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A temple-style ritual hall with white canopy draping, where several people in white and rust-coloured clothing attend a ceremony around a blue-skirted altar heaped with yellow flowers. At centre, a metal deity murti is decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands, and to the right a gilded throne backs a seated deity figure hung with garlands. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and orange shawl sits at left beside brass vessels, flower pots, and fruit offerings. A standing man in white dhoti with a gold-trimmed cloth and a kneeling figure with orange wrap and rudraksha are among the participants, with microphones on stands in the foreground. The scene appears to be a samaya deeksha homa ritual.

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July 17 20152015-07-17A photograph of a homa and samaya deeksha ritual in a covered hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground a priest in a red-and-white turban sits cross-legged before a small fire pit with flowers and marigold garlands, wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind him a woman in an orange sari stands near brass oil lamps on a stand, and a priest in white dhoti stands near a blue-draped offering table. A shaved-headed monk in orange robes stands beside an ornate golden throne and a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands, while a man in an orange kurta holds a camera. Several seated and standing devotees watch in the background, and a microphone stands on the right.2015-07-17A homa ritual in a covered hall with a fire pit at lower centre, flames rising from offerings of flowers, sweets and leaves. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink-and-yellow turban sits behind the fire pit. A man in white dhoti and brown shawl at right holds a stick near a tall gold-and-red altar with a deity murti draped in marigold garlands. Standing figures in orange and brown robes and white dhotis surround a blue-draped platform with brass kalasha vessels. Brass lamps stand in rows at left, and devotees sit in the background. A white cloth backdrop hangs behind the scene. Visible people number about twenty.2015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17