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A two-panel collage of a homa or yagna in a white-walled hall. In each panel, a fire pit with a large flame sits at the centre, and people in white ritual clothes sit around it, one man in white tending the fire in the left panel. Behind them, a seated audience in white is visible, with a stone floor and pillars. Offering vessels sit near the fire pit. The collage is a photographic composite and shows a fire ritual rather than a discourse or talk.

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A four-panel collage of photographs showing a ritual fire ceremony in a temple-style hall. In each panel, people in white clothing sit on a mat before a lit fire or oil lamp flame, with a small figure in orange clothing seated among them in some panels. Brass vessels and offerings are arranged near the flame, and a framed deity image hangs on the wall in the lower panels.2010-10-08December 14 20122012-12-14Four-panel collage of a temple or shrine room showing women in white saris performing homa or puja rituals. Top-left: several women sit on a white floor cloth before a decorated altar with a deity murti and small lamps. Top-right: a woman in a white sari sits before a fire pit with bright flames while other devotees sit behind her. Bottom-left: a woman in white holds a lamp near a flame with an altar behind. Bottom-right: a woman in white sits at a lit fire offering beside a painted deity image and a kalasha. Warm lighting, pink and yellow decorations on the altar.2011-10-26 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 14 20122012-12-14Two side-by-side photographs of an outdoor fire ritual at night. A large fire burns in a wooden-framed pit in the foreground, with a bowl or basket of offerings and a wide brass or woven vessel nearby. Several people in white ritual clothing stand around the fire; a man in white with a white turban and a shawl holds an offering over the flames, and a bare-chested person stands beside him. Strings of marigold garlands hang on tall posts with lights above, and a row of attendants in white watches from the background. A seated devotee in white sits near the bottom right of the right panel. The scene is a homa or yagna with fire offerings.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu fire ritual inside a corrugated-roof hall with bamboo-arched supports and lattice windows. A brick fire pit with a bright flame sits at the centre, surrounded by offerings. On the right, a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside them, a man in white ritual clothes sits near the fire. To the left, a child in a red garment sits by the fire, and a young boy in white kneels at the pit. Several other people in white and light clothing sit in the background, and a small oil lamp burns near the front edge. The long-haired figure in saffron robes with a folded-hands posture is a probable Swamiji by appearance, present in person at the fire ritual.2006-02-11January 15 20122012-01-15A homa fire ceremony under a large white tent with red and white decorations. In the foreground, a man in white clothing with a yellow shawl tends a bright fire in a sacrificial pit, with a red cloth draped nearby. Rows of seated people in white garments sit on mats in the background, facing the fire, with several standing figures. The setting is an open-sided tent with hanging red and white bunting.2010-07-24 +1 copiesJune 03 20042004-06-03Photo 11684496July 24 20102010-07-24 +2 copies