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September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21September 15 20162016-09-15Evening outdoor ritual under a canopy hung with colourful tassels. A man in a rust-orange robe with a pink-and-white flower garland sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with a red rudraksha mala and white dhoti holds a flaming lamp or fire vessel, with smoke rising. Seated devotees in white clothes fill the background, many with hands folded. Colourful striped mats cover the floor, with small oil lamps at left and a decorated deity murti with flower garlands at right. Fire ritual, homa setting.2017-03-16 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21A homa ritual in an open pavilion with a fire pit in the foreground. A seated man on a gold-and-red throne, garlanded with yellow and white flowers, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar; he wears a dark maroon cloth and a head wrap. Beside him stands a shirtless man with a white dhoti and rudraksha-style beads. On the right, a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban pours an offering into the flames with a metal vessel. Behind them, a cameraman in white dhoti films, and several people in orange and red robes stand nearby under a striped canopy with a palm tree and corrugated roofing beyond.2017-08-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a fire ritual (homa) in an open courtyard. A seated man in ochre-orange robes, with a red-brown shawl, rudraksha-style beads, a white flower garland and gold ornaments, sits on a large gold-and-red throne beside a golden trident-topped staff. In front of him a bright fire burns in a yellow-brick fire pit decorated with flower petals. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red border and a pink headcloth stands at left pouring from a vessel into the fire, with a green-and-white checked cloth over his shoulder. Behind them, a row of devotees in saffron and orange garments and white attire stand with hands folded, some holding offerings. Brass pots, flowers and oil lamps sit on the green mat at the lower left and right foreground. A portable air cooler stands near the left edge.2016-07-03July 03 20162016-07-03