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A photograph of an abhishekam ritual at a covered outdoor hall with bright overhead lights and smoke rising. Three bare-chested men stand behind a long wooden platform heaped with marigolds, bananas and red flowers. The central man wears a purple turban, a white dhoti, and a rudraksha mala, and pours liquid from a brass vessel. The man to the left holds a microphone and a folded orange cloth. The man at right wears glasses and a white shawl with a pink border. Yellow marigold garlands and fruit fill the foreground, and seated devotees are visible in the background. No identifiable a person appears in the image.

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A photograph of a homa fire pit inside a temple hall. A wooden fire pit with a bright flame sits in the foreground, its rim scattered with white and yellow flower petals. Behind it, a seated man in an orange-saffron upper cloth and a yellow-bordered white dhoti sits with a thin gold-coloured sacred thread visible, wearing a plain gold chain and a tilak on his forehead. To the right, a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a purple-and-green striped cloth wrapped across his shoulder sits facing the fire, a steel bowl and offerings nearby. Another man in a purple-and-orange headcloth and rudraksha-style beads sits to the right. Behind them, a golden arch frames a floral arrangement and a kalasha-like vessel, with ornate golden deity figures in the background. Priests in white are seated along the back. The scene reflects a homa or yagna ritual.2016-12-12Night-time temple ritual on a red-carpeted floor before red curtains. A priest in white dhoti with bare chest and a pink-and-purple headband bends over a silver-toned murti pedestal, adorning it with pink and yellow flower garlands. A standing man in the center wears a saffron-and-orange shawl, a flower garland and a tilak, holding a small urn. Another priest on the right wears a white dhoti and a gold-beaded mala, holding a ritual item. A brass vessel of yellow and red flower petals sits in the foreground, with a copper pot and a stone-lined pit on the left.2018-01-31January 14 20182018-01-14September 09 20162016-09-09A homa or yagna fire rises from a wooden fire pit framed with yellow marigold garlands and white kolam patterns, with thick smoke drifting left. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti wearing a pink turban and beaded garlands sits behind the pit, holding a ladle over the fire and a woven basket of offerings. Beside him a younger man in an orange-saffron shawl and garland sits cross-legged, and other priests in white and bare-chested men in white sit near the fire. Behind them a crowd of devotees sits under a open-sided pavilion with a red-and-white striped roof and palm trees beyond. Brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot and flower offerings lie at the front corners of the pit.2016-09-09September 09 20162016-09-09Outdoor homa at a shrine: a priest with a pink turban and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with an orange-bordered cloth and multiple beaded garlands, sits behind a low wooden platform holding a ladle over a fire. Smoke rises from a yagna pit decorated with yellow and pink flowers, with a brass bowl beside it. Two seated men in orange and white and a woman stand in the background among banana leaves. A golden trident and a deity murti with floral decoration are at right.2016-09-09March 02 20182018-03-02A photograph of a ritual scene before a red draped backdrop and a golden arched frame. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink head cloth and beaded necklaces holds a plate of pink flowers while an assistant in a saffron-and-white cloth stands beside him. A young attendant in a white dhoti with a silver vessel and beaded necklaces stands at right. Along the front, a table draped in orange cloth holds garlands of yellow marigolds and pots with coconut-like offerings. A person in yellow is partially visible at lower left.2018-01-31A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a crowded hall. A man in white dhoti with a colourful striped cloth, wearing an orange turban, rudraksha mala and wristwatch, sits cross-legged behind a wooden fire platform decorated with yellow marigold petals and pink rangoli. He holds a cupped hand over a copper bowl while flames rise beside him. A bare-chested priest in an orange-yellow shawl faces him from the foreground. Behind them, devotees in white, green and saffron clothing sit with hands folded in anjali, and a standing man in white and saffron looks on.2016-12-05A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ceremony. Smoke rises from a wooden altar and a small fire where a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with orange-red border sits and feeds offerings with a long ladle. He wears a white head cloth, and a long mala of flowers and beads hangs on his chest. Beside him, two young men sit in orange and white cloth with beaded garlands, one with arms folded. Yellow and marigold flowers scatter the altar, a brass bowl and offering plates sit near the fire, and a golden trident stands on the right against green foliage. The priest is not visually identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so his role is described as priest performing the homa.2016-09-09September 09 20162016-09-09