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A photograph of a homa fire pit at the foreground with bright flames rising from a tiled square fire pit decorated with white line motifs. Two decorated clay or metal kalasha-like pots with garlands and crowns sit beside the fire. In the background a large colourful deity murti of Ganesha sits on a throne with an orange and red backdrop, holding a rudraksha-style garland, with tiger and lion figures and a potted plant row nearby. A person in a striped cloth wrap stands at the left edge. Brass bowls and ritual vessels sit on the floor, and a black speaker and cooler stand at the right.

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September 05 20162016-09-05September 05 20162016-09-05September 05 20162016-09-05A large Ganesha murti with a brown-red body, gold crown and jewelled necklaces, adorned with yellow and white marigold garlands, sits in an open tent-like pavilion with red-and-white striped pillars. In the foreground, two men in saffron-orange robes and turbans perform a homa: a large fire blazes at right while one priest with bare torso and white sacred ash markings on his arms gestures over brass bowls and a tray of white flowers. Kalasha pots and brass vessels surround the offering altar.2017-08-25September 05 20162016-09-05August 25 20172017-08-25A photograph of a Maha Ganapathi homa at an outdoor canopied pavilion. A large Ganesha murti with a brown and gold garment, pearl and gold necklaces and flower garlands sits behind a golden fire pit where a bright flame rises. A shirtless priest in an orange turban and white body markings sits cross-legged before the fire, his hands raised in offering. Other men in saffron-orange robes and turbans sit around the fire, one holding a microphone, and a brass lamp stand with garlands is placed nearby. Plates of flowers, brass vessels and a striped mat complete the scene.2017-08-25Photo 11705631 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor-roofed shrine during a Ganesha puja. A large painted clay Ganesha murti sits centrally in an orange arched niche with a saffron-orange backdrop, wearing a multicoloured garland and holding a modak-like sweet. Two priests in orange dhotis stand at left, one bare-chested with a wrapped cloth, the other reaching toward a fire pit at the foreground, sprinkling or offering. Smoke rises from the homa fire pit, with brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot and offerings on the floor. At right, an ornate gold throne with red cushions and a gold-embroidered canopy stands empty beside a cooler. Striped red-and-white pillars, tiered steps with potted plants and hanging decorative streamers frame the space, with green trees behind.2016-09-05August 25 20172017-08-25A photograph of a Ganesha deity murti in an open-air shrine, painted orange, red and gold, with a crown, trunk, round belly, garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers, and a mouse-like vahana and ornate jewellery. Three young priests sit cross-legged on a raised platform before a lit fire pit with brass vessels, a silver lamp and a kalasha, performing a homa or puja. The priests have shaved or long hair, white dhotis, one wears orange cloth and rudraksha beads, and two are bare-chested with sacred ash marks. Potted plants and red-and-white striped walls surround the shrine, with green trees in the background.2016-09-05August 25 20172017-08-25 +1 copies