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A dim indoor hall with dark wooden floorboards and layered rugs. A figure in orange-saffron robes and layered gold necklaces sits on an ornate gilded chair at the left, hands resting in lap. At lower right, a seated priest in orange clothing tends a small fire pit (homa) with a visible flame and smoke, with brass vessels and cups nearby. A small table with flowers and a red cloth stands at the back right against a wall covered in patterned fabric, and a tripod-mounted camera stand is visible.

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A dimly lit room with wooden floorboards shows a seated man on an ornate gold-trimmed chair at left, wearing orange-red robes, a gold necklace and a shawl, hands resting in his lap. Beside him a patterned rug and red mat lie on the floor. At right, a person in orange-red robes kneels before a small brick fire pit with a lit flame, holding a long ritual implement, with copper cups and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. A tall stand and flowers sit against a textured wall in the background.2012-07-29Night photo of a homa ritual at a fire pit of red bricks with a flame rising from it. In the foreground a bald priest in dark robes extends his arm over the fire. Behind the fire, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi, a golden necklace and a rudraksha-style bead mala, wearing an orange-red wrap and seated cross-legged on a tiger-skin mat before a gold-trimmed throne. A woman with white hair in a red shawl and an ID badge sits at left. Carpets, a small monitor and a banana leaf are visible in the dim hall.2012-07-29July 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure on an ornate gold-framed throne draped with a striped tiger-print cloth, in a dim open hall at night. The figure wears an orange-red dhoti and a shawl over a bare upper body, with heavy gold necklaces, a red tilak on the forehead and hands folded in the lap. A devotee in a red and dark head covering sits in the foreground beside a brick fire pit with a bright flame. Two seated women in orange and red shawls sit at the left edge, and a small electronic display sits on a red mat near the fire.2012-07-29A seated man in a golden-brown and orange robe with a heavy gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads sits cross-legged on an ornate gold-trimmed throne, with a red tilak on his forehead. In front of him a bright fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit, indicating a homa or yagna. A seated figure with a shaved head in the foreground faces the fire from the left. The dim hall has a red-carpeted floor, a framed picture on the wall, and a small oil lamp at the upper right. The man's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, and the page indicates no a person at this event, so his identity is unsure.2012-07-29Night ritual photograph in a dim hall. A fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit on a patterned carpet, with a kalasha-style pot and offerings at right. In the foreground, a shaven-headed devotee in dark clothing sits with his back to the camera, facing the fire. Seated on a gold-framed throne behind the fire is a man with long hair, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, ornate gold-and-brown adornment and a patterned wrap, hands resting in his lap in a meditative posture. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind. This appears to be a homa fire ceremony.2012-07-29July 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copiesA seated man in a rust-orange dhoti and matching wrap sits on a golden ornate throne draped with a leopard-print cloth, wearing multiple strands of beaded necklaces and a gold chain. Smoke fills the dim hall in front of a small fire pit in the foreground, where a person's silhouetted hand holds a burning torch or stick near the flames. A white fan and a small monitor sit beside the throne on a red carpet, with a patterned rug beneath. The setting appears to be a homa or fire ritual.2012-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 29 20122012-07-29 +1 copies