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Night-time ritual at a temple-style pavilion with a fire pit (kund) built of yellow-painted bricks, flames rising, and a flower-decorated offering tray. A seated figure in a rust-red robe and red-bordered cloth sits on a large ornate gold throne with a gold arch behind him, with a red cushion and a striped rug beneath. Two young men in saffron-orange dhotis stand at left, one with hands folded in namaste and a metal tray in his hand, both wearing white-beaded and rudraksha-style necklaces and tilak marks. At right, a bare-chested priest in a rust-red dhoti with gold border and a red-orange cloth over his shoulder, wearing bracelets and tilak, leans over the offering tray lighting oil lamps. A white ambulance is partly visible at upper left. Possible a person candidate on the throne, appearance uncertain: dark wrapped hair, red garment and rudraksha mala.

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Night-time homa at an outdoor pavilion. In the centre a fire burns inside a square enclosure of yellow-painted bricks decorated with marigold petals, with brass vessels, fruit and banana offerings laid around it. A bare-chested man with a rust-coloured dhoti and orange head cloth, wearing a white flower garland, sits cross-legged pouring an offering from a ladle. Behind the fire, a large gilded throne with a carved cobra-hood canopy holds a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a dark turban. Devotees in orange and white stand behind in the background, and a white ambulance is parked beyond the pillars. Brass trishula staffs and lamps frame the scene.2018-03-12May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple-like hall. A yellow brick fire pit, the homa kund, burns with bright flames in the foreground, with fruit and flower offerings laid on a tray at right. A priest bare-chested in a rust-red dhoti and turban, with white markings on his body and a bead mala, bends over the offerings. Two young men in saffron-orange dhotis, one holding a silver plate and both with white body markings and bead necklaces, stand with palms joined at left. Seated in the background on an ornate gold throne with red cushions is a bearded man in a rust-red robe and turban with a mala, a person. Behind him is a gold carved arch, and striped rugs cover the floor.2018-03-12Inside a temple hall, a fire pit (homa/yagna) burns in the foreground with flames rising from a yellow-brick base. A seated man in a red-orange cloth and rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions. Three attendants in saffron-orange and red-orange dhotis and turbans stand before a wooden door, one holding a metal plate and another a vessel, while a fourth figure in red-orange presses near them. Brass pots decorated with mango leaves and coconuts sit on a pedestal beside oil lamps (oil lamps) burning at the doorway, and a sandalwood-brown carved wooden door is behind them.2018-04-11May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesA night-time homa at an outdoor ashram setting. In the foreground a man with a bare chest, orange-red dhoti and rudraksha-like white garland sits cross-legged on a silver seat, holding a stick over a fire burning in a yellow-brick fire pit. Offerings of fruit, flowers, a brass vessel and a basket of sticks surround the fire on a striped cloth. Behind, a seated figure in saffron-red robes and beads sits on a large ornate golden throne with red cushions, a trident standing beside it. A white ambulance marked NITHYANANDAM and several orange-robed devotees stand in the background, and a woman in orange with a silver-beaded necklace kneels at the right edge. The seated figure on the throne shows several cues of a possible a person, but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm.2018-03-12Night-time ritual homa at an outdoor stone-walled courtyard. Several priests in orange-saffron dhotis with bare upper bodies and white body markings stand around a yellow-brick fire pit where flames rise from offerings. A standing priest in a red head cloth and rudraksha mala pours an offering from a vessel into the fire, while a second priest holds a bowl. A seated figure in saffron robes and a garland sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne before a carved wooden screen. Trays of fruit, flowers, brass vessels and a camera are in the foreground, and a woman in orange stands at right.2018-05-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual initiation at night. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a serpent-hood canopy wears a maroon robe, white tilak, and a white and purple flower garland, holding a stick and sitting on a red cushion. Two men in orange robes and orange turbans prostrate themselves on striped mats before him. In the foreground a yellow-brick fire pit holds a flame, with flower petals, marigolds, a brass plate, a kalasha-like pot, and a white-clothed bundle with a yellow marigold. Kumkum and rice flowers are scattered on the ground. Homa and deeksha ritual setting.2018-01-13February 16 20162016-02-16May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesMay 25 20172017-05-25Night ritual inside an open-sided temple pavilion with white canopy and pink-edged cloth. A priest in orange cloth and orange headwrap stands at left, extending his arm over a yellow-tiled fire pit where flames burn, and holds a lit flame. A second orange-clad attendant with an orange headband sits at the lower left edge. At right, a bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-orange shawl and red-orange cloth, sits on a gold ornate seat with a red cushion, hands folded in namaste, with a dark wooden lingam-style figure with garland to his side. Behind them is a decorated shrine with a deity murti of a seated figure flanked by two other figures, bright garlands, and a kalasha-like altar with oil lamps and smoke rising. Scene suggests a homa or puja.2017-09-11 +1 copies