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Indoor ritual scene at an ashram hall with a golden statue of a seated sage at left, its hands folded, and a golden throne-like chair at lower right. A priest in a dark red-maroon dhoti and shawl stands at right pouring a liquid from a vessel over a rectangular fire pit (homa/yagna kunda) with burning flames. Another priest in maroon sits behind, and a woman in a white sari with a red border stands with hands folded beside a man in white kurta and dhoti. Two covered deity forms or altar objects draped in purple cloth are garlanded with white and red flower garlands, with a kalasha, brass lamp, offerings and scattered petals on the floor. A white-clothed attendant stands at right and camera tripods and a cameraman are visible. Orange-red garlands hang from the staircase railing.

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A photo of a ritual homa inside an ashram hall with a wooden floor and stairs. A priest in a rust-red dhoti and gold-trimmed headwear pours an offering from a vessel toward a square fire pit with a bright flame. Nearby, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a man in a pink-white dhoti stand with hands folded in prayer. Behind them, a camera on a tripod and a cameraman record the ceremony. On the left, a golden statue of a figure with hands joined stands on a purple draped platform. The purple altar holds garlands of white and red flowers, a kalasha-like vessel, brass lamps and flower offerings. A golden chair with ornate carving is in the lower right corner, and marigold garlands hang from the railing above.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesIndoor temple-room ritual at an ashram with a staircase and dark wooden railings. On the left, a standing figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange-red dhoti stands with palms joined before a shrine table draped in purple, decorated with white and pink flower garlands; two golden deity murti stand on the left. In the centre, a woman in white sari with a red garland and a man in white kurta stand with palms pressed together. On the right, two men in orange-red robes with rudraksha malas stand near a camera on a tripod. In the lower foreground, two shaved-headed devotees sit before a flame and offerings. Orange marigold garlands hang along the staircase railing.2014-06-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple-style room with wooden flooring and a black-railed staircase hung with marigold garlands. At left, a priest in a rust-brown dhoti with a maroon turban and gold-banded waist cloth tends an offering altar with lamps and flower garlands. In front of him a square brick fire pit blazes with a visible homa. Behind the altar, bronze-coloured deity murtis stand under a backdrop. A woman in a white sari with a red-and-white garland, hands in anjali, stands near the stairs. A man in white kurta and another in a maroon garment with hands folded sit at right, and a further person stands in white at the top of the stairs.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copies