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May 07 2006

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A night-time fire ritual at a sandy outdoor site. A person in an orange saffron robe over a red top sits on a carved wooden seat with a red cushion, long dark hair falling loose, and drops an orange fruit into a small brick fire pit with lit wood and flames. A bronze bowl with a long handle sits beside the fire, and a white-clothed attendant in a white dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a silver tray of oranges, apples and red fruit at left. Two other standing figures in light clothes stand behind. Scattered firewood and small offering items lie on the ground.2006-05-07Night outdoor fire ritual. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a red cushion before a brick-lined homa fire pit blazing with flames, offering something into the fire with one hand. Behind them, two standing figures wear white dhoti-style clothing, and a white-draped table holds a garland of multicoloured flowers and a brass vessel. Dark background, rocks around the pit.2006-05-07A photograph of an evening homa at an outdoor fire altar built of white-painted bricks. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange sannyasi wrap, sits on the left holding a silver plate with a burning flame and offerings above the square fire pit. Brass vessels, a ladle, a small kumkum-marked bowl and a silver kalasha-style cup stand on the altar. Behind, several people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on mats in the dusk, some holding papers.2006-09-21A night fire ritual at a brick-lined fire pit with a bright flame. A man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits on a silver-framed seat under a canopy, with a tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a priest in maroon robes with a white forehead mark and bead necklace holds a ladle, and another robed man in maroon squats at the fire with a dish of oil. A woman in maroon sits at left with beads. Brass bowls of yellow liquid, pink flower petals, a coconut and a small kalasha sit on the stone floor, and an arm extends from the lower right. Behind them, a seated crowd in white and garlands watches under hanging silver rods. Visible ritual setting resembles a homa.2014-08-01Night outdoor fire ritual under a draped canopy with banana leaves and hanging leaf garlands. A standing man in orange robes and a gold chain pours or offers sticks from a brass plate into a square black fire pit edged with white and flower petals. Seated beside him, a bearded man in orange robes and beads and several other people in orange and white clothes with yellow shawls participate. A woman in white with a yellow shawl sits at right near brass vessels and offerings. Brass bowls, plates and a small lamp surround the pit, indicating a homa-style fire ritual.2009-10-17December 26 20082008-12-26Outdoor homa at dusk beneath a large banyan tree. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap, sits on the left in front of a brick-lined fire pit and tends a tall flame with a ladle and offerings, a person by the long hair and orange clothing. Behind the pit, rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls face the fire on blue and white striped mats. Brass vessels, a bowl of orange and yellow offerings and a small kalasha sit near the pit, and a white-draped table stands in the background.2006-09-21October 15 20072007-10-152004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Night-time homa ceremony at an outdoor open-air pavilion with a draped tent backdrop and a small screen behind. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a tilak and a rudraksha-style mala wears saffron orange robes and sits behind a yellow-brick fire pit where a flame is burning, while he holds offerings toward it. On the left, a priest in an orange turban and orange robes holds a brass tray of sticks as fuel. A seated attendant in orange robes with a garland sits to the right, and white-clad people are visible in the background. The table holds bananas, oranges, apples, coconut, brass bowls of flowers and a kalasha-style pot, with garlands of white and marigold flowers around the fire pit.2010-02-12A photograph of a homa fire ritual on a green-and-white patterned mat outdoors. A priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded mala and a white forehead mark sits behind a square fire pit built of yellow-ochre bricks decorated with white, yellow and pink flowers. Smoke rises from the fire. He holds a ladle or spoon over the pit. To the left, a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a brass plate of offerings, and another seated person in grey trousers and striped shirt is partly visible. Bundles of wood sticks, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small silver pot and a brass lamp lie on the mat and on a metal tray at right.December 13 20132013-12-13