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Ritual scene with priests in white dhotis bordered with coloured stripes, some bare-chested with gold chains and rudraksha-style beads, standing beside a fire pit with flames and smoke rising. On the right, a silver ornate throne or peetha is decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and flower petals, with a silver vessel nearby. Flower petals are scattered on the wooden platform in front.

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A silver ornate throne-like seat (peetha) is heavily garlanded with yellow and red flower garlands and green leaves, placed on a silver base before a fire pit with a flame and white offerings. Standing figures in white dhotis and striped shawls, with a gold pendant visible at the top, stand behind the altar. Brass vessels and banana leaves flank the scene, with flowers scattered on the floor.2018-01-06Outdoor homa ceremony at night beside a square brick fire pit with flames rising from it. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured striped borders and gold necklaces stand and kneel around it. One priest in the centre, wearing a red-and-white head cloth, pours from a metal vessel. Behind them a silver-framed object and tiered arrangements of yellow and red flower garlands rest on a silver stand, with brass pots on a table at the back. The page-based identity cue does not show a qualifying candidate here, so the people are described by role only.2018-01-06Temple ritual in a dim hall. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a green-and-gold sash holds a brass plate and gestures over an offering laid on a gold-framed seat, decorated with white and red flower garlands, lotus-like leaves and oil lamps. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with hands folded in prayer and a bare-chested man wearing a gold necklace stand close. A priest in a yellow head cloth and white dhoti stands at left. To the right, a fire pit of yellow bricks burns with flames, with brass vessels nearby. Several women in saffron and red saris and a seated group sit at the back, some with palms joined in prayer, while a red-and-patterned mat covers the floor.2017-04-06September 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesClose view of a temple ritual with a priest in white dhoti and striped shawl bending over a silver vessel and a small brass lamp with a visible flame. Yellow and red marigold garlands drape a silver ornate altar or throne at right. Smoke and a small fire rise from a metal pot at lower left. Other priests in white and striped cloth stand in the background. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam at a shrine, with a silver deity seat or peetha decorated with flowers.2018-01-06April 06 20172017-04-06April 06 20172017-04-06A homa fire ritual inside a hall with a brick fire pit ringed by marigold and flower garlands, flames rising from logs on the bricks. A man bent forward over the fire pours or tends an offering with a ladle, wearing a red and gold shawl over bare shoulders and white dhoti with gold border. Standing behind him, bare-chested priests in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha or flower malas hold ritual items; one holds a bundle of grass. On the left, a seated man with long hair and flower garlands sits near a decorated heart-shaped frame of flowers, with brass vessels and kalasha pots on the red floor. A purple and gold ornate umbrella stands overhead, and banana plants flank the scene.2018-04-14April 06 20172017-04-06September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa or yagna at an outdoor shelter in Karnataka. A sacred fire burns in a brick fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by yellow flower petals. Five priests stand close to the fire: the foreground figures are bare-chested with orange and yellow dhotis, rudraksha malas and a ceremonial gold chain; one holds a brass vessel and another a ladle-like wooden implement, while a bearded elder in a yellow dhoti and a dark rudraksha mala pours from the vessel. Behind them, a canopy is decorated with orange and white marigold and jasmine garlands. A deity murti dressed in flowers sits on an altar with a red cloth backdrop, and steel buckets stand at the left. Further devotees in white dhotis stand in the background.2007-02-02January 06 20182018-01-06