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Outdoor-style tent ritual with a homa fire pit built of bricks at the centre, flames rising from marigold-decorated offerings and brass bowls of food. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders and maroon-and-gold shawls stand and kneel around the fire; one man in the foreground with long hair and rudraksha mala pours items into the flames while another holds a white cloth over the fire. Seated devotees in white with folded hands watch from the background, and a woman in a white sari with a maroon shawl kneels at right with palms pressed together. A camera on a tripod and a small light fixture are visible on the tent frame.

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A group of men in white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged on mats in a bright hall during a puja. The central man holds a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, while nearby men hold lamps, bells and small brass vessels. Platters of flowers, bananas and offerings sit on the floor, and some men wear rudraksha malas. Pink curtains hang at tall windows behind them. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable here.2011-09-25June 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesA homa fire ritual is underway on a tiled floor. In the centre, a priest in a rust-orange turban and orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala kneels behind a brick fire pit decorated with red and yellow flower petals and white rangoli lines, holding a ladle and a lit oil lamp over offerings. A second man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-white shawl bends to assist beside him. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white clothing and red shawls watch, and a woman in white and red sits at right. Brass vessels of fruit, sweets and flowers, a kalasha-like decorated pot, and a small oil lamp surround the fire pit. The a person-appearance check is not met: the central priest has a turban and shaved-looking face, so he is described only as a priest.2015-07-06A ritual puja in progress on a floor mat. A young priest with a shaved head, white dhoti and white upper cloth, with white sacred ash markings on his chest and arm, sits at a microphone holding a book and gesturing toward a brass oil lamp with a flame. Beside him an older priest in a white dhoti with gold border and bead necklace rings a handbell and tends a brass vessel. Brass plates, a silver lamp stand, copper pots, flowers and a yellow cloth surround the offerings on the mat, and carved stone panels rise behind them.2012-02-09A homa fire ceremony in progress on a brick-framed fire pit decorated with red and yellow rangoli patterns and white powder. A priest in a red-orange turban, saffron-orange cloth, layered gold beaded necklaces and a rudraksha mala feeds a burning flame with a ladle, while seated devotees behind him in white clothes with red-orange shawls sit with hands in anjali. Brass and steel vessels, a kalasha-style pot with a coconut, fruit and an oil lamp are arranged around the pit.2015-07-06December 23 20102010-12-23July 04 20132013-07-04April 28 20172017-04-28A temple abhishekam at night in front of a richly decorated deity murti, with a large silver-and-gold Shiva lingam or murti adorned with flower garlands on a pink pedestal. Several priests stand at a raised offering table covered in a striped cloth, piled with fruit, flower garlands and brass vessels. A bearded priest in a yellow shawl and dhoti pours liquid from a vessel; a younger priest in white dhoti and a red-bordered cloth holds a brass pot, and another priest in an orange dhoti stands at the left. Lamps and banana-leaf-like offerings surround the altar, with multicoloured garlands draped above and devotees seated at the bottom edge.2016-12-15 +1 copiesA night-time outdoor fire ritual with a brick fire pit in the foreground, flames and smoke rising at its left and the pit filled with scattered offerings and paper. Several men in plain white ritual clothing stand behind the pit; the nearest man in front wears a white shirt and dhoti-style white garment with a beaded necklace and holds a leaf plate of offerings he is pouring toward the fire. Other men in white, one holding a plate, stand near him, with a lit building and vehicle in the background. This appears to be a homa or yagna with offerings being made. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person based on appearance cues.2006-12-17October 23 20152015-10-23A photograph of a homa at an outdoor ritual space. A man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a long white-and-pink flower garland holds a silver bowl of offerings near a large open fire on a raised stone platform. Beside him stand three more people: a man in a red-orange wrap holding his hands together, a man in a red turban with a rudraksha mala and bracelets, and a younger person in white holding a brass vessel. Banana leaves, brass bowls and a brass lamp sit near the fire, with a red-orange chair and palms behind. Four physical people are visible.2014-10-03