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Outdoor homa ritual on a lawn in front of a cream building with potted plants and palm trees. A young man in a red-orange dhoti and matching shoulder cloth, with a red-orange turban and a rudraksha mala, stands behind a brick fire pit holding a ritual vessel aloft while the fire burns. Seated before him on red cloth are devotees: a woman in a white top with a red shawl, a woman in white with glasses, a man in white with hands folded in prayer, and a woman in a brown shawl. Brass kalasha-style vessels and offering pots are arranged on a purple cloth at right, and a man in dark clothing stands in the background.

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January 11 20142014-01-11January 11 20142014-01-11January 11 20142014-01-11Outdoor ritual photograph in front of a cream-coloured building with pillars. A priest in a rust-red turban and matching red-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, holds a silver lamp with a burning flame in both hands. Beside him, a row of kalasha pots topped with yellow-orange coconut-like tops sit on a blue and purple cloth-covered table, and a second priest in white kneels in prayer. Seated devotees in white, orange and red clothing, some with hands folded, fill the lawn behind them, and a white-bearded man in orange stands near the back. The scene reads as puja or aarti with lamp offerings.2014-01-11Outdoors on a lawn, a homa fire burns inside a brick fire pit built from stacked reddish bricks. A person in an orange robe with an orange turban, large earrings, and beaded necklaces sits at right, holding a metal ladle or bowl over the fire. Around them, seated devotees watch: a woman in a red shawl and dark-red top holds a small offering near the flames, a bearded man in an orange jacket sits behind, and others wear white, red and grey wraps. A brass kalasha pot with green leaves sits at the left edge, and silver ritual vessels rest near the fire.2014-01-11January 11 20142014-01-11January 11 20142014-01-11A photograph of an outdoor homa at dusk. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a red turban with gold-bordered orange cloth kneels before a square fire pit of yellow-painted bricks, feeding the flames. Behind the fire, a seated group of devotees in red, orange and white clothing watch and sit on grass, several with ritual marks on their foreheads. A silver vessel stands at the lower left edge, and an illuminated building with arches is in the background. Visible people number about twenty, many partly obscured by the fire and other figures.2014-05-22Outdoor evening fire ritual (homa) at a brick fire pit lit by an open flame. A seated priest in a rust-red dhoti and red turban, with long swept-back hair, a gold-bead necklace and a large gold pendant, pours or offers ghee from a silver bowl into the fire with his right hand. Beside him a young person in an orange-saffron cloth with a red and white beaded mala and glasses sits near brass and silver ritual vessels and a kalasha. Several devotees in white clothes sit on the left with hands pressed in anjali, one woman with a red bead necklace. Dark pavement and a green leaf are visible in the foreground.2013-12-15December 13 20132013-12-13December 09 20132013-12-09A homa fire ritual is underway in a hall, with a large flame rising from a brick fire pit in the foreground. A seated priest in saffron-orange dress wears a saffron turban, multiple rudraksha mala strands and a large ornate gold pendant necklace, and extends one hand over the fire while holding a small offering. Beside the fire are a metal bowl, green leaves, a bundle of sticks and a brass oil lamp. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white and red-orange shawls watch the ritual.2015-07-06