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October 01 2008

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Outdoor temple scene with a white-painted homa fire pit in the foreground, its square platform steps covered in scattered rose petals and smoke rising from the central pit. Behind it stands a small white shrine with a dark deity murti and a tall copper kalasha-like pillar amid palm trees. On the right, a painted clay Ganesha figure in red, green and gold garments sits beside a brass pot with a mango-leaf arrangement and a yellow-orange cloth covering the foreground, with a multicoloured striped mat beneath. No people are visible.2008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01Outdoor homa at a white square fire pit on striped mats, with a yellow-draped altar holding a small Ganesha murti decorated with red petals. A priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of offerings over the pit, while a second priest in orange sits nearby beside a bell and brass vessels. A woman in white with an orange shawl and a bindi sits across the pit, and a foreign woman in white with a yellow scarf sits at the left edge. A white-clad man in an orange shawl sits behind the pit. Pale white platforms stand in the background.2008-10-01October 03 20082008-10-03December 26 20102010-12-262007 - Social Service Activities At Kailaasa SriPuram Sarvajnapeeta, Hyderabad2007-01-01April 07 20122012-04-07Outdoor homa ritual at a white stepped fire pit with smoke rising. Three people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on a woven mat: a woman on the left, a young man in the centre seated before a brass kalasha and offerings, and a man on the right holding an orange cloth. A white shrine with a black Shiva linga garlanded with orange flowers stands behind, with a copper-topped structure and palm trees. Brass plates, flower petals, a ladle and a bowl of white offerings lie on the white platform in front of the fire.2008-09-30October 01 20082008-10-01December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor ritual at a white-tiled square fire pit or homa kund on a sandy ground under palm trees. A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl leans over the pit, holding a ritual item, with a brass oil lamp, kalasha pot with red flowers, bowls and a brass lamp stand on the white cloth in front. Behind, a red-painted building, a small cart and a red frame are visible. A man in a red garment is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a homa or puja.2010-12-26