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Evening ritual outdoors beside a brick wall, with a fire pit (homa) burning at lower left. Several people sit on mats around it: a shirtless man in a pink-and-red headwrap and white dhoti with a rudraksha-style bead necklace tends the fire, a woman in a white sari with a red border sits behind him, and a man in a white shirt sits at lower right beside a banana-leaf tray of red-garnished offerings, oranges, flowers and a lit oil lamp. A standing shirtless young man in a white dhoti and white shawl, with a necklace, stands at centre near a white cabinet. A blue-and-white sign on the right lists prohibited items: photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording, with a 'Strictly Prohibited!' line in English and other scripts. Brass vessels and fruit sit on the mats.

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February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22A night homa ritual in progress beside a brick wall. At left a priest in a red-orange head cloth and bare chest with rudraksha mala sits before a fire pit with bright flames. Beside him a woman in a white sari sits on a mat. A standing man with bare chest and white dhoti and shoulder cloth holds hands folded in prayer near a doorway. In the foreground, a seated person in white clothes faces an offering table with orange fruits, flowers, kumkum-coloured leaves and small oil lamps. A blue sign with multilingual text reads that mobile cameras, video recording and audio recording are strictly prohibited.2017-02-22A photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a brick-walled room. A fire burns in a square fire pit ringed with flowers and offerings, while four men in white dhotis tend it. Two seated men are bare-chested with rudraksha malas, one has a red cloth on his head, another stands bending over an offering tray of fruit and flower garlands. A seated young man in a white kurta watches. A sign on the wall lists photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording as prohibited in Hindi, Kannada and English, with a metal detector gate behind. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2017-02-22A homa fire pit burns in a stone-walled room with a metal-detector gate in the background. Four men sit on colourful striped woven mats around the fire. Three are bare-chested in white dhotis; the one at the front has a red headcloth and holds a ritual item. Brass lamps, a plate of fruit and flower offerings, orange fruits and flower garlands surround the fire. A sign in English, Tamil and Hindi lists prohibited photography, video, mobile and audio recording. No a person candidate is visibly present.2017-02-22A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit inside a brick-walled room. Three men in white dhotis sit or stand around it: one bare-chested man at left with a necklace, a turbaned man in red at centre tending the fire with a ladle, and a man in white at right seated with a shawl over his shoulder. A standing bare-chested man in white dhoti stands near a metal door frame. A framed sign on the wall lists photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording as strictly prohibited. Brass vessels, fruit, flowers, marigold garlands and oil lamps surround the fire pit on a striped mat.2017-02-22Night ritual beside a bright fire pit on the left, where a homa or yagna flame burns over a low stone altar. A bare-chested man in a pink-and-orange head wrap and white dhoti sits cross-legged and tends the fire. Beside him a woman in white sits with a notebook, and a shirtless young man with a rudraksha mala and gold chain sits at the edge. A standing man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stretches toward a table laid with orange fruit, marigold-decorated kalashas, and red-smeared offerings on banana leaves. A bilingual sign reading Strictly Prohibited lists photography, video and audio recording rules, and an older man in white watches from the lower right.2017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit on a striped woven mat in an ashram hall, with flower garlands, fruit, bananas and vessels arranged around it. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and shoulder cloth, with a headband, kneels at the front and tends the fire. Another seated man in white cloth sits to the left beside brass lamps, and a man in white cloth bends over offerings near a doorway. Two women in white saris and one woman in an orange sari stand at the entrance beneath a wall sign listing prohibited photography, video and audio recording. Nothing in the image identifies a specific person as a person.2017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit in front of a dark wooden doorway set in stone walls. Five men are present: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a red headcloth and beaded necklace sits at left holding a bowl; a man in a white cloth sits at right in a yellow shawl; another seated man in white is at the back-left; and a standing bare-chested man with a white cloth and necklace stands at the centre near the flames. Bowls, brass vessels, green leaves, bananas and flower offerings surround the fire. A wall sign with blue lettering lists photography and camera rules.2017-02-26