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Interior photograph of a partly built hall with bare concrete pillars and brick walls, strung with small string lights. In the centre stands a raised platform decorated with tall green banana plants and a large painted deity poster in red and gold. Priests in white dhoti clothing work at a fire pit with burning flames, surrounded by brass plates, baskets, coconuts, flower offerings and white plastic jerry cans. A shirtless man in a blue and red striped dhoti stands at the left holding a small object, and a man in a white dhoti and red-orange necklace stands beside the platform. A bald, bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at the right. The scene suggests a homa or puja ritual. No identifiable a person figure is visible with sufficient cues.

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A photograph inside an unfinished concrete hall with bare pillars and brick walls. Banana plants and a green leaf canopy frame a homa area on a raised platform. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a red sash and red beaded necklace stands speaking into a microphone. A shirtless man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged before the fire pit with brass vessels, baskets, flowers and plastic water containers around him. A large painted backdrop shows deity murti artwork. A bearded man in white stands at the left edge and a boy in grey shorts photographs the scene.2012-09-24A photograph inside an unfinished concrete hall with exposed pillars and brick walls, strung with small string lights. Two tall banana plants with broad green leaves and hanging bunches flank a central altar draped with a large painted cloth showing a deity murti. In front, a fire pit burns beside brass plates, baskets and offerings, indicating a homa. A standing priest in a white dhoti and cream shawl with a red-orange cloth over his shoulder holds his hands together. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits at the fire, and other seated participants in white are around the altar. A man in a white shirt at left holds a camera, and plastic water containers are stacked at right.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24Outdoor-style homa ritual at a brick fire pit under a thatched open hall with a banana-leaf canopy. A man in a black shirt and white dhoti, seated at left, holds a lit oil lamp toward the blazing fire pit. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a red flower garland stands at right, facing the fire beside a woven basket of flowers and offerings. Behind them, a group of devotees in saffron and orange robes, white dhotis and sarees stands watching, including a bare-chested man with a yellow cloth over his shoulder. Smoke rises from the fire, and marigold petals and flowers lie on the ground in front.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24A homa fire burns on the floor of a open hall with unfinished concrete pillars and a banana-leaf and bunch-of-bananas canopy overhead. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a red rudraksha-style mala, holds a long ladle or spoon raised over the flames. Beside him a second priest in a yellow shawl and white dhoti holds a small red offering vessel, and a woman in a dark sari with floral print bows her head near the altar. Flower heaps of marigolds, pink lotuses and green leaves surround the fire. Behind, a standing group of devotees in orange and saffron robes and white clothing watches, including a man with a rudraksha-style necklace and a few women in red and orange saris. A figure in white dhoti stands at the left edge.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24Night-time ritual in an open-sided temple pavilion with a red mat floor, strings of multicoloured fairy lights and banana plants. A figure seated on a golden throne with a red cushion, wearing beads and a garland, sits before a deity murti decorated with flower garlands. In front, a raised wooden homa/yagna fire pit with flames and marigold petals. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis sit or stand around it, one playing a small bronze bell, others with ritual vessels and offerings of fruit, flowers and grains. A small child sits near the pit. a person is. Approximately ten people are visible.2016-12-02A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red rudraksha-style bead necklace raises a brass plate of burning camphor or oil flame overhead during a ritual in an unfinished concrete hall. Behind him stand two men in white dhotis and a man in a blue-and-red striped cloth, with hands pressed together in worship. Green bananas hang from a banana tree on the right, and smoke drifts across the frame.2012-09-24A photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a open-sided hall with banana leaves and wooden pillars. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a red rudraksha-style bead mala holds a metal plate of burning camphor flame over a smoking fire pit at the bottom edge. Beside him a second man in a blue and orange-bordered dhoti and a deep blue shirt stands with palms pressed together. A man in a dark blue shirt and white dhoti stands at left with folded hands. Several other people in saffron and white clothing are visible in the background, and baskets and a black bag sit on the floor. a person is not identifiable here.2012-09-24December 12 20162016-12-12