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A photograph of a large ceremonial hall with a red floor covered with golden ornamental frames, arches and brass vessels. In the centre a square fire pit blazes with flames, and several priests sit around it. The most prominent figure is a bare-chested man in an orange-yellow dhoti seated cross-legged with his back to the camera. Other men in white or saffron dhotis sit nearby among kalasha pots with green leaves, fruit and offerings. A brass deity murti with a decorated arch stands in the foreground, and a crowd stands behind a metal barrier in the background beneath red and orange hangings. The scene appears to be a homa or yagna.

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May 17 20162016-05-17December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06 +1 copiesA large ceremonial fire burns in a brick-lined homa pit in front of a golden-framed shrine with a deity murti decorated with red-orange garlands and flowers. Two priests sit at left, one bare-chested in a red dhoti with a red garland, the other speaking into a microphone while gesturing. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in a yellow-green cloth pours or offers grains from a brass plate onto the brick edge of the pit. Brass oil lamps, kalasha pots and pink-patterned vessels surround the shrine. Metal barricades and onlookers in orange appear in the background. This appears to be a homa or yagna ritual with offerings.2016-05-15January 06 20182018-01-06A homa fire ritual in a temple hall with a red floor. A large mud fire pit, lit with bright flames and offerings, sits in the foreground. An elderly priest with a white head cloth, bare chest, rudraksha beads and a green-and-red dhoti sits at left, holding a ladle over a brass bowl. Behind, a golden palanquin-style canopy shelters a deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers. Brass lamps stand nearby, with trays of fruit, flowers and betel leaves. Two attendants sit at the back, one playing a drum.2020-03-15 +2 copiesA homa fire burns in a brick fire pit ringed with flower-decorated bricks on a red floor inside a decorated hall with red and gold banners and gold peetha-style stands. Five men sit around the pit: a bare-chested man in a yellow cloth at left, a man at centre-right in orange and saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, and others in white and orange dhotis. Brass vessels, offerings of fruit, a mound of grain, a kalasha and a gold-painted cow statue surround them, and a mandala-like yantra is painted on a tray at left. A crowd stands behind a metal barrier in the background. a person is not visibly identifiable in this frame.2016-05-15A photograph of a ceremonial puja in a tented hall with a red-draped dais under a golden canopy. Gilded deity murti are garlanded with yellow marigolds. Brass oil lamps stand at left, and smoke rises from a blue-draped altar holding kalasha pots. Priests in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls sit on a striped rug near ceremonial staffs. On the right, a man in white with a red garland sits on a golden throne-like seat. Foreground devotees, some bald and in white, sit facing the altar in the performance of homa-style rituals.2015-07-17A homa or fire ritual in a temple hall. A young priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-coloured sash sits behind a fire pit built of stacked yellow bricks, holding a flaming ladle over the kindling. A priest in white and red-bordered dhoti kneels at right beside a brass plate of offerings. Behind them, a standing man in an orange robe and a cameraman in white stand near a gold ornate throne-like chair with red cushion. On the right, several deity murtis are dressed with white and orange garlands, with brass kalasha pots holding coconut and mango leaves on a pink cloth. A seated man and other devotees sit in the background. A woman with dark hair in the lower left foreground has hands folded in prayer.2010-12-23Photo 11728694 +2 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02