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Night outdoor fire ritual on a raised platform with a brick-built homa fire pit, its tiers stacked with yellow-painted bricks and offerings of fruit, green leaves, and a brass bell at the front. A bare-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold necklace and bracelets, sits at the left of the pit with an oil or ghee vessel. At the right, a seated person in saffron robe with gold-bordered shawl and bangles pours a liquid into the fire. In the background, a crowd stands behind a white barrier, and a garlanded deity murti with a kalasha-like gold crown is visible at upper right. Many people are visible, mostly partly obscured by the barrier and foreground.

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December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Night outdoor homa at an open-air ritual ground. A bald priest in orange ochre robe sits cross-legged at right, arm extended over a square fire pit built of stacked yellow bricks with a flame inside. Left, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold necklace sits with an open book and microphone. Behind, two deity murtis with yellow flower garlands stand on a golden pedestal, and a crowd of devotees in white and light clothing watches from behind orange barrier cloth. Brass bowls of green chillies, grains and coconut sit in the foreground beside a bell and oil lamps.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Night outdoor ritual at a homa or yagna altar built from stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder. Two priests sit behind the altar: the one on the left, bald with white tilak, wears a white dhoti and gold necklace and tends an offering tray and bowl with a small flame; the one on the right, with a shaved-back head and tilak, wears an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti with a gold ceremonial necklace and holds an incense or offering vessel. Garlands of yellow and white flowers, a coconut, green leaves and a brass kalasha-style vessel sit at the left edge. A white backdrop, orange string lights and a stage rig frame the scene.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night ritual outdoors beside a fire pit built of stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder, with coconuts, flower garlands, brass vessels and green leaves arranged around it. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace, with a white tilak on his forehead, pours from a copper vessel into the homa area while seated. Beside him a second priest in white dhoti with gold chain and bangles holds bundled herbs. Strings of lights, a white backdrop and metal stands are visible behind.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20