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A homa fire burns on a raised stone fire pit in the foreground at night. A robed priest in saffron-orange wrap and turban sits cross-legged, extending one arm over the flames while holding a brass plate of grains and a brass bowl with a ladle. Rudraksha-style bead bracelets and necklaces adorn the priest. Small brass pots, a kalasha-type vessel, and a potted plant sit beside the fire. Behind, a large seated audience dressed largely in white fills the background, softly out of focus. The scene reads as a fire ritual in progress.

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February 21 20172017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21A photograph of an evening fire ritual. A figure in orange-saffron wrap and matching turban sits cross-legged beside a bright open flame on a stone fire pit, extending one hand over the fire while holding a metal plate of grains. Rudraksha-style beaded malas and bangles are visible, and a brass bowl and small brass vessels sit on the fire platform with a green leafy offering. Behind them a large seated audience in white clothing fills the background, softly out of focus. The scene suggests a homa or yagna.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21Night ritual in a covered open hall lit by tube lights and strings of multicoloured bulbs. In the foreground a brick-lined fire pit blazes as a homa. A sadhu in an orange head turban and orange cloth, with rudraksha malas and sandalwood markings, sits at right feeding sticks from a brass tray into the fire with a brass bowl beside him. Another orange-clad priest sits behind him. Oil lamps and a decorated palanquin with floral garlands sit by the fire, and a large crowd of devotees in white clothes fills the mats behind.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21A woman in an orange-red turban and matching orange-red shawl sits cross-legged beside a homa fire pit, pouring grains from her right hand into the flames while holding a brass plate of rice in her left. A large copper bowl with a ladle sits on the wooden fire platform, with small brass cups and bowls of offerings arranged along its edge. Behind her, a dark crowd of people in white clothing sits on the ground, and another woman in orange stands in the background.2017-02-21A photograph of a woman in a red-orange headwrap and matching orange-red garment sits at a fire ritual, tossing grain or rice into a flame with her right hand. She holds a brass plate of grain in her left hand. Brass bowls and small cups sit on a striped cloth beside an open fire pit with bright flames. Blurred rows of seated people in white fill the background. Her red headwrap and dress and the grain are the focal colours against the dark background. No physical candidate for a person is clearly visible, so the a person field is none.2017-02-21A woman in a red-orange head wrap and matching red-orange sari sits at a fire pit, pouring ghee from a long-handled ladle into the flames of a homa. She wears bangles, earrings and a beaded necklace, and a copper bowl and a brass plate of grains sit beside her among small brass vessels and a kalasha-like pot with leaves. Behind her, a large seated crowd dressed in white watches the ritual in the dim evening light.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21May 20 20142014-05-20