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A man in a dark grey button-up shirt and dark trousers, wearing glasses and a thin bracelet, holds a burning coconut husk aloft in both hands, with a bright orange flame rising from it in a dim room. Behind him, a second man in a blue t-shirt with a white graphic and white stripes on the sleeves stands with hands clasped, slightly out of focus. The setting is dark with a plain wall. The flame ritual suggests a fire offering, though the setting is not clearly a homa.

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A man in a dark grey short-sleeved shirt and glasses holds a lit camphor flame in a halved coconut shell toward the camera, with a wristwatch and a name tag on his pocket. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red robe and a gold-bordered cloth stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Smoke rises from the flame in a dim hall with a few blurred figures in the background.2013-07-18A dimly lit indoor hall where a bespectacled man in a dark brown short-sleeved shirt and wristwatch holds a flaming camphor or oil-soaked cloth in both cupped hands, an aarti-style offering. Beside him on the right, a person in a rust-red garment with a gold border stands with hands joined near the chest. Behind them, a man in a blue t-shirt with a white graphic stands with his hands clasped. A small name tag is pinned to the brown shirt. Dark drapes and red cloth hang in the background. Three physical people are visible.2013-07-18July 18 20132013-07-18July 18 20132013-07-18July 18 20132013-07-18Close-up photo of two hands holding a dry coconut husk that is burning with bright orange flames rising from its top. The hands are a man's, wearing a thin gold bracelet with engraved lettering on one wrist. The background is blurred and shows shelving, a metal railing and a wooden cabinet. No people's faces are visible.2012-05-07 +1 copiesNight photograph of a ritual fire in a metal tray with a flame and split coconuts with husks in the foreground. A seated man in a saffron-orange garment with a dark rudraksha mala stands or sits behind the fire, near a bright bulb-lit temple structure and a lit archway. To the left, a person in white clothes wears a garland of yellow flowers and a dark bead mala. Two men in white shirts and light shawls stand to the right, one with hands raised near his face. The scene suggests a homa or fire offering, with coconuts as offerings.2011-11-29November 29 20112011-11-29Outdoor photograph at a festival. In the right foreground a man in a white t-shirt holds a microphone in one hand and a coconut burning with an orange flame in the other, smoke rising from it. Beside him a man in a blue top looks on, and behind them a woman in dark-rimmed glasses and an orange top watches, with other spectators in white and red clothing blurred in the background. A gold-coloured ornamental object is visible at the lower left. The scene suggests a coconut-burning ritual at an open-air gathering.2006-09-10A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a saffron-orange robe with a red border performing an evening aarti at night. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame raised in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, and wears a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style chain with a pendant, with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead. Dried palm fronds and green leaves hang overhead beneath a decorated canopy, and smoke drifts at left. Several seated people in yellow garments are visible at the lower edge, and a man in white stands behind him. The setting looks like an outdoor homa or puja area.2009-09-26Night photograph of an outdoor ritual beside dense green bamboo and leafy trees. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a white dhoti, holds a lit flame or arati lamp toward two blurred figures in the foreground. The flame flares bright orange against the darkness. The man has the appearance of a person, though his face is partly in profile and the image is dim. Watermarked archive photo credited to2015-11-24Close photograph of a ritual moment: a man in white ritual clothes and an orange shawl holds a turmeric-coated coconut topped with a lit camphor or wick flame, the flame glowing at its crown. A man on the left with a white forehead mark and red kumkum dot in a white shirt watches, and a gold-topped staff is visible at the right edge. The setting suggests a puja or aarti offering.2007-10-12