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September 09 20132013-09-09September 09 20132013-09-09September 09 20132013-09-09September 09 20132013-09-09October 03 20142014-10-03Outdoor homa at dawn beside a wooden fire pit with a large flame. A man in a white dhoti seated on an orange armchair, wearing an orange-and-gold cloth and a floral garland, holds his palms joined in namaste. Beside him a priest in white dhoti with a red turban raises a lit lamp toward the fire. Behind the fire, young girls in red-orange traditional dress with flower garlands sit in a row. Marigold offerings and a brass oil lamp rest in the foreground on a striped rug, and a pink wall, palms and bunting frame the scene. a person: the seated man in orange and gold with a long garland matches the page's stated presence, but his face and features are not visible enough to confirm; he is seated apart from the priest.2014-10-03August 31 20172017-08-31An outdoor ritual homa under a covered pavilion with red pillars and a tree-lined courtyard behind. A large fire blazes in a low fire pit at the left foreground. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-yellow head cloth and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, pouring offerings from a brass bowl beside small oil lamps and metal vessels. Seated on an orange-cushioned throne at left is a man in saffron-red robes with a white flower garland and a red tilak, appearing as a person candidate with a bare-shaved head; this is uncertain from appearance alone. Several white-clad male attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand with palms joined, and a row of girls in white and orange with flower garlands sits at right. A camera on a tripod is visible, and an offerings table with brass vessels sits at the upper right.2014-10-03Outdoor ritual yagna at an ashram courtyard: a large brick-and-wood fire pit with bright flames sits at left. A man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white turban sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, pouring from a small vessel, with brass pots, bowls and a silver urn before him. Beside him stand a young man in white dhoti and a bare-chested young man in an orange cloth, both with garlands. A seated figure in a sleeveless orange robe and garland sits on an orange armchair behind a row of saffron-robed children with white garlands. Girls in dark blue, green, pink and orange dresses with flower-decked hair kneel in the foreground. A cameraman films on the right, and a shaded red-pillared hall stands behind.2014-10-03A Vedic Rudra homa is underway outdoors before a large seated gathering. In the centre, a bare-chested priest with a saffron-and-white turban and a green-and-gold sash pours an offering from a small vessel into a brick fire pit where flames rise high. Beside him, another bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink-and-purple shawl holds his hands together in prayer. At right stands a young assistant in an orange-brown shawl and rudraksha mala beside an ornately decorated altar with carved figures and flower garlands. Brass lamps, offering bowls and baskets of grains sit on the ground. Behind them, rows of devotees in white with red shawls sit or stand, many with palms joined.2016-07-02 +1 copiesOctober 03 20142014-10-03September 09 20132013-09-09