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A homa or yagna ceremony in a hall with several small red fire pits glowing with flames. Seated couples and devotees wear yellow marigold garlands; a man in a pale green shirt and white dhoti sits at the front, a woman in a purple sari beside him with palms joined, and a man in white with a yellow garland receives an offering plate. A woman in a green and orange sari stands at right holding a brass plate of offerings. Banana plants and colourful pillars frame the scene, and many more seated participants fill the background.

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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph of a covered ritual hall where many seated people in white and yellow clothes, many with yellow and white garlands, take part in a fire ritual; smoke rises from a fire pit on the left. Banana plants and hanging decorations with yellow leaves and colourful cloth fill the space. A man in an orange shawl sits at the right foreground beside a red box and small offering plates, and a woman in an orange sari stands at the far right. Red offering boxes and brass plates with fruit and flowers sit on the floor. Several framed photographs hang on the back wall. Many people are visible, counting roughly 21 to 100.2009-12-26December 26 20092009-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26July 17 20152015-07-17A crowded indoor hall during a ritual ceremony, with many seated people in white dhotis and kurtas and women in silk saris in green, red, gold and blue. Floral garlands are worn and brass plates with offerings lie on mats and red trays in front. In the centre, a tall figure in long hair and an orange-saffron robe raises one arm toward the altar. Behind him stands another person in orange. On the left altar, several deity murtis and decorated figures are displayed on a red-draped platform. Overhead hang colourful paper decorations and fruit-shaped ornaments. The atmosphere is hazy with smoke or incense.2008-12-26A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a open-sided hall with a banana-leaf canopy and hanging banana bunches overhead. A fire burns in a brick fire pit in the foreground, with a man in a white dhoti and cream shawl holding up a red-and-gold cloth bundle, presumably an offering, above it. Beside him a man in a dark teal shirt and white dhoti holds a cloth bag, and a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands with a metal plate. Behind them, a group of people in saffron and orange robes, some with rudraksha malas, stand with hands folded in prayer. A woman in a dark green sari with gold trim stands at right, hands joined, and an older man in white stands at far left with hands raised in namaskar. Brass vessels and paper items lie on the floor.2012-09-24December 26 20082008-12-26