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Night-time photograph of a homa or yagna at a fire pit (kund) with a dark interior and white marble edge, a large brass kalasha-like vessel with a ladle and offerings on banana leaves in the foreground. A brass oil lamp with a lit wick stands at left, and a blurred white-clad figure is at right edge. Behind the fire pit, a seated group of about 20 boys and young men in white dhotis and shawls, some with white headbands and rudraksha malas, sit facing the ritual. A woman in white sits at the far left. Plates of flower petals and fruit, brass vessels and a stack of books sit on the platform. Red pillars and a dark tent-like canopy frame the scene.

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Night ritual scene at an open-air homa or puja platform. A square white-edged fire pit lined with marigold petals sits in the foreground, with brass oil lamps (diyas) with flower garlands at right. Around it, about ten people sit on the ground: women in saris (pink, yellow, red) with hands folded in anjali, and men in white dhotis, one bare-chested with gold necklaces and another wearing a rudraksha-style mala, seated before open books and a small brass kalasha. Dark night setting with a palm-thatched structure behind.2010-10-08October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 08 20102010-10-08October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual on a white cloth-covered platform. Two tall brass oil lamps (deepa stands) decorated with marigold garlands flank a square fire pit (homa kunda) with a raised white stepped base. Several robed priests in white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged; one at centre-left holds his palms together in anjali, another at right is seated behind a microphone stand, wearing a red-and-white dhoti and a beaded mala, with a brass kalasha and offering tray with flowers before him. Devotees in pastel and white clothing sit in the background, some with hands folded, in darkness lit by a single lamp. The scene appears to be a homa or puja with satsang-style seating.2010-10-08Night outdoor homa ritual at a square fire pit, with smoke rising on the left. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and bare chest, holds a silver tray. Beside the pit, a bald priest in white with a gold chain-like necklace and red-trimmed shawl sits, tending the offering. Several young boys in white sit on the right, and more priests in white stand behind. Brass oil lamps with flames stand in the foreground, and fruit and flowers are arranged on a purple cloth. Decorative hanging fabric banners and yellow rings frame the scene above.2010-10-16Night outdoor homa at a temple campus under a canopy. A figure in saffron/orange robes with shaved head stands bent over the square fire pit, pouring from a brass vessel, with a crowd of white-clad devotees seated around. A large brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands in the foreground beside plates of food, fruit, flowers and kalasha-style offerings on a red cloth. Hanging saffron and multicolour decorations and tall poles frame the scene, with a cameraman filming at the lower right.2010-11-05October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight-time ritual in an outdoor ashram hall lit by strings of red and white lights. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with a beaded necklace holds a flaming lamp or fire vessel before a homa or puja platform, while another priest sits in white near a raised dark altar. Seated rows of devotees in white and orange clothing fill the foreground, with brass plates heaped with red flower petals and offerings. A decorated deity murti, possibly Ganesha with orange and pink ornaments, stands at the right. Green leaf garlands and trident-shaped hangings hang overhead.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual at a homa pit: a square yellow-painted fire pit with burning embers sits in the foreground. Several seated priests perform the ceremony on a mat. A bald priest in saffron-orange cloth with a white forehead mark sits center-left; another in a red-orange shawl and white dhoti reads from a book at a microphone. A figure in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits right beside a gilded deity murti draped in red cloth and garlanded with marigolds and roses, under a golden canopy. Brass plates, kalasha vessels and flower offerings surround the fire. Devotees in white with red shawls sit at left.2014-10-11December 30 20092009-12-30