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Outdoor homa ritual on a striped cloth in a paved courtyard. A rectangular fire pit made of stacked bricks holds a smoking fire, with a hooked iron tool and small vessels nearby. Three priests sit around it: one in a white dhoti with a saffron-striped shawl and rudraksha-like beads tending the fire, one in a white dhoti and bare chest wearing an orange-and-red turban and glasses, and a younger man in white and a striped shawl seated at right. A tray of kumkum-coloured and flower-decorated kolam-style design holds apples, oranges, and offerings. Behind them a deity murti is decorated with white and yellow marigold garlands, fruit bananas lie in front, and a stack of firewood sits at right. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

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March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15Outdoor homa or yagna on a striped cloth in a paved courtyard. A fire pit with smoke rises from a square arrangement of bricks and offerings, surrounded by fruit, coconut halves, flowers, rice, kumkum, and small brass pots. Three men sit at the ritual: one in a saffron-orange shawl with bare upper body and rudraksha beads, another with an orange turban and glasses folding his hands in prayer, and a third in a white dhoti and cloth draped over his shoulder seated at the right. A decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and white flowers sits on the left under an ornate arch. Printed booklets and small vessels lie in the foreground.2017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15March 15 20172017-03-15