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Outdoor ritual on a rooftop terrace during a homa. A brick fire pit with burning embers sits in the foreground, decorated with a garland, a small clay pot, mango and betel-leaf offerings, and brass vessels around it. Several priests in white dhotis and saffron or orange shawls sit on a striped rug, one in an orange cloth holding a microphone, others with bare upper bodies. A standing priest in white tends the altar at left. A decorated deity murti stands under a garland with a kalasha-like structure. Behind them, a gold-framed canopy shelters a seated figure on a central throne. At right, a man in orange robes with long hair sits on a gold and red throne with a garland and a trident beside him; he is. A few attendants in white and red stand nearby with ceremonial staffs. Several people are visible, including those in the foreground and at the edges.

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July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18July 18 20152015-07-18July 18 20152015-07-18July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual homa in a courtyard. A small brick fire pit with a burning flame sits at lower left, surrounded by flower garlands, a kalasha pot, fruits and brass vessels. Five men in white dhotis and orange or saffron shawls sit on striped rugs chanting, one holding a microphone; a woman in an orange sari sits at left. Behind them, a deity murti and a shrine are decorated with marigold garlands under a yellow canopy. A raised golden peetha throne at right, adorned with garlands, is empty of a seated figure in its main view, with a man in orange seated beside it near a standing attendant in saffron, and golden ceremonial staffs and parasols frame the scene.2015-07-18An outdoor homa ritual in a courtyard beside a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded palanquin with a fringed canopy. A brick fire pit smokes at the center, with brass vessels, fruit and flowers arranged before it. A man in white dhoti with a bare upper body stands at left facing the palanquin. Seated on the ground, a man in orange shawl holds a microphone and folds his hands, flanked by a bare-chested man in white dhoti and orange sash. Standing behind, a man in saffron robe with shaved head presses his palms together beside brass ceremonial staffs. On a raised golden throne at right, a man in saffron clothing and a red-and-white garland sits with folded hands under a decorative umbrella. Lion figures flank the throne, and the setting is a white building with windows.2015-07-18 +1 copies