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Night-time homa at an open-air ritual platform with a fire pit, rising smoke and brass oil lamps in front. A bald man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre, holding a ritual vessel over the flame, while several people in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged around the fire pit. A red and gold throne-like seat stands at left, and a row of seated devotees in orange and white watches from the back. Brass and metal offering plates with food, flowers and red cloth lie on the platform, and strings of triangular orange pennants hang overhead beside a tall gold-topped pillar.

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November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05Night outdoor homa at the Bidadi campus under a canopy strung with yellow ribbon and red-and-orange pennants. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes with a shaved head holds a lit flame and a small vessel over a white square fire pit. Seated around it are priests in white dhotis and shawls, several with white and ochre markings, hands folded in prayer. Trays of fruit, rice, cooked dishes and offerings are arranged on the floor in the foreground. A red and gold throne stands to the left, with a woman in orange sitting beside it. Onlookers sit on chairs at the right under dim lights. A painted banner of deities hangs behind the fire pit. Smoke drifts through the scene. The priest in saffron is a shaved-headed ritual officiant, and the appearance does not establish a person identification.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05A homa is performed at night outdoors beside a white stepped fire pit in which a bright flame burns. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl stands at the pit pouring liquid from a vessel, with a dark-haired figure in orange nearby. Seated priests in white dhotis surround the altar, some holding offerings. Brass lamps with lit wicks, bowls of rice, sweets, fruits and yellow flowers are spread on a red cloth in the foreground. Behind them a red and gold throne stands empty under hanging orange and blue banners, and a camera operator films at the lower right. Hanging ornaments and an om-shaped motif decorate the pavilion. a person, identity uncertain from appearance, is the orange-clad man pouring at the fire pit, distinguished by his shaved head and orange robes but without other clear cues.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05Night homa at a square white-tiered fire altar with smoke rising from a glowing pit. Priests in white dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies and white-marked foreheads and rudraksha malas, sit cross-legged around the altar. On the left a figure seated on an ornate gold-trimmed red throne wears a saffron garment with patterned shawl and a long ceremonial necklace, though the face is partly obscured by smoke and distance. Trays of food offerings, bowls, a kalasha pot with flowers and brass ladles sit in the foreground. Oil lamps hang overhead and a crowd watches in the dark background.2010-11-05Night-time ritual at an open-sided pavilion with orange and white pennants and hanging decorative tassels. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the centre, holding a flaming lamp or aarti in his hands, facing a raised altar. Seated priests in white dhotis and shawls chant and attend the altar, which is laden with banana leaves, fruit, brass vessels, a red cloth and flower garlands. Brass oil lamps stand at left beside a red-and-gold palanquin or canopy and a decorated deity murti draped in red and white. A drummer in white seated at lower right plays a drum. Devotees watch from the background in the darkness.2010-11-05Night outdoor homa at a temple campus under a canopy. A figure in saffron/orange robes with shaved head stands bent over the square fire pit, pouring from a brass vessel, with a crowd of white-clad devotees seated around. A large brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands in the foreground beside plates of food, fruit, flowers and kalasha-style offerings on a red cloth. Hanging saffron and multicolour decorations and tall poles frame the scene, with a cameraman filming at the lower right.2010-11-05