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A photograph of a fire ritual at night. A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white sandalwood mark on his arm pours offerings from a silver bowl into a flaming fire pit (homa). Beside him a second man in a white dhoti with gold border stands watching. Smoke rises across the frame, and gold-decorated altar elements and a framed picture of a deity are visible behind, with flowers and brass vessels at the base of the fire pit.

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June 02 20152015-06-02October 02 20142014-10-02June 02 20152015-06-02October 11 20142014-10-11A photograph of an evening fire ritual. In the foreground a man with a shaved head, wearing a white dhoti and shawl with red and maroon stripes and a yellow waist cloth, holds a large silver plate with a flaming oil fire and a bundle of ritual sticks. Beside him a second shaved-headed man, bare-chested and wearing a white cloth and a long beaded necklace, leans over a brass vessel and a fire pit. Blurred figures in white and orange clothing stand behind, and a white armchair and flower offerings appear at the back. The scene is a homa or yagna with a fire, not a person depiction.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 02 20142014-10-02October 08 20132013-10-08October 11 20142014-10-11A large open flame rises from a ritual fire pit during a homa, with a silver tray of white and pink flower offerings in front. Two men stand at the centre-left in saffron-orange robes with gold necklaces and white-and-red forehead markings; the man at right, in an orange garment with a heavy gold garland and a gold headband, stands with hands folded and eyes lowered. The man at left is bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold headband, and holds a small object near the flame. Another man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala stands at the far right edge. A small brass oil lamp and a gold-toned deity figure appear at the edges of the frame.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05October 11 20142014-10-11October 02 20142014-10-02