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A fire ritual in an outdoor temple-like hall. A kneeling priest in an orange-red dhoti and bare upper body leans over a large bronze bowl of flames, placing offerings near a silver tray of small silver vessels and lamps in the foreground. Beside him a woman in a red-orange sari with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on her forehead holds a silver kalasha-shaped vessel over the fire, extending her other hand. Behind them a seated crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes watches, with a white table fan at left. This appears to be a homa/yagna with offerings.

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October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08Smoky ritual scene at a homa or yagna fire. A man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a patterned headwrap and a long beaded mala with a large gold pendant, kneels at a flaming fire-altar and reaches toward it with his right arm. Beside him a woman in a rust-brown sari with a long white beaded necklace and a bindi sits near a large dark bronze bowl with flames, holding a ladle. In front of them lie silver ritual vessels, a small bronze figure, a brass lamp, and offerings. Behind, several onlookers stand and sit, including a woman in a blue sari and a man in white. A purple and blue ribbon-patterned banner with a gold emblem hangs on a pole at the back, and a silver-toned seat is partly visible at right.2017-10-08March 18 20132013-03-18January 05 20142014-01-05March 03 20182018-03-03March 18 20132013-03-18October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08April 01 20182018-04-01 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31March 03 20182018-03-03