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A photograph of a homa fire ritual with smoke and flames rising from a wooden fire pit. Three men in red-maroon dhotis and shawls kneel and sit around the fire; the man on the right, bare-chested with white ash markings on his arm and chest and a red turban, tends the fire with his hand while another man in red and a man with a white-bearded ...

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Photograph of a ritual homa at a temple setting. A man seated on a silver-backed wooden chair wears a pink and white flower garland, rudraksha bracelets and a crescent ornament on his head, with a maroon garment draped over his body. Beside him, a shirtless priest in a maroon dhoti and maroon head cloth kneels before a wooden stand and fire pit with offerings, while a younger attendant in orange and a third assistant tend the fire. Behind them are yellow and red marigold garlands on a Shiva lingam and deity murti, with a silver kalasha-style lamp and silver vessels on the cloth in the foreground.2018-01-31March 03 20182018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A photograph inside a temple shrine during a ritual. A bare-chested man with long dark hair swept up, wearing a red-orange dhoti and a pink flower garland, sits on a silver-backed chair with his hands near a wooden stand. Beside him a man in an orange-red turban and a bare chest kneels on a multicoloured woven cloth, tending a silver plate and vessels. Smoke rises from the area. A silver bell-shaped lamp stand and a silver elephant-shaped vessel stand nearby. Yellow and pink garlands drape black stone deity murtis along the walls, and a colourful striped mat covers the floor.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall lined with black stone deity murtis garlanded in yellow marigolds. A man with long dark hair, a white tilak, a pink flower garland and a dark red cloth sits on a silver chair, with a wooden stand and oil lamps before him. Beside him a priest in an orange-red wrap and a second man in red cloth kneel on striped and embroidered mats, one with white body markings. Smoke rises from a fire or incense near the figures, with a silver elephant and kalasha-style vessels on the floor.2018-01-31December 20 20172017-12-20A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban and red-brown robe with rudraksha malas sits cross-legged beside a small burning fire pit and wooden ritual apparatus, his hand over the offerings. To his right, a bare-chested young man in orange cloth with white body markings tends the flame. Behind them stand garlanded deity murtis and a decorated altar, with silver kalasha vessels and lamps set on a patterned mat in the foreground. Marigold garlands hang across the stone pillars.2018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Photograph of a ritual inside a temple hall with a row of deity murtis draped in yellow and white garlands behind. A man in a dark red dhoti and shawl, wearing a dark turban and a pink flower garland, sits on a low seat holding a small vessel and a long white cloth or fibre while smoke rises from it. Beside him stands a younger man in an orange-red dhoti with a dark bun, and a kneeling man in a rust-red wrap with a red turban and white horizontal sacred ash marks on his chest and arms looks on. A silver elephant figure, a silver lamp stand and a wooden frame sit in front, with floral offerings and colourful woven cloths on the floor.2018-01-31