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Night outdoor ritual at a homa or yagna altar built from stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder. Two priests sit behind the altar: the one on the left, bald with white tilak, wears a white dhoti and gold necklace and tends an offering tray and bowl with a small flame; the one on the right, with a shaved-back head and tilak, wears an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti with a gold ceremonial necklace and holds an incense or offering vessel. Garlands of yellow and white flowers, a coconut, green leaves and a brass kalasha-style vessel sit at the left edge. A white backdrop, orange string lights and a stage rig frame the scene.

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Night ritual outdoors beside a fire pit built of stacked yellow-brown bricks dusted with white powder, with coconuts, flower garlands, brass vessels and green leaves arranged around it. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace, with a white tilak on his forehead, pours from a copper vessel into the homa area while seated. Beside him a second priest in white dhoti with gold chain and bangles holds bundled herbs. Strings of lights, a white backdrop and metal stands are visible behind.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site. Two men sit behind a square fire pit built of yellow-and-orange bricks with a tall flame rising from it. The man on the right wears an orange ochre garment over his shoulder and a heavy gold bead necklace with a pendant, holding red flower petals and offering them into the fire. The man on the left, seated behind, wears a white dhoti and shawl with a gold chain and a gold-banded arm ornament. Both have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Brass vessels, a coconut, green leaves and white flowers lie around the brick platform, with string lights and a white cloth backdrop behind them.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 08 20112011-12-08 +1 copies