine building appear in the background.

Outdoor homa ceremony in a temple courtyard under a row of hanging green leaf garlands, with palm trees and stone deity sculptures behind. A square fire pit with smoke rising sits on a white marble platform, scattered with marigold petals. Several shaved-headed priests in white dhoti and shawls, with ochre and white body markings and gold necklaces, sit around the fire and place offerings. A framed portrait of a woman in orange sits on a red and gold throne at left, and a seated figure in orange robes sits at the far right near a Shiva lingam. Devotees in white sit on mats in the background, and a kalasha and brass pots lie near the platform.

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A photograph of an outdoor homa at an ashram under a open-sided pavilion with palm trees behind. In the foreground a square golden fire pit burns with bright flames, with bowls of offerings, a basket of rice and flower petals around it. A priest with a pink head-cloth and white dhoti, a garland around his neck, extends his arm toward the fire while other priests in white and orange-saffron dhotis sit on striped mats. A large crowd of devotees in white and red clothing sits on the ground facing the fire. Carved wooden and brass ritual objects, a yellow lion figure and a small statue of a deity stand at the left edge.

Outdoors under palm trees, a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at a white square fire pit, performing a homa with burning sticks and ritual offerings. Beside him stands a brass vessel and a kalasha-like pot decorated with orange marigolds, and a brass lamp sits on a saffron-coloured cloth. Behind the fire, a large crowd of seated devotees in white clothes and red-and-white lanyards with neck cords watches, some with hands folded in namaskar. Low orange-walled buildings and a yellow-painted structure stand in the background. A statue row and a red circular pole are visible.

July 15 2011

July 15 2011

Outdoor homa ceremony before a large seated congregation of several hundred devotees dressed mostly in white with red and orange shawls. In the foreground a brick fire pit holds a lit flame with brass vessels, offerings and marigold and rose petals. A tall silver trident stands beside it. On the left a man in an orange-red dhoti with a yellow-orange cloth wrapped on his head and a gold garland sits on a red-draped seat facing the fire, with a richly decorated ceremonial parasol behind him. Several shaven-headed priests in orange and white sit beside the fire making offerings, while a cameraman stands at the back on the right.

January 12 2009

An outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal shelter with red posts and palm and banana leaves. A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and orange garlands sits cross-legged at a square black fire pit edged with flower petals, hands joined in a ritual gesture. Before him are brass kalasha pots topped with yellow-orange mango leaves and coconut, plus silver bowls. A woman in orange and gold robes stands at left holding a ceremonial item, and rows of seated devotees in white and colourful saris and shirts watch, with children among them. Orange-painted buildings and palm trees fill the background.

An outdoor ritual gathering under a corrugated open-sided pavilion beside palm trees. Many devotees in white clothes with red shawls sit on striped rugs around a square stone homa or puja platform holding brass bowls, plates and offerings. On the left, a shrine with a deity murti of a couple in an orange-lit arch; behind the platform, an orange and gold kalasha-like pillar. On the right, an ornate red and gold chair draped with garlands stands empty, a framed photograph displayed beside it. A man in white with a red shawl and a shaved head sits at the platform center, and several people in white are seated along the row. Fruit and banana leaves lie on the rugs. The ritual appears to be a puja.