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A 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.

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November 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 20112011-11-10Close 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.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10A 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.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10 +1 copiesA 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.2011-11-10Close-up photo of a silver-toned ritual vessel with an elephant-head spout pouring a stream of golden liquid. Two blurred people sit in the background: a woman with dark hair on the left and a shaved-headed man in white with gold necklaces on the right. Warm orange and dark tones dominate the frame.2011-12-20Close photograph of a homa fire ritual at night. A bare forearm wearing a gold bangle and an orange-saffron garment extends a silver-coloured ceremonial ladle or pouring vessel over a large rising flame. Out-of-focus seated devotees in white clothes fill the background, and a cameraman in a red shirt films beside a tripod. The fire is the sharp focal point.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10A photograph of a homa fire ritual with a close-up of a silver ritual vessel with a curved spout held in a bare-armed hand wearing a gold bangle, pouring a thin stream of liquid (likely ghee) onto a fire pit built of red bricks with a bright orange flame. Green banana leaves lie across the foreground, scattered white flowers rest on the brick edge, and a small silver oil lamp sits at the lower left beside a metal bowl. In the blurred background, many people in white clothing stand and watch, with a tripod visible at right. The fire ritual suggests a homa or yagna.2011-11-10