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Two side-by-side photographs of an outdoor fire ritual at night. A large fire burns in a wooden-framed pit in the foreground, with a bowl or basket of offerings and a wide brass or woven vessel nearby. Several people in white ritual clothing stand around the fire; a man in white with a white turban and a shawl holds an offering over the flames, and a bare-chested person stands beside him. Strings of marigold garlands hang on tall posts with lights above, and a row of attendants in white watches from the background. A seated devotee in white sits near the bottom right of the right panel. The scene is a homa or yagna with fire offerings.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +4 copiesNight outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit on a square platform, with a large flame rising from the stone fire pit. A man in white dhoti and a shawl-draped figure in white stand at the fire, one pouring an offering. Behind them several people in white clothes sit and stand, some with hands folded in anjali. On the right, brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, plates of fruit and food offerings, and a decorated ornate deity murti with a silver face and gold garments sit on a table draped in purple and orange cloth. Strings of marigold garlands and string lights decorate the scene, with a colourful illuminated structure behind.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesPhoto 11701595October 15 20102010-10-15October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 28 20112011-12-28Outdoor fire ritual at night under a canopy. Several shaven-headed priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies sit around a rectangular fire pit, tending flames and pouring offerings. Behind them a seated row of devotees in white and a figure in saffron robes sit under the open pavilion. Brass and steel bowls, plates of fruit and offerings line the foreground, and palm trees stand in the background.2010-09-11 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20122012-01-15Photo 11740855