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Outdoors on bare red earth with patchy grass, a shaven-headed man in white ritual cloth sits cross-legged on a mat beside a square fire pit built of yellow-painted bricks with a small flame, flower petals scattered on the bricks. He holds a small bell and a spoon-like implement over offerings. Behind him a framed portrait stands garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands and green leaves, with a brass vessel holding a plant in front of it. A brass plate with flowers and a small lamp lies nearby, and a few people and a parked car are visible in the background. The man wears a rudraksha mala and appears to perform a homa or puja. The man's appearance is not a distinctive a person candidate.

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Outdoor fire ritual on bare red earth in an open field under a clear sky. A shaved-headed priest in plain white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged at a fire pit built from yellow-painted bricks, feeding the flames from a bowl beside him; a small microphone stands by him. Tied to a pole is a framed portrait garlanded with yellow marigolds and red and green flowers, set on a low table with a brass vessel and a sprig plant. Trays of dried twigs and leaves lie on a mat in front. A woman in an orange blouse with a long braid sits at the lower right, facing the fire. Blue plastic chairs and a shaded canopy with pennant strips appear in the background.2011-11-12November 11 20112011-11-11A bare-chested priest sits cross-legged on a woven mat on a concrete floor, performing a puja at a brass setup. He wears a white dhoti with a yellow and maroon border and a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds a brass lamp over a small brass deity figure. Before him are brass bowls with flowers, a conch shell, a small brass lamp, a bowl of pink and white petals, and a brass vessel pair. Rudraksha beads are arranged on the mat. A second person's arm is visible at the lower left.2021-06-03A homa fire ritual in progress on a brick-built fire pit with flames and embers. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured striped waist cloth and a red-and-yellow turban sits on a striped mat, pouring a liquid from a ladle into the fire. A rudraksha mala hangs at his neck. Behind him, a fruit-filled basket and red-and-gold containers sit beside decorated kalasha pots wrapped in white and blue cloth with red flowers. On the right, a young assistant in white dhoti leans over to add offerings, and a white-dhoti-clad figure stands at the left edge. Brass vessels, a bowl of red petals and a tray of white grain surround the fire area.2017-07-04 +1 copiesNight outdoor homa at a square white-rimmed fire pit with a bright flame and smoke rising from straw and sticks. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha beads and a white forehead mark, sits behind the pit and pours or stirs with a ladle. Behind him a seated man in orange robes wearing a white headband and beads sits near a microphone. Marigold garlands, a brass plate of red flowers, coconuts, pineapple and a melon lie on the cloth at right, and a brass kalasha with yellow flowers sits at top right. Several people's hands and arms are visible at the left edge.2013-12-21January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa ritual at an open-sided temple structure with gold and red draped cloth. A shirtless man with a white and gold-bordered head cloth and white dhoti with gold border stands at left, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace, a rudraksha mala and red-thread bracelets, while he holds a brass hand bell in his right hand and a lit brass oil lamp above the fire pit. Behind him a brass arch frames a deity murti decorated with white and yellow flowers and garlands. In front, a raised mud fire pit burns with flames and is scattered with red flower petals. Brass lamps stand on either side of the altar. The man has white markings on his arms and chest, showing a priest performing the Sudarshan homa fire ritual.2025-12-30Photo 11687607 +2 copiesA seated priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold border sits beside a brick fire pit with bright flames, feeding offering material into the fire. He wears a rudraksha mala, bangles, white ash markings on forehead and arms, and a red tilak. Yellow marigold garlands lie on the pit's edge, with brass bowls of flowers and a small kalasha nearby. A standing person in orange robes stands at right beside a white sack and a basket.2013-12-21April 30 20122012-04-30A photograph of a night homa at an outdoor fire pit. A young priest in white ritual clothes with white sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead and a rudraksha mala around his neck pours an offering from a long ladle into a rectangular fire pit lined with white stone. The fire blazes high, with yellow marigold garlands along its edges and a brass bowl nearby. Behind him stands an ornate gold deity throne with a gold arch, and a red-draped altar with flowers lies to the right. No a person candidate is visible; the figure is a priest.2013-12-21January 24 20052005-01-24