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A woman in a white sari with gold border stands in a room raising a silver arati lamp overhead in her right hand while holding a silver bell in her left. A small red bindi marks her forehead and she wears a bangle. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothing fill the floor behind her along a cream wall, with a ceiling fan, a wooden door draped with red and gold strands, and a small framed image on the wall. The scene suggests a puja or aarti during a homa gathering.

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A photograph of a homa-style ritual in an indoor room. A woman in a white sari with a gold-yellow border stands at the centre, holding a silver aarti lamp with a large flame in one hand and a small silver bell in the other. A man in white stands behind her wearing a rudraksha mala. Seated devotees in white and coloured saris and shirts sit on the floor with hands pressed in prayer, and a child is held on the right. A small framed picture hangs on the wall and a fish tank stands at the right edge. Several people in the background are seated facing the ritual.2006-02-27A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at the centre, swinging a silver vessel of lit camphor or oil flames in a blurred circular motion during a ritual. She wears a red bindi and a dark braid. Behind and around her, seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha-style beads watch; a man in white with a dark bead mala sits to the right, and several women in white and yellow saris sit along the wall. Brass hanging ornaments and a bead garland hang at the upper right, near a window and a wooden door.2006-02-27A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands in a plain room, raising a lit multi-branched silver aarti lamp high above her head with her right arm, its flames rising from several branches. A gold bangle is on her wrist. Seated people in the background, including a man in a light shirt in the foreground and several women in colourful saris along the right edge, watch the ritual. A wooden door with a small colourful wall hanging, a curtain and a ceiling fan are visible.2006-02-27October 06 20122012-10-06September 08 20102010-09-08October 03 20102010-10-03A young man in a white kurta with an orange-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala stands in a hall with a metal roof and fluorescent light, raising a silver arati lamp in his right hand while holding a small bell in his left. A white tilak marks his forehead. Seated devotees in white and checked shirts sit on the floor behind him, some with hands folded, while a standing attendant in striped clothing watches. Colourful banners with bird motifs hang on the walls.2007-08-26December 19 20112011-12-19A photograph of a young man in a white kurta performing an arati inside a hall with a corrugated roof and fluorescent light. He holds a silver arati lamp with a flame-like finial raised before his face in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, wearing an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. Seated devotees in white and striped shirts fill the floor on both sides, and orange-and-blue hanging banners line the walls. Wearing a sacred mark on his forehead, he faces the camera steadily. The people in the background are seated or standing on the floor. The room is an open hall with a simple concrete floor.2007-08-26October 12 20102010-10-12October 10 20092009-10-10A photograph of several women standing in a line in a tiled room during a ritual. Most wear white or cream saris and salwar-style white dress with gold and orange borders, with one woman in a red and orange patterned top at the back. The woman on the right in a white kurta holds a lit oil lamp aloft on a silver stand, flames rising, and a second woman in a white sari with gold border holds a small metal vessel beside it. The women on the left and centre have hands folded in namaste and eyes lowered, one wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala. Smoke rises from the flame at the top right, and a wooden railing and door frame are visible at the right edge.