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Outdoor ritual scene with a white fire-pit platform in the foreground emitting smoke and scattered red and orange petals. On the right, a white-draped table holds five glass jars wrapped in netting, each topped by a coconut-like kalasha with white flower garlands and green mango leaves. Behind the platform, seated devotees in white clothes and a man in orange saffron garments watch the ceremony under a shaded pavilion with a red pillar. A person in white partly visible at the right edge tends the offerings. The setting suggests a homa or yagna ritual.

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Outdoor ritual scene at a fire pit. In the foreground, a white-draped table holds several glass jars wrapped in netting and topped with coconuts, garlanded with white flowers and green leaves, arranged on a banana leaf. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands behind the table, reaching toward the jars. Behind him, a flame burns in a low white fire pit, and several seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls observe. Trees and an orange wall are blurred in the background.2012-05-03 +1 copiesMay 03 20122012-05-03May 03 20122012-05-03Three silver kalasha pots with woven wire patterns stand on a bed of white rice on a banana leaf. Each pot holds mango leaves and a coconut topped with orange-yellow husk fibre, with yellow marigold flowers and red kumkum dots on the pots. Incense smoke rises at the left and yellow flowers and orange cloth appear in the foreground. No people are visible; this is a ritual setup for a puja.2011-12-28December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25May 03 20122012-05-03April 07 20122012-04-07A photograph of a homa or yagna in a hall filled with white smoke. A square fire pit lined with white bricks and decorated with red flowers burns at centre, while a priest in an orange-red shawl kneels over it tending the flame with a ladle. Beside him, a man in red robes sits cross-legged and another in white kneels nearby. Brass oil lamps stand on the floor, and on the right a pyramid of cone-shaped offerings wrapped in netting is topped with yellow and orange flowers. Large deity murtis and a decorated backdrop are visible through the haze.2007-12-30A photograph of a ritual setup: three kalasha pots wrapped in woven white netting, each topped with green leaves, stand on a green banana leaf spread over a metal tray. White rice is heaped around their bases with scattered yellow marigolds and red flowers. A fire burns at the upper right beside brick fire pits, and a person in white dhoti and a red-orange cloth, wearing gold-toned ornaments on the wrist, pours or handles the pot at the top.2018-01-06July 01 20092009-07-01Close-up of a homa fire pit built from yellow-painted bricks, with dry wood sticks laid inside the square opening and small yellow flowers scattered on the bricks. Behind it stand three glass or silver-rimmed kalasha pots topped with green mango leaves and yellow-orange cloth or coconut-like tops, with a saffron-orange cloth backdrop. No people are visible.2011-12-28