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Night-time homa ceremony in an open-sided pavilion with a bright fire burning on a raised platform at right. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red sash kneels before a fruit offering laid on a cloth, holding a lit oil lamp toward the offerings. Behind him a younger man in a white dhoti holds another lit lamp. Seated on a gold-and-red throne with a striped canopy, a figure in an orange-brown robe with white flower garlands sits with palms pressed together. Other people in white dhotis sit in the background. Fruits, bananas, bowls and brass vessels fill the foreground, and a painted, flower-garlanded chariot or peetha stands at left.

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March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16April 28 20172017-04-28Night-time fire ritual under an open-sided metal-roofed pavilion, with smoke rising at left and strings of small coloured lights overhead. In the centre, a priest in white dhoti with a green-and-gold border bends over a square fire pit where a flame burns among wood and offerings, with a brass bowl and flower-decorated platform beside it. Several men in white dhotis and garlands stand or sit around the area, including one bare-chested man at left wearing a mala and a shawl, and a figure at right seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a decorative canopy, wearing a reddish-brown garment and gold necklaces. Multiple tiers of orange-and-white offerings sit at the bottom edge, along with a painted mask-like figure. A homa/yagna with seated devotees and kalasha-style decorations is visible in the background.2017-05-02March 16 20172017-03-16Night-time homa at an open-air ritual space under a corrugated roof and string lights. A large flame rises from a square fire pit in the centre, surrounded by many small plates of grains, herbs and offerings laid on striped mats. A seated figure in a red-brown robe with a flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, a trident and a canopy overhead. Nearby, bare-chested young men in white dhotis perform the ritual; one kneels in front holding up a hand, another stands behind with a decorated kalasha or altar of flowers. A devotee in a white dhoti stands at the left edge.2017-03-16 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16