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A night-time outdoor fire ritual on a riverside ghat. A burning fire pit with a flame sits in the centre, with marigold garlands and leaves arranged around it and a silver kalasha-like vessel in front. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a long garland and a red-banded head covering sits on a cushioned seat beside a large ornate umbrella and a framed deity picture, holding a ritual item. Around the fire, about a dozen seated participants wear white dhotis and orange or red garments, some with hands folded in prayer and others offering items. A second orange-clad figure and a shirtless attendant are visible at the right edge, and a ceremonial staff stands near the seat.

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August 01 20142014-08-01Night-time homa at a riverside ghat: a blazing fire pit in the centre with ghee and offerings, surrounded by seated priests in white dhotis and saffron cloths. A man in orange robes with a long-haired, seated pose and a rudraksha-style necklace holds an offering toward the fire from a raised seat under an ornate pink-fringed parasol. Marigold garlands, brass vessels, a decorated kalasha-like object and a silver peetha-style stand sit in the foreground, with a small seated group in white to the left. Several people sit close to the fire on dark red cloths. Printed pedia source credit appear at right, but the image is a photograph of the ritual2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night outdoor fire ritual. A fire burns in a small stone-lined pit. A man in saffron-orange robes with a white-and-red garland and a long-handled ladle pours offerings into the flames, seated on a patterned cushion beneath an ornate canopy with a tall trident-like staff. Opposite him in white and red-saffron clothes, a young man in a red head cloth sits behind the fire, and about seven men in white and ochre dhotis sit in a semicircle, several with palms joined in prayer or holding ritual items. Marigold garlands, brass vessels, a silver lamp stand, leaves and a decorated deity murti occupy the foreground.2014-08-01Night outdoor fire ritual. A central fire burns in a stone-lined pit. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a low seat under an ornate fringed red-and-gold umbrella, holding a ladle over the flames. Nearby, several people in white ritual clothes sit on red cloth, one with red headwear, others with folded hands. Marigold garlands, brass vessels, flower offerings and banana leaves surround the fire. Dark water and night sky fill the background.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night ritual by a riverbank beside a small brick fire pit, with flames rising. A man in an orange saffron shawl and dark garment pours an offering from a ladle into the fire, holding a long silver-tipped staff nearby. Behind him sits an ornate silver throne under a fringed umbrella. To the left, two young men in white garments sit with hands folded in prayer, and a seated attendant wears a red-and-orange turban. Brass vessels, marigold garlands, banana leaves, and a decorated coconut lie around the fire. A standing attendant in a dark robe stands in the background.2014-08-01Night outdoor ritual at an open-air ghat setting beside a blazing fire pit of stacked bricks. Two young men in white dhotis and white shawls with rudraksha malas sit at right of the fire. A shaved-headed person in white stands at lower right near brass vessels and a red flower offering. Behind the fire, a red-draped seat holds a small deity murti with garlands. Around 30-40 seated devotees fill the background under spotlights, some in white and orange clothing.2014-08-01Night-time fire ritual photographed beside a river. A large brick fire pit burns brightly at centre, with flames rising from the offerings. Behind it, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a raised seat under an ornate silver-fringed parasol, with a trident placed beside it. To the left, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red headwrap and rudraksha mala sits with folded hands, and two other priests sit nearby. Several ceremonial staves with fringed parasols frame the scene at right, and a crowd is faintly visible in the darkness. The central seated figure is in saffron clothing; whether this is a person is an appearance-based judgment with uncertain cues, so it is labelled as possible rather than confirmed. The page places this at a Ganga ghat visit during a homa-style fire ceremony.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01