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A photograph of a ritual pit lined with yellow-green painted edges and white powder markings, filled with dark stones and dense white smoke rising from burning cowdung. Two polished silver oil lamps with flames stand at the front, beside a bundle wrapped in orange cloth, a green leaf and a small pot. Scattered red flower petals decorate the platform. At upper left a figure in orange-saffron robes wears a long rudraksha mala and sits behind the pit; other people in orange clothing are partly visible at the back. The scene suggests a smoke purification ritual of aushadha.

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A photograph of a ritual scene with a large plume of white smoke rising from a rectangular stone-and-wood platform covered with white powder and scattered red petals. Dark stones or cowdung cakes sit in the smoking pit, with string tied across the platform. Two polished silver oil lamps with lit flames stand in the foreground, and a gold-and-orange cloth bundle with green leaves lies at the left edge. A person in orange robes with long dark hair and a beaded mala kneels at the upper left beside the platform, with other figures in orange clothing visible behind the smoke. The setting appears to be a Siddha purification process where herbs or medicine are exposed to smoke.2017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31A photograph of a ritual fire pit lined with a green-painted wooden frame, rising thick white smoke over dried cowdung cakes. Two polished silver oil lamps with lit flames stand on the frame in front. At the lower left, a copper vessel holds a coconut tied with leaves beside a gold and orange cloth bundle. A person in orange cloth with a dark shawl and a wristwatch tends the fire at the upper left, and red flower petals are scattered on the frame. Other figures in orange are blurred in the background. This appears to be a homa-style fire ritual with cow dung smoke.2017-08-31Photo 11706363 +2 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31