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Indoor homa or puja scene at a brick fire pit altar decorated with yellow and pink flowers. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits at left, speaking into a microphone and holding a small item, with an oil lamp lit beside him. A second man in white with a mala sits behind him. A brass bowl of yellow liquid and fruit offerings sit on the altar. At right, a deity murti seated on an ornate white and gold throne, draped in orange fabric and garlanded with white flowers, faces the altar. Brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels frame the scene.

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October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph of a fire ritual inside a room with a large flame rising from a brick-built fire pit strewn with yellow and pink flowers. Two men in white ritual clothes sit behind the pit; the foreground man wears an orange shawl and rudraksha mala and holds a ladle, while the second man in white wears a rudraksha mala. A brass oil lamp stands at left. At right, a seated figure in white and orange on an ornate throne beside a garland-decorated framed picture, with a garland draped over the frame. The scene shows a homa or yagna.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph of a foundation ritual indoors on a patterned rug. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl stands bent over a brick-lined pit filled with wood and marigold petals, pouring liquid from a metal pot onto a copper-coloured kalasha set on a raised platform. A second man in white, wearing a rudraksha mala, kneels at left with his hands cupped and a forehead mark. A woman in a cream sari stands in the background near a doorway. Brass lamps, a steel bowl and vessels, and a yellow liquid in a bowl surround the pit. Behind them a framed portrait shows a woman seated on an ornate golden throne-style chair with a garland above it. The pit suggests a temple foundation ceremony.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph of a ritual in an plain whitewashed hall. A young man in an orange saffron robe with a white forehead band and a beaded mala necklace sits behind a rectangular structure built from white bricks sprinkled with yellow and orange flowers, holding a small offering in cupped hands. Beside him, a second young man in white clothing sits with a forehead mark. On the right, a bronze deity murti stands on a purple cloth with a gold border, draped in a white flower garland, with fruit on a tray nearby. Brass lamps and a brass vessel sit on the floor at left. Several people in orange and white robes sit in the background near the doorway.2007-12-10October 25 20062006-10-25June 06 20102010-06-06January 01 20102010-01-01October 25 20062006-10-25November 17 20092009-11-17 +1 copiesOctober 25 20062006-10-25