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Outdoor homa at a large open-air gathering. A fire blazes on a tiered brick altar edged with yellow-marigold garlands, with smoke rising. Several priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls sit at the fire, one wearing a bright orange turban and rudraksha malas. A brass oil lamp stands on the red-carpeted ground in front. Seated women in colourful saris and shawls and some men fill the foreground, with a crowd beyond. A cameraman films from a tripod on the right beside a metal lighting truss, and a standing man in white ritual clothing is at the far right. Smoke and a tent backdrop fill the background.

Large 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.

A crowded indoor hall with white walls and a paper-chain banner strung overhead. Seated devotees fill the floor in white, cream and orange clothing, many wearing marigold garlands. At center, a fire pit with a homa is being tended, with white boxes stacked beside it. A woman in an orange sari with a garland sits at the fire, and a man in orange stands nearby. Brass lamps with lit wicks and flower-decorated trays sit in the foreground, and a standing figure in orange appears at the back by a speaker. A camera on a tripod is at the left edge.

November 10 2011

May 26 2017

Night outdoor fire ritual lit by a bright floodlight. A man in orange robes and gold-bead necklace raises a burning camphor flame over a brick fire pit (homa/aarti setting) with a brass vessel. Seated around it are priests in white and orange cloth, a woman in an orange sari with a long braid, and a woman in white and gold-bordered sari with hands folded. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers lie on the orange mat, a decorated shrine with red flowers stands at left, and a crowd watches behind a barrier strung with lights.

Outdoor homa ceremony under a canopy decorated with orange and yellow bunting and orange pennants. In the centre, a standing man with short dark hair wears a white kurta with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, hands pressed together at his chest near a rising smoke plume from a square white fire pit with orange-striped steps and scattered flower petals. Behind him seated children and young people in white and orange clothing face the pit. To the right, an ornate golden-and-red deity murti is garlanded with yellow and pink flowers, with a brass oil lamp in front. To the left, a black stone idol is adorned with garlands, and a seated figure in orange kneels near the lower left. Palm trees and a white structure appear in the background.

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December 12 2017

December 26 2008

December 26 2008

A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in progress at an evening event. In the foreground, a wooden fire pit with white rice and marigold-like flowers and red offerings sits beside brass bowls and a brass kalasha; a small flame and smoke rise from burning logs. Behind it, a long row of seated devotees, many in white and pastel clothing, sit along a red carpet, with colourful lights overhead. A bare-chested priest sits at the right edge wearing a rudraksha-style mala, and a hand holds leaves or herbs at the lower right. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

December 26 2008