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A photograph of a ritual fire with tall orange flames rising behind a draped figure. A priest with bare upper body and white markings on his arm and chest holds a silver ladle or vessel of offering toward the fire from the left. The seated figure wears a red cloth and is decorated with garlands of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds, and bananas lie in the foreground at right. The golden decorations of a shrine are visible in the background. No face of the seated figure is clearly shown, so no identity is asserted.

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March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02A homa fire ritual at night. A priest with bare upper body, orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, rudraksha bracelet and a long beaded necklace pours grains from a metal vessel into a blazing fire pit. Next to him a second priest in an orange-red dhoti holds a brass plate. Bananas and garlands of yellow and white flowers with red roses lie near the flames. Sparks rise from the fire, and gold-framed panels stand in the background.2021-03-02A photograph of a fire ritual before a garlanded altar in a gold-decorated temple hall. A man with an orange headwrap, bare chest, white ash markings on his arms and face, orange cloth at his waist and a beaded bracelet pours grain or offerings from a metal vessel into a blazing wood fire pit. Behind the fire, a deity murti and altar are draped with yellow, orange and red marigold garlands, with brass oil lamps and gold lion figures on a red-draped platform. The scene reads as a homa or yagna. The man is a priest performing the ritual, and no face-based identification is made.2021-05-27A photo of a ritual at a temple-like hall. A shirtless man in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl, with rudraksha beads on his arm and neck, arranges garlands of pink and yellow flowers over a heap of fruit including green grapes, bananas and a pineapple on the stone steps. To the left, a fire blazes beside the offering, and behind are gold and red ceremonial decorations. The scene suggests a homa or puja offering; the man's face is not visible.2020-07-05March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02A large fire blazes on the right of the frame during a homa, with billowing smoke rising. In the lower left, a figure in a dark red garment is seated, adorned with garlands of yellow chrysanthemums and red roses. Bunches of bananas and other fruit are placed in the foreground near the flames. A hand at the left edge holds a shallow brass plate. The background is dark with ornate golden architectural details.2021-03-02A temple puja scene with a bare-chested priest in an orange head cloth, orange shawl and striped yellow-black dhoti performing offerings beside a fire and a large garlanded deity murti with yellow and red flower garlands. A figure draped in white with a yellow sash sits in front, near brass lamps and a kalasha-style vessel. Ornate red and gold decorations frame the shrine.2021-05-27