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Night outdoor fire ritual (homa/yagna) at a temple-style courtyard. A raised golden square fire pit with a large open flame sits in the foreground, decorated with yellow flower petals. Behind it stands a tiered shrine of lion-supported pillars, painted red, pink and blue and draped with yellow marigold garlands. At right, an ornate gold arch frames a silver-decorated deity murti with garlands. Four men sit on the ground in white dhotis, bare-chested, wearing marigold garlands; one in a purple turban at left tosses offerings into a bowl beside metal vessels and brass pots; another at right, in a yellow shawl, feeds the fire. Five people are visible.

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February 22 20162016-02-22February 22 20162016-02-22Night-time photograph of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor temple-like setting. A square fire pit with a bright flame sits in the foreground, decorated with yellow marigold flowers, with brass pots and bowls around it. Four men in white dhotis sit around it; the man on the left wears a purple turban and holds a leaf bowl of grains, while the others wear garlands and two wear orange-yellow shawls. Behind them stands a tall tiered kalasha-like offering structure decorated with flowers, lion figures and deity figures, and to the right an ornate silver-and-gold palanquin-style seat holds small deity murtis draped in garlands. White-and-red striped walls form the background.2016-02-22 +1 copiesA night homa at a fire pit lined with flower petals. A flame rises from the central square pit, with a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl at the top of the frame and several seated priests in white around the pit. One seated priest in the right foreground has a gold necklace and folded hands. A seated priest at centre right, with hands joined in prayer, wears white, with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head. Brass vessels, a brass lamp and fruit offerings sit on the left and right. Behind the pit, a brass lamp burns beside a deity murti decorated with red flower garlands and a golden kalasha-like vessel with fruit. Strings of lights glow in the background. No clearly distinctive a person cues are visible in the frame, so the candidate is unsure.2010-10-16 +1 copiesMay 02 20172017-05-02Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site: a flaming fire pit of brick and stone sits in the foreground, with a tiered decorated altar behind it draped in marigold garlands, fruit and a lion-headed pedestal. Several priests sit on green mats in white dhotis; one wears a green sash and bare chest, another an orange shawl, and others sit cross-legged holding ritual vessels and a microphone stand. Illuminated deity figures and gold-painted shrine arches frame the background. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2016-07-04October 11 20142014-10-11July 04 20162016-07-04March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesJuly 04 20162016-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 09 20132013-07-09