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A night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site. Two men sit behind a square fire pit built of yellow-and-orange bricks with a tall flame rising from it. The man on the right wears an orange ochre garment over his shoulder and a heavy gold bead necklace with a pendant, holding red flower petals and offering them into the fire. The man on the left, seated behind, wears a white dhoti and shawl with a gold chain and a gold-banded arm ornament. Both have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Brass vessels, a coconut, green leaves and white flowers lie around the brick platform, with string lights and a white cloth backdrop behind them.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night outdoor ritual at a homa or yagna altar built from stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder. Two priests sit behind the altar: the one on the left, bald with white tilak, wears a white dhoti and gold necklace and tends an offering tray and bowl with a small flame; the one on the right, with a shaved-back head and tilak, wears an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti with a gold ceremonial necklace and holds an incense or offering vessel. Garlands of yellow and white flowers, a coconut, green leaves and a brass kalasha-style vessel sit at the left edge. A white backdrop, orange string lights and a stage rig frame the scene.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night ritual outdoors beside a fire pit built of stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder, with coconuts, flower garlands, brass vessels and green leaves arranged around it. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace, with a white tilak on his forehead, pours from a copper vessel into the homa area while seated. Beside him a second priest in white dhoti with gold chain and bangles holds bundled herbs. Strings of lights, a white backdrop and metal stands are visible behind.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A night homa at an outdoor ritual site: a large fire rises from a square fire pit lined with brick, with marigold and red flower offerings and scattered petals around its edge. Three priests sit around the fire: on the left a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with gold necklace and bangles; in the centre a priest in saffron-orange cloth with a gold chain and bangles, holding a metal bowl and ladle; on the right a shaved-headed priest in white with tripundra marks and a gold pendant. Brass vessels, a gold-coloured puja box and flower-filled silver pots sit in the foreground. Behind them a large crowd of devotees, many in white, watches; red festoon lights hang across the background.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10December 20 20112011-12-20A homa fire ritual in a dim hall. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a white forehead mark and beaded rudraksha-style necklaces, sits behind a brick fire pit feeding flames with an offering. A microphone stands beside him. A second man in orange cloth and beads sits behind him. Brass bowls of flowers and fruit, a silver jug and a kalasha sit at the left and front, with a garland-draped deity murti at the upper right.2011-11-29December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20