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August 16 20172017-08-16August 15 20172017-08-15April 28 20172017-04-28September 26 20092009-09-26December 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesApril 28 20172017-04-28Night photo of a homa in an open-sided shelter with a corrugated metal roof and string lights overhead. A small fire burns at left beside the fire pit, with brass and clay vessels nearby. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in a white dhoti stands with his back to the camera. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron wrap stands near the fire. A woman in a white sari with a red border and gold trim holds a white and gold garland, and a blonde woman in a red shawl and white outfit stands with palms joined in prayer. A young man in white dhoti and shawl raises a green leaf or ritual item. Other participants in white clothes sit or stand on striped red, green and blue mats across the floor. A darker wrap and white ritual garments fill the background, with the mats and floor marked with kolam patterns.2017-04-28September 26 20092009-09-26A photograph inside a temple shrine at morning puja. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand at a metal railing with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe holds a brass tray or plate and a brass vessel, while another man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white shawl stands at the right, holding a tray. A devotee's hand extends toward the tray. Behind them is a deity murti decorated with garlands in a golden arched niche, red cloth and a canopy above. The ceiling is corrugated metal with hanging lights. Roughly a dozen people are visible.October 05 20112011-10-05Night-time ritual under a pavilion with green and orange festoons and mango-leaf torans. A standing figure in orange robes and a matching orange shawl, with a mala around the neck, holds a brass tray with a lit flame, releasing smoke into the air. Devotees seated before him wear orange and white with yellow shawls, several with hands folded in anjali. In the foreground are seated people in orange, and a brass lamp stands at right beside banana plants. a person is the orange-robed figure holding the flame, identified by saffron robes and mala cues; the scene reads as an aarti or homa-style fire offering.2009-09-26