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A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple hall. Several priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested, bend over a lit fire pit where flames rise. Shirtless priests wear white dhotis with coloured borders; one wears a blue head cloth and green-striped shawl. Yellow and white marigold garlands and offerings of fruit and apples sit on a silver tray in front. A gilded statue stands in the background beside a brass-studded wooden door. No a person candidate is visible; the figures are ritual priests.

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Photo of a Navaratri puja at an altar with a bright fire pit in the background. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured borders bend over the offerings; the nearer one, with a rudraksha mala, pours from a ladle into the flames, while the other, with a blue head cloth and a green shawl, holds a small ritual vessel. Yellow marigold garlands, apples, coconuts and kalasha-style pots with white cloth decorate the table. A golden standing deity murti stands at right and another person is partly visible at upper left. Smoke rises from the homa.2017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony at night beside a square brick fire pit with flames rising from it. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured striped borders and gold necklaces stand and kneel around it. One priest in the centre, wearing a red-and-white head cloth, pours from a metal vessel. Behind them a silver-framed object and tiered arrangements of yellow and red flower garlands rest on a silver stand, with brass pots on a table at the back. The page-based identity cue does not show a qualifying candidate here, so the people are described by role only.2018-01-06Ritual scene during a homa or puja with a small fire burning on the floor in front of several men in traditional attire. A bare-chested priest in the foreground wears a blue head wrap, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a green-striped cloth, pouring from a silver kalasha-style vessel with a metal ladle. Behind him a man in white dhoti bends forward to the fire, and another in an orange cloth bends at the left edge near a yellow and red marigold garland. A fourth man at the right in a white dhoti and pink-gold shawl holds a silver vessel. Multicoloured mats cover the floor, and a large golden prabhavali halo frames a seated figure in the background.2017-09-27A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an indoor hall with pink, green and orange striped mats. At the centre, a brick fire pit with a bright flame sits before a yellow and red marigold garland arrangement, and a priest seated at the back of the pit tends the fire with a ladle, next to bowls of offerings and fruit. A bare-chested man in a dark shawl sits at the back-left with a blue head cloth. Men in white dhotis with gold borders stand and sit in rows behind, some wearing rudraksha malas and sacred threads. A man in orange cloth sits at the left, and a man in a yellow garment sits at the lower right with a red shawl. Oil lamps stand on the floor, and framed photographs hang on the wall behind.2017-09-27 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12A ritual homa at a temple setting with a fire pit of burning wood and flames in front. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a striped orange and blue border and a blue head cloth bends forward, holding a small oil lamp with a flame on a long handled lamp stand over offerings. Yellow marigold garlands hang on a brass kalasha-type vessel with red apples and yellow fruit arranged on a plate. Two other priests stand behind: one in white dhoti with yellow shoulder cloth and hands folded, and one in white with orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, palms together. A golden deity murti sits on a shelf at the upper right.2017-09-27 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a temple hall. A large open fire burns in a raised wooden-framed fire pit at the centre-bottom, with smoke rising. A seated priest with a green turban and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti with a striped border, holds a small lamp or offering over the fire. A second priest in a white dhoti stands bent over beside him, holding a lamp. Behind them a woman in an orange-red sari presses her palms together in prayer, and another figure in a red-orange sari stands to the right beside a white-draped table with red flowers. Brass vessels, marigold and yellow flower garlands, and a pile of rice grains sit near the fire pit. Striped red and white pillars and steps frame the background, where other people in white stand watching.2017-07-08December 12 20162016-12-12Night ritual photograph in a temple-like hall with a fire pit at right. Three bare-chested men in white dhotis stand and perform worship around a decorated golden palanquin or throne covered with white cloth, garlands of red, white and yellow flowers, banana leaves, fruits and lit oil lamps. The central man in a yellow head cloth and gold necklaces bends forward, extending his hand over the offerings; the man at left has his palms joined in reverence, and another in a striped shawl and gold chain stands with hands folded. Women in red and orange saris stand in the background.2017-04-06September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copies