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A photograph of a fire ritual. Large flames rise on the right side of the frame beside a heap of marigold and rose garlands. On the left, a bare arm raised high holds a brass tray with offerings, wrapped in a rudraksha bracelet and marked with white ash stripes. The figure wears an orange-red cloth at the waist. Red drapes and a blurred deity murti stand in the background.

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A bare-chested man in an orange cloth wrapped at the waist raises a silver tray of flowers and offerings above his head beside a smoking fire, with yellow and white marigold and rose garlands in the foreground. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads across his chest and a rudraksha bracelet, and has a trident tattoo on his wrist. Behind him stands a blurred golden deity murti against red drapes. a person cues are the rudraksha malas and ornate ritual adornment, but the face and full identity are not clearly visible, so the candidate is uncertain.2021-03-02A homa fire ritual at night. A priest with bare upper body, orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, rudraksha bracelet and a long beaded necklace pours grains from a metal vessel into a blazing fire pit. Next to him a second priest in an orange-red dhoti holds a brass plate. Bananas and garlands of yellow and white flowers with red roses lie near the flames. Sparks rise from the fire, and gold-framed panels stand in the background.2021-03-02A photograph of a homa fire ritual with a large open flame rising from a fire pit at right, surrounded by flower garlands in yellow, white and red and bananas. At left, a priest with bare upper body wears a saffron-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala, holding an ornate silver-and-gold ceremonial vessel with a bird-shaped handle and pouring or sprinkling liquid into the fire. Gold-carved wooden panels and red drapery frame the background.2021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02May 23 20172017-05-23March 02 20212021-03-02A photograph of a fire ritual before a dark stone deity murti of a bull-mounted figure in red and gold drapery, set within an ornate gold-framed doorway. A fire blazes at lower right, surrounded by yellow and white flower garlands. Two men stand at left in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps; the nearer man, bearded and bare-chested, holds a red-wrapped offering tray aloft, while the second, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala, holds his hands together. Oil lamps and a green cloth appear at the base of the murti.2021-03-02Photo 11742916 +1 copiesNovember 25 20132013-11-25May 23 20172017-05-23May 23 20172017-05-23March 05 20152015-03-05