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Night-time homa at an open-air outdoor pavilion under a striped canopy with string lights. A large sunken fire pit with burning flames sits at centre on a yellow-painted platform, with smoke rising. A bearded priest in white dhoti with a red rudraksha mala and bare chest sits at right speaking into a microphone, and a younger priest in white at lower right reads from papers. Two young men with bare chests sit at left beside a pot of rice or grain, and an offering plate of fruit and flowers, brass vessels and bananas surround the fire. Behind, a large audience of about a hundred white-clad devotees sits on mats. At upper left a gold throne with red cushions holds a seated figure in saffron-pink robes with a rudraksha mala and a trident beside it. A printed photograph is placed among the offerings.

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March 16 20172017-03-16A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ritual under a covered pavilion at night. A large golden throne with red cushions sits at the left beneath a colourful fringed canopy, holding a portrait of a man with a red turban and rudraksha mala. In front of the throne, two bare-chested young boys in white dhotis sit at a yellow-lacquered fire pit, with a bright flame burning in the square pit. Several men in white dhotis sit beside it with metal bowls, plates of grains and an offering tray. Behind them, a large seated gathering in white clothes sits on mats under strings of coloured lights, with smoke rising. A lion-headed figure and a garlanded deity murti appear at the edges.2017-03-16February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesNight homa for Vishesha Deeksha at an open-air outdoor pavilion under a corrugated metal roof strung with coloured fairy lights. A large fire burns in a raised square fire pit in the centre. A seated figure on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a red canopy above wears a garland and an orange-brown cloth, with gold trident-topped staffs on either side; the figure is a candidate for a person and is the only person seated in the place of honour. Standing to the left are two people in white dhotis and shawls, and a shirtless man in a dhoti stands further back. In the foreground a man bends over trays of grains and offerings, and rows of brass plates of offerings line a striped rug. A decorated kalasha-like altar with flower garlands and a deity murti stands behind the fire.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16 +1 copiesNight-time homa at an open-air ritual space under a corrugated roof and string lights. A large flame rises from a square fire pit in the centre, surrounded by many small plates of grains, herbs and offerings laid on striped mats. A seated figure in a red-brown robe with a flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, a trident and a canopy overhead. Nearby, bare-chested young men in white dhotis perform the ritual; one kneels in front holding up a hand, another stands behind with a decorated kalasha or altar of flowers. A devotee in a white dhoti stands at the left edge.2017-03-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16Night homa in an open-air pavilion with a large fire burning in a yellow-painted rectangular fire pit, surrounded by bowls of grains, offerings and small oil lamps. A seated man in an orange-brown robe with a white flower garland, hands folded in namaste, sits on a gold-and-red throne with a peacock-fan canopy at left. At right, a bearded priest in white dhoti with pink border and red-bead necklace holds a microphone and gestures toward the fire, with another man in white beside him. Behind the fire, around 40 to 60 seated devotees in white ritual clothes sit on striped mats under strings of coloured lights, and a tall brass lamp stands in the background. Vishesha Deeksha homa, a person probable.2017-03-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05