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A photograph of a homa at night before a decorated shrine. A priest stands at left, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a white and yellow head cloth, a beaded necklace and a rudraksha-style mala. He holds a brass plate of offerings toward a fire blazing in a pit. Behind the fire are three decorated deity murtis under a gold and orange canopy with flower garlands in red, white and yellow. A red and green silk cloth with white and green flower garlands drapes the fire pit's altar. The scene is ritual worship.

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A photograph of a night homa ritual at a temporary shrine. In the foreground a fire burns on a yellow-washed raised fire pit, and a small seated figure of a deity dressed in a blue and red silk sari with gold border sits draped in white jasmine garlands and green flower garlands. Behind the fire, deity murtis are decorated with red, yellow and green garlands under an ornate gold canopy with a colourful flower-garland valance. On the right a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and a sandalwood-marked bare chest holds a brass vessel over the fire, a palm-leaf decoration behind him. One physical person is visible.A priest with a shaved head, white turban-style cloth, bare upper body, white dhoti with gold border and a dark beaded rudraksha-style necklace performs a fire ritual before three deity murtis adorned with silver ornaments, red garments and white and yellow garlands. 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A priest stands at the left edge in a white upper cloth with gold border and white dhoti, a white head cloth, and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, holding a copper or brass vessel over a blazing homa fire built into a stone fire pit. Behind the fire, three deity murtis sit under an ornate gold arched canopy with red and yellow marigold garlands. A tall palm-leaf and a dark corrugated roof frame the scene.A priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a white head cloth stands at left, wearing a dark rudraksha-style mala, performing a fire ritual before a decorated shrine. Two flames rise from a yellow earthen fire pit, with smoke drifting up, and a blue cloth with a yellow marigold garland lies on the pit's edge. Behind, three deity murtis stand under floral garlands with white flowers and striped red, yellow and purple bunting, against a gold-embroidered canopy and orange drapery. A white lotus kolam is drawn on the pit's base. 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