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A puja scene inside a hall, with a low brick-lined fire pit or homa altar at centre and a purple cloth-draped table laden with bananas, mangoes, pineapples, apples, lemons, flower garlands, sugarcane stalks, a red chili and coconut-like offerings. A bare-chested priest in a maroon dhoti with rudraksha mala and a wristwatch sits at right, holding a ritual item aloft over the offerings, while another priest in saffron clothing with a microphone sits beside him. Seated devotees in white and cream dhotis and kurtas, some with shaved heads, fill the background, with a few standing people at the top edge.

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A photograph of a puja ceremony in an open hall with a seated crowd of devotees, many with palms pressed together in namaste. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a sandalwood-marked forehead, wearing a red-and-yellow dhoti and a white beaded necklace, holds a brass lamp with a lit flame and a brass vessel while performing the ritual. Nearby sit a bearded man in white with tripundra marks and a man in an orange robe. Before them is a brick-edged fire or offering platform decorated with bananas, fruits, flowers, pineapples and a red cloth-wrapped kalasha-like arrangement with paddy stalks. Several seated men wear white dhotis and white shirts; a few wear orange or saffron shawls.2004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesJune 09 20092009-06-09A night homa fire ceremony in an open courtyard. A large yellow-painted square fire pit holds a burning fire, with rice, flower petals, plates of fruit, lime and coconut offerings arranged around it. A bare-chested man with a red rudraksha mala and red cloth sits on a raised seat at the right, extending his arm toward the fire. Around him, numerous men in white dhoti and shawls sit on striped mats, and many women in white saris sit in rows behind them. A man at left holds a microphone and chants. Roughly 40 to 60 people are visible.2017-04-28May 25 20172017-05-25December 02 20162016-12-02June 12 20042004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12Outdoor ritual at a homa or yagna fire pit on a woven mat before a decorated altar with marigold garlands and a deity murti under a canopy. Several saffron-robed priests sit around the fire; one priest in orange holds a ladle over the flames. A man in white kurta with a flower garland kneels across the fire pit, gesturing with his hands over the offerings. Plates of fruit including oranges, bananas, pineapple and apples, bowls of grains, flower petals, stacks of white boxes and bundles of sticks surround the fire. Seated devotees in saffron and orange saris and shawls watch from behind, with a standing fan at left and a pink curtain at right.2008-12-26 +1 copies