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A homa ritual at an indoor temple hall with a brick fire pit where a flame rises. Several priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested and wearing gold-coloured necklaces and beaded malas, tend the fire; one man in a purple headband holds a bowl and another pours from a vessel. Behind them stand devotees including a woman in a blue sari and men in orange cloth. On the right a man raises his arm beside a purple cloth canopy and a decorated structure. Offerings of coconuts, bananas, marigold garlands and brass vessels are arranged on the fire pit and a purple cloth. Overhead hang orange and marigold garlands and red lanterns, and a yellow umbrella is visible.

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A temple ritual in a hall with grey walls and marigold garlands hanging from the ceiling. In the centre, a priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl pours from a pot near a purple-draped altar piled with coconuts, fruit, bananas and flower garlands over a kalasha-style vessel. Beside him, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold trim stands among other devotees in orange and red clothing. A fire pit with burning flames and a brass vessel sits in the foreground, with marigolds and fruit offerings nearby. A man at right raises an arm beside a canopy hung with red and white flowers. a person is not clearly visible.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A photograph of a homa or yagna at a temple hall. A fire burns in a brick fire pit decorated with marigold garlands on the left. Five men stand or kneel around it, most bare-chested in white dhotis with gold borders and gold necklaces; one kneeling man wears a purple-red turban and mala and tends the fire. On the right, a flower-decorated palanquin or deity canopy with marigold and jasmine garlands, pink and purple cloths, coconuts, brass vessels and a woven basket of offerings sits beside an orange-clad man with garlands who folds his hands. Strings of marigolds hang from the ceiling and red and paper lanterns decorate the hall. No candidate for a person is clearly visible.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A homa or yagna at a temple hall, with a brick fire pit blazing on a red cloth and decorated with marigold garlands. Several priests in white dhotis, some with bare chests and rudraksha malas, perform the ritual. One priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl holds a ladle-like implement near the fire. Behind them, a row of men in saffron and orange turbans sits and watches. On the right, a bare-chested man in white holds a lit lamp over decorated pots and coconuts piled with yellow and orange flowers beside a purple cloth. Brass vessels, a silver-canopied umbrella and flower garlands fill the scene.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A homa fire ceremony in a hall with a red floor and garlanded decor. A fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit bordered with yellow-and-pink flower garlands and banana stalks. Priests in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls stand around it; the central priest, bare-chested with a red turban and rudraksha-style beads, pours an offering into the flames. A gold-and-white ornate umbrella stands behind, with a kalasha, brass vessels and marigold garlands at the front. Other devotees in saffron and white stand at the back, and a gold-edged parasol shades the scene.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14Four shirtless priests in white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow cloth stand at a brick fire altar during a homa. The priest second from right holds a silver tray, and the flames rise from the brick pit decorated with marigold garlands. Nearby stand a pile of coconuts, brass vessels, a bamboo basket, a red-and-gold ornamental umbrella, and a large garlanded deity murti or decorated platform with red and yellow flower garlands. Red and purple paper lanterns hang from the ceiling, and a few other people in the background wear white and orange. No identifiable a person is visible in the frame.2018-04-14Priests in white dhotis and ritual attire perform a puja at a decorated altar within a temple hall. A man in white on the left holds a silver bowl, while another priest in white with a gold chain and a bare upper body waves incense smoke over a purple-cloth-covered platform. The platform holds yellow and red flower garlands, coconuts, bananas and decorated kalasha-like pots. A fire pit with offerings sits in the foreground, and a red and green canopy with floral garlands frames a deity murti.2018-04-14Photograph of a Hindu ritual homa at a temple hall decorated with marigold garlands and red and orange paper lanterns. Several shirtless men in white dhotis with gold borders stand around a brick fire pit where a small flame burns, surrounded by stacked yellow-and-pink flower garlands and offerings on the ground. A man at centre wears a magenta head cloth, a gold chain and a shawl over his shoulder, holding a brass vessel. Another man in white dhoti with gold border holds a white cloth-wrapped object, and a man on the right wears rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth. Behind them, saffron-robed participants stand near a purple ornamental umbrella, and brass lamps and a plantain tree stand nearby.2018-04-14