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Outdoor temple-courtyard wedding ritual before a deity murti adorned with flower garlands and a golden crown. Seated priests in orange robes, one with hands raised, conduct the rite beside a square fire pit built of white bricks with a metal vessel. A bride in an orange-red sari with flower garlands and a groom in white dhoti and shawl with a garland stand together on a mat, with a white cloth on the floor. Around them lie trays of fruit, flowers, sweets, brass oil lamps and a bowl of white camphor. Seated and standing guests in saffron, pink and white clothes watch from behind.

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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A homa fire ritual in an open courtyard. Three people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas sit on a mat before a square fire pit built of white bricks, tending a flame with ceremonial implements. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland sits beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a flower garland, both seated for the ritual. Brass lamps stand on the pit, and trays of oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, marigold petals, coconut, bowls of grains and sticks of wood lie on the mat. A stone platform with carved panels and brass vessels is behind. Several seated onlookers in orange and white watch from the background.2008-12-26 +1 copiesPhoto of a homa-style ritual at an outdoor temple shrine. Three priests in orange robes sit on a mat at left, one holding a brass plate of flowers and another tending a plate of offerings. Two seated devotees in white ritual clothes with garlands sit at right, a man in white and a woman in orange saree, beside a man in an orange shawl and glasses. Behind them are brass oil lamps and a kalasha, with a fruit offering of oranges, apples, bananas and pineapple spread on the mat. A deity murti decorated with flower garlands stands in the background, and a crowd of onlookers watches from the right. Fire-kindling sticks lie in the foreground.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26Outdoor Vedic marriage ritual in front of a decorated deity shrine with garlands and pink draped cloth. A fire pit burns on a stone platform with brass lamps, fruit, bananas, flowers and bowls of food arranged on woven mats. A bride in a maroon sari with flower garlands sits with hands folded beside a groom in white with a garland. Several people in orange and saffron robes sit on the mat, including a woman chanting into a microphone and a man in orange opposite her. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at right and another person in white operates a camera on a tripod at left. Seated guests in orange and pink saris watch at the far right.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26