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Night outdoor ritual photo of a homa fire pit, a rectangular wooden platform framed with yellow and orange marigold garlands, with a bright flame rising from it amid smoke. A shirtless man in an orange-red dhoti with a red-beaded rudraksha necklace stands behind the fire, holding a metal plate and pouring or offering material into the flames. To the right, a shirtless man in a white dhoti holds a handheld microphone and watches. Seated devotees in light clothing sit at left, including a man in glasses and a bare-torsoed seated man in a light cloth, with a metal bowl of grains in the foreground. Blue-purple lighting and haze fill the background.

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A night-time fire ritual photographed in smoky blue and purple light. At the centre, a bare-chested priest in a red-orange dhoti and a red-beaded mala holds a brass tray or plate up near his face beside a flame. Below him a small fire burns in a rectangular fire pit decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. Seated devotees in front, one in a green-and-white outfit, watch the rite. On the right, a bare-chested man in glasses and a white dhoti holds a microphone and speaks. Several other onlookers sit in the background, and a tray of grains sits at lower left.2015-12-11Night outdoor fire ritual. A square fire pit lined with bricks and edged with yellow and orange marigold garlands burns brightly at the bottom of the frame, with smoke drifting upward. A figure in an orange-red cloth stands at the back of the pit, holding a large round brass or copper vessel overhead while smoke pours around it; a rudraksha mala hangs at his chest. A seated figure in blue wrap clothing sits to the left of the fire. A man in white dhoti and an open-collar shirt stands at right, bare-chested in a white dhoti, holding a microphone and speaking. Seated devotees and onlookers, some in white and some in dark clothing, watch from the background, and a bowl of grains sits at lower left. The orange-robed figure's face is not clearly visible; no reliable identification is made.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night outdoor fire ritual at a square fire pit edged with yellow and orange marigold garlands and offerings. Tall flames and rising smoke fill the centre. Beside the fire, a figure in orange-red wrap and beaded necklaces stands partly hidden in the smoke, with a shaved head. At right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border holds a microphone and speaks, wearing glasses. Seated spectators at left watch the homa, several with lanyards.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night photo of an outdoor fire ritual on grass. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a pink cloth over his shoulder pours liquid from a brass vessel onto a flaming fire pit lined with bricks and decorated with marigold garlands. Behind him a seated man in a red-orange robe with a shawl and beaded necklaces sits in a red-cushioned chair, with a long dark swept-back hairstyle and a crown-like headdress, appearance. Around the fire, a crowd of about twenty seated and standing participants in white and orange clothes watches, and a man with palms pressed together stands at the left. Marigold petals lie on the ground.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11