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Night outdoor ritual homa at a square fire pit with a mound of earth at its centre, edged with white rangoli lines and marigold and rose garlands. A man in saffron-orange robes with a white tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged at the pit, holding a small paper and a ladle-like spoon, with a microphone stand beside him and a metal bowl of offerings at his side. Behind him, rows of seated devotees in white clothes face the pit amid many small oil lamps and brass vessels, with a woman in blue and a child in yellow in the foreground. The scene suggests a fire ritual with offerings and an evening gathering of worshippers.

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February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11December 30 20092009-12-30February 11 20072007-02-11A young man in saffron-orange robes with a white tilak on his forehead and an orange head wrap sits cross-legged at a yellow-painted homa fire pit decorated with marigold garlands and white rangoli lines. He speaks into a microphone while holding a small ritual implement, with a silver bowl, brass lamp and small copper vessels arranged nearby. Behind him a large seated crowd in white and colourful clothes watches in the evening, with several oil lamps and flames visible.2007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11Night ritual at an outdoor homa or fire-offering site under a decorated canopy of green and orange festoons and banana leaves. A man in saffron-orange robes with a hood-like head covering and layered beaded necklaces stands at right, holding a silver plate of flaming camphor or offering fire aloft. Seated devotees in orange and maroon garments press palms together around a square homa pit with brass vessels, marigold petals and yellow flowers. Smoke rises at left, and a garlanded deity murti sits in the background at right. Several people in white with yellow shawls kneel at lower right.2009-09-25February 11 20072007-02-11A homa fire ritual at night on a stone-floored platform. A woman in an orange sari with a gold border leans forward and pours an offering from a silver plate into a rectangular fire pit with a bright flame. Nearby, a microphone is set beside the fire pit, with a bowl of fruit and small brass lamps arranged on a banana-leaf setting. Behind her, a seated audience in orange and white clothing watches and some people sit with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl stands beside a deity murti draped in flower garlands and a green-covered altar. Two men are visible at the top, one with a video camera. Roughly ten to fifteen people are visible.2012-07-11February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11