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A night homa in progress at an open-air site: a square brick fire pit with tall orange flames rising from it. A man seated at left wears a saffron-orange wrap, rudraksha beads and a red-marked forehead, and tends the fire with a ladle near a silver bowl. Behind him stand tall ornate staffs and a silver-framed umbrella. At right, deity murti are dressed in red and gold with orange and red garlands on a red draped platform, and a row of seated devotees watches in the dim light. A brass vessel and flower offerings lie at the front of the fire pit.

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Night ritual homa at a riverside ghat: a large fire blazes in a rectangular brick fire pit while a man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and painted face sits behind it, pouring offerings into the flames from a metal bowl. Silver trident-topped parasols stand behind him, and brass pots, bowls of flowers and rose petals sit around the pit. To the right, a red-draped platform holds deity murtis garlanded with orange marigolds, and a group of seated people in white and saffron clothing watch. Long silver staffs and a decorative ceremonial bowl with handle frame the scene.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night fire ritual, a homa at a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames and smoke. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the left holds a silver vessel over the fire. Seated at right on an ornate silver-backed chair with leopard-print cushion is a man in an orange shawl over a maroon-red robe, wearing a white flower garland and a red-orange tilak on his forehead, hands joined in his lap. Behind him, priests in red-orange and white garments stand, and a woman in orange-red sari with hands folded stands nearby. A silver bowl sits on the brick edge, and a silver ceremonial staff with a fringed canopy rises at right.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night-time fire ritual photographed beside a river. A large brick fire pit burns brightly at centre, with flames rising from the offerings. Behind it, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a raised seat under an ornate silver-fringed parasol, with a trident placed beside it. To the left, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red headwrap and rudraksha mala sits with folded hands, and two other priests sit nearby. Several ceremonial staves with fringed parasols frame the scene at right, and a crowd is faintly visible in the darkness. The central seated figure is in saffron clothing; whether this is a person is an appearance-based judgment with uncertain cues, so it is labelled as possible rather than confirmed. The page places this at a Ganga ghat visit during a homa-style fire ceremony.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01