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Photograph of a homa ritual in a covered tent hall with white draped fabric. In the foreground, a man in an orange-saffron shawl kneels before a fire pit with brass vessels, offering plates, and flower garlands. Steam and smoke rise from the fire. Behind, several priests in white dhotis and bare-chested or shawl-draped attire stand and sit around a brass-and-blue-clothed altar. On the right, an ornately decorated deity palanquin or shrine is garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds. Seated devotees fill the background, and brass oil lamps stand along the edges.

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July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17A homa ritual in a covered hall with a fire pit at lower centre, flames rising from offerings of flowers, sweets and leaves. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink-and-yellow turban sits behind the fire pit. A man in white dhoti and brown shawl at right holds a stick near a tall gold-and-red altar with a deity murti draped in marigold garlands. Standing figures in orange and brown robes and white dhotis surround a blue-draped platform with brass kalasha vessels. Brass lamps stand in rows at left, and devotees sit in the background. A white cloth backdrop hangs behind the scene. Visible people number about twenty.2015-07-17A photograph of a homa and samaya deeksha ritual in a covered hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground a priest in a red-and-white turban sits cross-legged before a small fire pit with flowers and marigold garlands, wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind him a woman in an orange sari stands near brass oil lamps on a stand, and a priest in white dhoti stands near a blue-draped offering table. A shaved-headed monk in orange robes stands beside an ornate golden throne and a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands, while a man in an orange kurta holds a camera. Several seated and standing devotees watch in the background, and a microphone stands on the right.2015-07-17A temple-style ritual hall with white canopy draping, where several people in white and rust-coloured clothing attend a ceremony around a blue-skirted altar heaped with yellow flowers. At centre, a metal deity murti is decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands, and to the right a gilded throne backs a seated deity figure hung with garlands. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and orange shawl sits at left beside brass vessels, flower pots, and fruit offerings. A standing man in white dhoti with a gold-trimmed cloth and a kneeling figure with orange wrap and rudraksha are among the participants, with microphones on stands in the foreground. The scene appears to be a samaya deeksha homa ritual.2015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17