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A ritual ceremony before a deity murti draped in ornate jewelled cloth and yellow-orange garlands. Two bare-chested priests sit cross-legged on a mat in front of a brick-and-stone fire pit (homa/yagna) decorated with pink-and-white powder designs. The priest at left in a golden-yellow shawl holds a microphone and an oil lamp burns nearby. The priest at centre wears white dhoti, a green-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha-style mala, with white sacred ash on his forehead, and holds a brass plate of offerings with flowers and grain stalks. A third man in a saffron shawl and a fourth in white sit behind them. Bananas, fruit, brass vessels and yellow marigold garlands surround the altar.

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A Hindu fire ritual, a homa or yagna, is performed in front of an ornately decorated deity murti draped with jewelled garments and yellow-orange flower garlands. At the centre, a bare-chested priest in a yellow cloth and gold-beaded necklaces sits behind a brick-lined fire pit (homa kunda) with a small flame and offerings. Beside him, another man in yellow and a rudraksha-style mala holds a microphone and seems to chant. A seated priest in a white dhoti with a green-and-red border faces the altar, holding an offering tray with fruits and flowers. Brass lamps, a kalasha pot, bananas, a plate of fruit, and a striped mat surround the altar, with a camera on a tripod at the right edge. Four to five physical people are visible in the scene.2016-03-27March 27 20162016-03-27March 27 20162016-03-27June 30 20162016-06-30July 18 20132013-07-18January 02 20162016-01-02November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesMarch 26 20162016-03-26A homa fire burns in a yellow stone fire pit decorated with pink flower petals, with coconut halves and offerings arranged around it. Two men perform the ritual: on the left, a bare-chested man wears a green headcloth, a necklace of gold beads and a red-and-white dhoti, holding a small cup; beside him, a younger man wears an orange cloth, a beaded necklace and a sacred thread, holding a small brass vessel. To the right, a decorated deity murti stands draped in yellow and green cloth, garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers, with a brass lamp and metal vessels nearby. Gold-coloured ritual vessels and a brass lamp stand at the edges of the scene.2016-03-27December 08 20112011-12-08December 20 20112011-12-20July 18 20152015-07-18