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Photograph of a metal casting ritual at an outdoor sandy ground. A glowing red-hot crucible or mould is held with long iron tongs over a flame, with molten orange metal dripping onto the earth below. Red flower garlands and scattered red petals lie on the sand. Several women in orange-saffron sarees with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand behind, watching. A man in a white dhoti with a red border kneels at the right edge, and people in white clothes stand at the back.

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July 13 20132013-07-13A close-up photograph of a metal crucible being heated over an open fire at ground level, with molten orange metal glowing inside the clay-coloured vessel and held by long wooden tongs. Behind it, a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis stand watching, with marigold garlands hanging above. Some onlookers wear orange shawls with gold borders and rudraksha malas. The scene suggests a metal-casting or ritual fire ceremony at an open-air site. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-07-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual fire at ground level. A glowing crucible or metal vessel sits in a dug fire pit, with flames rising and a long wooden handle or rod lowered into the heat. A dark iron stand or frame holds the vessel above the flames, and a mound of earth surrounds the pit. A garland of red flowers lies on a stone to the left. In the background, several people in white dhotis and ochre or orange garments stand and sit, partially visible at the edges, and a child in white is near the top. The scene suggests a sacred fire ritual, possibly a homa or forging of a ritual object.2013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesA glowing orange-hot metal ladle or crucible is being lifted and tilted by long iron tongs held by men in white dhotis, at the mouth of a fire pit on bare earth. A red-hot pour glows beside a shallow stone mould and a heap of ash. A thick red flower garland coils around the stone mould at right, with scattered petals on the ground. The men's bare feet and sandals are visible at the frame edges. The scene appears to be a ritual metal casting, with no a person candidate visible.2013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13Outdoor ritual scene under a corrugated metal roof on steel frames. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and a woman in white sari with a red border lift a glowing crucible with long iron tongs and pour molten metal into a mould set in sand. A garland of marigolds, red and yellow, hangs from a pole on the left, and a red garland lies on the ground at right. Women in orange-saffron saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand in a row, watching. Several men in white and saffron-robed attendants stand behind, with a fire pit and ash to the lower left. Other onlookers in white and orange clothing stand in the background.2013-07-13 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ritual at a clay-floored open-air site under a metal frame. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis hold long iron rods over a glowing red crucible resting on the ground, with burning embers beside it. A red flower garland lies near a stone object with two cup-like hollows. On the right, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth with long hair stands watching. Behind them, a crowd of women in orange and saffron saris with rudraksha malas and men in white clothing and red shawls stand with hands folded, and a banner of flower garlands hangs at the left edge. The scene resembles a metal-pouring or smelting ceremony.2013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13A photograph of a metal casting ritual outdoors. Two crucibles glow orange-hot with molten metal; the nearer one is being tilted with long iron tongs, and a bright fire burns in a pit of earth below it. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the left, working the tongs. Behind them, several devotees in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and a woman in a dark-red sari with a kumkum mark look on. Garlands of red and yellow flowers hang from a metal frame at the left, and a sack and red flower petals lie on the ground.2013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copies