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Night ritual inside an open-sided tent with a corrugated roof and string lights. In the foreground, a seated person in orange robes and an orange turban, wearing beaded necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a metal bowl of grains over a burning fire pit (homa) on a yellow-draped altar with mango leaves and fruit. Around the fire are brass vessels, a kalasha, and a ceremonial pot wrapped in orange cloth. Behind them, a large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white garments sits on colourful striped mats, some shirtless, with a decorated silver-and-gold palanquin holding a garlanded deity murti at left.

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February 21 20172017-02-21A night-time homa or fire ritual under a corrugated metal roof strung with coloured fairy lights. A fire burns in a pit at the centre of a striped cloth-covered ritual floor, with yellow-garlanded kalasha-like pots, rice mounds and brass vessels around it. A woman in saffron-red clothing and a matching orange head wrap, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits at right ladling offerings into the fire. Behind her, a seated audience in white and light clothing fills the hall, and a few people in saffron stand near a golden decorated seat or palanquin with flower garlands. Men in white dhotis are visible at the right edge.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21A night outdoor homa under a corrugated roof strung with multicoloured fairy lights. A priest in saffron-orange dress with an orange turban and a mala stands at a wooden fire altar, pouring an offering into a bright flame, with bowls of rice, grains and fruit, a kalasha and brass vessels arranged on striped mats. Behind, a crowd of people in white dhotis and orange garments watches, and a woman in orange with a gold necklace stands at the left beside a floral garland.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21April 16 20172017-04-16A photograph of a fire ritual inside a covered hall at night, with a large brick-and-stone fire pit blazing at centre. A man in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban and rudraksha beads leans forward with his arm extended over the flames, offering into the fire as part of a homa. Seated beside him in orange clothing is another man. Behind them rows of people in white and cream clothes sit on striped mats, and a few standing figures in white and yellow saris and shirts watch. Leaf-wrapped offerings and brass lamps lie on the right, and string lights hang along the ceiling. A printed poster sits at the top right.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21April 16 20172017-04-16February 21 20172017-02-21April 16 20172017-04-16April 16 20172017-04-16