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Night outdoor ritual scene at a fire site. In the foreground a clay pot sits over a bright flame on a metal plate, and a small fire pit with burning embers and a stone sits at lower right beside a mound with red cloth and offerings. A large crowd of devotees stands behind, mostly in orange and saffron robes and white clothing, with women in orange saris and a woman in a green patterned dress. Several men in orange dhotis with rudraksha malas stand at right, one bare-chested with hands pressed in anjali. A pillar with garlands stands at left. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.

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Outdoor homa fire ritual under a corrugated metal shelter with steel beams and floral garlands hanging on the pillars. A flame burns in a shallow metal fire pit on the ground while a man in white dhoti and shirt tends it with a long iron rod. Nearby, a monk in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a gold-looking chain holds a metal bowl of offerings. Around them, devotees in white and orange saris and white dhotis stand closely watching the ritual. The scene is a homa or yagna ritual, and no one present is clearly identifiable as a person, so no identity claim is made.2013-07-13 +1 copiesOutdoor evening homa at a fire pit with bright orange flames rising from a metal plate on the ground. A man on the right in a rust-orange dhoti with gold border and a long rudraksha mala holds ritual items near the fire. Behind him stand devotees in white and orange-red saris and kurtas, including a woman in white with long blonde hair and a woman in orange saree with a beaded necklace. A tall wooden post wrapped with flower garlands stands beside the fire, and a metal scaffold frame is visible above. Total visible people about 20.2013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13Outdoor photo of a ritual at a clay-floored open-air site under a metal frame. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis hold long iron rods over a glowing red crucible resting on the ground, with burning embers beside it. A red flower garland lies near a stone object with two cup-like hollows. On the right, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth with long hair stands watching. Behind them, a crowd of women in orange and saffron saris with rudraksha malas and men in white clothing and red shawls stand with hands folded, and a banner of flower garlands hangs at the left edge. The scene resembles a metal-pouring or smelting ceremony.2013-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesSeptember 04 20132013-09-04A photograph of a metal casting ritual outdoors. Two crucibles glow orange-hot with molten metal; the nearer one is being tilted with long iron tongs, and a bright fire burns in a pit of earth below it. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the left, working the tongs. Behind them, several devotees in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and a woman in a dark-red sari with a kumkum mark look on. Garlands of red and yellow flowers hang from a metal frame at the left, and a sack and red flower petals lie on the ground.2013-07-13September 04 20132013-09-04July 13 20132013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesNight outdoor fire ritual. A central figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold-toned necklace tosses or offers something into the fire with one hand. To the right, a saffron-clad man with a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the far right holding a staff. Behind them, a crowd of roughly 25 people in white and saffron clothing, some with red shawls and marigold garlands, stands watching the ritual under the night sky.2013-07-13