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Close view of a ritual offering being poured in a fire ritual. A person in an orange sari with gold border and gold bangles holds a silver ladle-shaped vessel with a spouted cup, pouring liquid into a brass bowl. Beside the bowl stands a lit oil lamp on a small silver tray, surrounded by white jasmine-like flowers laid on a row of reddish-brown bricks that frame a fire pit. Green banana leaves lie on the ground behind, and blurred figures in white clothes and camera tripods appear in the background.

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November 10 20112011-11-10A priest in an orange-red dhoti with a gold border pours ghee from a silver ladle-spout vessel into a large silver bowl during a homa at a brick fire pit. Two small lamps, silver plates of flowers and offerings, and white jasmine petals sit on the stone-edged platform, with green banana leaves behind. The priest wears gold bangles and a rudraksha-style wrist bracelet. Only his arms and torso are visible; no one else is clearly in frame.2011-11-10A homa fire ritual in progress. A person in an orange garment with gold border pours a liquid from a silver ladle-shaped vessel with a spouted handle into a brass bowl placed before a fire pit. The pit is made of stacked orange-red and yellow bricks, decorated with white flowers and petals. A small oil lamp burns on a silver tray beside the bowl, and banana leaves lie behind. The fire burns brightly on the right. Other people's legs are faintly visible in the background.2011-11-10A close photograph of an abhishekam being poured. A person in an orange dhoti with gold border stands at left, holding a silver ornate vessel with a spout and handle, from which a thin stream of liquid falls onto a platform. Below, broad green banana leaves cover the surface, with white flower petals scattered on a red-orange raised base. A small brass kalasha-style object sits at lower left. Blurred figures in white clothing stand in the background.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10A photograph of an abhishekam being performed. A person in orange clothing with a gold-bordered orange cloth and gold bangle pours liquid from an ornate silver vessel with a spout shaped like a bird's head onto banana leaves. Behind, blurred seated devotees in white clothes watch, and a camera on a tripod is visible at right.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10