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Night photograph of a fire ritual before a tiered arrangement of many decorated deity murtis, each draped with yellow and white garlands. A large bronze homa fire pit burns brightly in the foreground with tall flames rising. A central shrine with striped yellow-and-white pillars frames a seated deity murti. Beside the fire, a figure with long dark hair and a dark brown and red robe, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala, sits at the fire, while a second person in a red garment stands at the right. The statues flank the scene on tiered platforms, and colourful cloth lines the floor.

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January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A photograph of a ritual at a temple courtyard with many dark stone or metal murtis of deities arranged in tiers, each garlanded with yellow, white and multicoloured flower garlands. A large deity murti in the centre is dressed in orange and red cloth, with a multi-hooded serpent canopy behind it; a figure in green garments sits to the right. Before the murtis a bright sacrificial fire burns at left, and a seated man in a black turban, red-orange cloth and rudraksha-style beaded garland sits with bare upper body and a pink floral garland, beside a younger figure in orange cloth. Silver vessels and a tall brass lamp stand in front. Appearance-based label is unsure, since the face and figure cues are not clearly distinctive.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A homa or yagna at a temple hall lined with rows of black stone Shiva lingas and small figures, each garlanded with yellow and green marigold strands. At centre, a tall fire blazes in a large bronze fire pit, with a deity murti on a decorated altar framed by striped yellow and white pillars and marigold garlands. Three priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls sit on a patterned cloth; the nearest wears an orange head-cloth, another bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, and a third in an orange head wrap pours or tends offerings beside brass vessels and a kalasha. The scene suggests a fire ritual performed before the altar.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31