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A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in a tent-like hall. A large fire burns in a brick-lined pit bordered with marigold petals. A man stands at right, bare-chested, wearing an orange and striped dhoti with a red cloth at the waist, a red rudraksha mala around his neck, and gold ornaments, holding a small round hand drum and singing into a handheld microphone held by a person at the upper right edge. A seated priest in white dhoti with a bare upper body tends offerings in a brass bowl at the fire's edge. Behind the fire, a silver-framed throne with a green backdrop holds a deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and a crown. Silver ceremonial umbrellas and decorated standards frame the scene, and flower-garlanded images stand at right.

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July 16 20152015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16A photograph of a homa (fire ritual) in a temple hall. Smoke rises from a fire pit lined with marigold garlands and coloured rangoli-style borders in the foreground. Behind, a deity murti is seated on an ornate silver throne with a green backdrop, dressed with yellow marigold garlands and a crown. On the right, a man in an orange and yellow dhoti, bare-chested with a red rudraksha-style mala, holds a large silver aarti tray with burning lamps. Beside him, a younger man in a white dhoti holds a tray of offerings. A seated man in white clothes speaks into a microphone while stirring the fire pit with a ladle-like implement.2015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16A photograph of a fire ritual (homa) in a dimly lit hall. A large flame rises from a brick fire pit bordered with scattered flower petals. Three men stand at the fire: a shaved-headed priest in orange-and-green cloth bare-chested with a red rudraksha-style mala, a man in white dhoti and shawl holding a red cloth bundle over a silver tray, and a younger man in white dhoti looking on. A seated man in white holds a microphone near the fire. Behind them a silver-framed throne canopy with a green backdrop holds a deity murti adorned with garlands, and a golden parasol hangs overhead. Four people are visible.2015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16July 16 20152015-07-16A photo of a fire ritual at a brick-walled homa pit with tall flames rising from it. A bare-chested man in an orange and pink cloth raises a metal vessel above the fire, with a red beaded necklace around his neck. Beside him, a younger man in a white dhoti and shawl holds another vessel. A gilded ornate canopy, a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers and marigolds, and brass lamps are visible at the edges.2015-07-16January 06 20182018-01-06January 06 20182018-01-06