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Night outdoor ritual under a tented pavilion strung with coloured lights, paper lanterns and flower garlands. Four priests sit cross-legged at a long low platform draped in a striped multicoloured cloth, surrounded by brass vessels, banana fruit, flower heaps and a plate of white rice. The priest on the left wears white dhoti and an upper cloth with a sacred thread and beaded necklace; the centre-left priest wears a yellow-orange wrap and an upper-arm sacred marking; the two on the right wear white dhotis, one with a red-and-saffron shawl. Behind them a smoky fire pit and a decorated deity murti in gold and pink with flower garlands. Smoke rises in the centre.

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Night ritual homa at an open-air temple courtyard under a corrugated roof strung with coloured fairy lights. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti with a white head cloth and rudraksha mala sits before a fire pit stacked with golden-yellow wrapped offerings, pouring from a ladle, with a brass pot nearby. Other white-clad men sit around the fire with trays of flowers, fruit and brass lamps. Behind them, a raised dais holds a seated figure in orange and a golden canopy, flanked by floral arrangements, while more people in white and orange clothing move about. A large printed world-map banner hangs above. Smoke rises from the fire and marigold-red flowers and petals cover the paving.2017-05-02Evening fire ritual under a white tent at a temple, with a rectangular wooden homa pit burning at the centre, its flames rising from a copper-lined fire tray decorated with flower petals and rangoli-like markings. 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A priest in a yellow shawl and white dhoti at centre pours an offering into a fire pit on a tiered platform decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Smoke rises through the hall. Behind the fire pit, a golden peetha with a decorated deity murti sits beneath a colourful canopy, with a bell-shaped kalasha and banana, apple and orange fruit offerings on banana-leaf mats in the foreground. Ceiling decorations and hanging lamps are visible, and a microphone is held nearby.2016-12-15