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Close, blurred view of a ritual fire offering. A hand in white clothing holds a brass dish or ladle heaped with dark ash or granules, while a silver bowl holding yellow liquid sits to the left on a weathered, yellow-and-white stained stone or platform. A wooden ladle with a reddish handle rests at the top left. The background shows a rough stone wall and a reddish-orange cloth edge. No face is visible.

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A close photograph of a fire ritual at a yellow-painted altar. Flames rise sharply on the right side of the frame. In the foreground, a bronze or brass vessel of liquid sits beside a second brass bowl, and a hand holds a long wooden ladle with a carved, ribbed handle, pouring or stirring into the bowl. A bangle and a ring are visible on the wrist and fingers. The background is blurred red and maroon. No faces are visible.2017-12-10 +2 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual scene at a temple altar. A person in an orange-red garment reaches in from the left, a bangled hand scattering grains or powder over a dark stone surface. In the foreground a large polished silver bowl holds an orange liquid with a silver ladle resting on its rim. A small silver dish with red and orange offerings sits beside a brass lamp stand, and marigold garlands and a painted backdrop fill the background. The visible hand and forearm belong to a single person, and no face is shown.2011-10-01A close photograph of a ritual fire offering. A hand holding a brass or copper vessel tilts it over a shallow silver plate on a silver-grey stand, where dark ash or charred material glows with small orange embers. Yellow flowers blur in the left foreground, and a brick-like stack on the right carries white and pink rice-like offerings and a small green leaf. A striped cloth lies beneath. No person's face is visible, and the scene suggests a homa or yagna offering in progress.2016-09-09Close view of a homa fire pit at a Vishesha Deeksha session. A hand holding a long-handled ladle pours liquid ghee into flames rising from a yellow-edged square fire pit. A small brass bowl sits on the rim, pink flowers and a red and white cloth lie beside it, and seated participants in white and orange blur in the background. Smoke drifts across the frame.2017-03-16December 10 20172017-12-10Close photograph of a homa or fire ritual: a hand in a brown-and-gold cloth lifts a large polished silver bowl, pouring a golden liquid into a bright flame and billowing smoke. Beside it, a second figure in brown and gold ceremonial cloth holds a ladle or spoon. A small silver dish of offerings sits at lower left. The orange glow and rising smoke dominate the frame. Only partial bodies are visible, cropped at the edges.2014-09-14Close photograph of a brass plate holding burning incense or camphor-like material, with a bundle of dried stems or incense sticks held over it. Two hands are visible: one at upper right holding the sticks, wearing a silver bangle, and one at lower right resting on a stone ledge with a white paste mark on the wrist. Behind is a blurred red cloth, a carved wooden base and a gold sequined or sparkling backdrop. No full person is visible, so this is a ritual detail such as a fire offering.2010-09-05April AF 2012A homa or yagna ritual at a golden wooden fire altar. Smoke rises from the fire pit on the left, and wooden sticks are laid across the altar. A brass ladle with a twisted handle pours liquid into brass bowls on the altar. A brass pot and a brass plate with offerings sit nearby, and a pile of herbs and green leaves lies in the foreground. A hand with a red thread wrist string holds the ladle, and another hand with a red thread rests on the plate. Blurred red-carpeted aisle and figures in green clothing appear in the background. No identifiable person is shown.2016-12-07A fire ritual in progress: a fire burns in a brick hearth whose yellow-painted bricks are dotted with red kumkum and scattered rice grains. A hand holding a silver ladle with a long handle pours liquid into the flames, and a copper-and-silver bowl sits on the left edge. Darbha grass lies on the bricks. The scene suggests a homa or yagna. No people beyond the hand are visible, and the background shows a colourful striped cloth.2018-03-12Close photograph of a pair of hands pouring a thin golden stream of liquid from a brass bowl with a dark ladle-like spoon, the stream falling diagonally across a blurred background of green foliage and a pale wall. The bowl is held near the frame's right edge, and the scene is outdoors in daylight.2014-08-24Close-up photograph of a hand holding a twisted silver ladle that pours a thin stream of liquid. Blurred background shows red and orange cloth, brass vessels and a shallow silver bowl. No people's faces are visible, only the hand and arm.2011-10-01