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A photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram with a large crowd behind a low white fire pit lined with dark stone. Three priests in white dhotis with red-bordered cloth sit in front of it. The priest on the right, bald and bare-chested with a white shawl, extends his arm and holds a long ladle-like implement over the pit, with a microphone stand before him. The central priest, also shaved-headed with white vibhuti on his forehead and gold chains, presses his palms together. The left priest wears glasses, a white upper cloth and gold necklaces. Brass and silver bowls, a small brass vessel, a gold tray and a bell rest on the ledge, with flower garlands nearby. Behind them, dozens of standing and seated devotees in white and pastel shirts watch with folded hands, and statues stand among the trees.

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A photograph of a homa ritual with smoke rising around a stone fire pit. Three shaved-headed priests in white dhotis with maroon borders and gold necklaces sit with palms pressed together in prayer, the central one wearing a white tilak on his forehead. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes watch, and a plate of offerings with fruit sits on a pedestal at the top right. The setting is an open-sided hall with a round decorative drum-shaped object at right.2010-09-05December 31 20112011-12-31November 10 20102010-11-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire pit, a square white-tiled pit with a dark opening, at an outdoor ritual. A shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, wearing a gold pendant on a beaded necklace and bangles, sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him, another priest in white with gold-bordered cloth and glasses sits near a microphone stand. A woman in a white sari with coloured borders stands with hands folded at the back. Brass plates hold turmeric, fruit, flowers and a silver vessel; a brass bowl and a silver container sit at the pit edge.2011-12-31A photograph of a homa or yagna at an outdoor ritual site. A young shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold necklace and a red-and-gold sacred thread, sits before a white square fire pit and tends offerings with a silver bowl. An older priest in a white shawl sits beside him. Behind them, women in white saris with gold borders sit, and a golden deity murti stands framed by garlands of flowers. Brass plates of offerings, including fruit and grains, sit on the orange floor. The backdrop has red and white stripes.2011-12-31December 31 20112011-12-31A dim evening ritual scene with several shaved-headed men in plain white dhotis and shawls, many with white vertical tilak stripes on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground, a young man in the centre raises a small lit oil lamp toward the viewer while chanting, a blue lanyard around his neck. Beside him, another man holds a lit lamp, and at the far right a man holds a brass bell and a lamp. Seated behind them, an older bearded man in white with a red-and-white mala watches, and further back audience members sit on chairs.2010-10-27September 11 20102010-09-11October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesOutdoor group ritual with devotees seated on mats and cloth. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti with a red border holds a silver lamp (aarti) over a silver thali of offerings, while a gold-chain-adorned man in white and a woman in a white sari with yellow border sit with hands in anjali. On the left a bare-chested man with gold necklace holds a small oil lamp with a flame. A woman in glasses and white attire with a yellow shawl and forehead marks is seated in the middle, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl and bangles folds her hands at right. Brass lamps and offerings lie on the floor behind, with more devotees in orange and white visible in the background.2010-09-08A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border kneels at a square homa fire pit, feeding offerings into flames with a long metal ladle. He wears a gold necklace and a white tilaka on his forehead. Silver pots and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the stone ledge, with green plants and a red-and-white striped wall behind him. Other people are partly visible at the left. This is a fire ritual scene. The priest's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2011-12-17Photograph of a group of shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shoulder cloths with pink-and-maroon borders, seated closely together in a ritual setting. Several have white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. A central man in spectacle frames holds a brass oil lamp aloft in his right hand while chanting, and another seated man on the right holds a small brass bell. Brass vessels and oil lamps sit on the floor in front. No one in the scene is identified as a person by visible cues; all appear to be priests or devotees performing a chanted ritual.2010-10-27