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Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual area. A fire burns in a brick-and-mud fire pit on a yellow-brown border. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with rudraksha beads and gold chains, pours offerings from a ladle into the flames with his right hand. Behind him, a seated figure with long hair and gold ornaments sits before an ornate silver deity murti with trident and crown. Brass kalasha, bowls and an oil lamp sit around the pit. Two fans and a striped mat are visible; a woman in a sari stands at the right edge. Three people are visible, with a fourth partly visible at the left.

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May 23 20172017-05-23A standing man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head cloth performs a fire ritual before a silver deity murti with a tall crown, garlanded with beads. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a pink-and-white cloth offering in the other, while a fire burns in a brick homa pit in the foreground. A second man in white dhoti sits cross-legged on a striped mat to the left beside an electric fan. Brass vessels, a trident-like ritual object and a small kalasha sit near the fire. The setting appears to be a temple shrine at night. Two people are visible.2017-05-23A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in a temple-like room with red walls. At the centre, a shirtless man with a red turban, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, wearing a yellow shawl, holds an offering above a large blazing fire pit set on stacked bricks with flower garlands and offerings beside it. 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Stone lion figures flank the shrine and garlanded statues stand on the left.2017-09-24 +1 copiesA night-time homa at an open-sided pavilion with a tent canopy. A fire blazes in a rectangular fire pit bordered with white rice and rangoli-style designs. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis and matching head cloths stand at right; the nearer one holds a lit aarti lamp aloft while the other holds a silver vessel. Seated behind the fire on a red chair is a man in an orange-red garment with a gold-bead garland, who appears to be the presiding figure; the appearance-based label is a person, with cues of a seated central figure in orange-red robes and gold ornamentation. 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