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Night outdoor ritual scene with a yellow-and-white brick fire pit (homa kunda) at the centre, surrounded by several smaller yellow brick altars decorated with white flower garlands, banana leaves, bananas and mango-leaf and ribbon-wrapped kalashas. On the left, an ornate gold throne with a purple cushion is draped with white and green flower garlands. In the background, roughly a dozen men in red dhotis or wraps stand with bare upper bodies, and a bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits at the right beside an altar. Lanterns and a tree line the dark setting.

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June 08 20172017-06-08Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site. A fire burns inside a square brick fire pit, with a ladle held over it. A shirtless priest with a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth sits behind the pit, with a white head cloth. Several other priests in orange and white garments are seated along the row. Behind the fire pit stands a golden throne with a purple cushion, garlanded with white jasmine and marigold. Trays of bananas, flower petals, coconuts, and brass kalasha-style vessels surround the area on a sandy floor. A lamp and a yellow matchbox lie on the ground at the lower right.2017-06-08May 10 20172017-05-10Night ritual at an open-air outdoor shrine with a long row of seated priests performing puja before tiered offerings of fruit, flowers and small kalasha-style vessels on banana leaves and low brick platforms. A man in the foreground sits with bare chest, white dhoti and orange cloth, a dark-haired young man with long matted hair and rudraksha mala looks over his shoulder. Smoke rises from the left, bright lights hang overhead, and a gilded ornate peetham or throne with orange drapery and flower garlands sits at the left edge. Standing devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand in the background near a metal railing, and a deity murti is visible at the right.2017-05-10March 11 20172017-03-11June 08 20172017-06-08March 11 20172017-03-11May 10 20172017-05-10June 08 20172017-06-08Night-time ritual at an open-sided pavilion with bright floodlights and smoke drifting through the air. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis work at ceremonial tables covered with flower garlands, marigolds and red rose petals, with brass kalasha pots, lamps and coconuts arranged on yellow-painted bases. A priest in white pours from a vessel onto a heap of red flowers while another sits cross-legged nearby. A man in an orange cloth and orange turban stands near an ornate gold throne-like seat draped in orange fabric. Other men in white dhotis and garlands stand behind the ritual area, and a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands at right beside a gold-coloured brass structure.2017-05-10Night outdoor fire ritual. Several men in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths sit on the ground tending the fire; one man in a yellow headcloth and a rudraksha-style mala pours from a ladle, and another in an orange turban sits in the foreground. Smoke drifts through the scene and people in white and orange stand behind the altars under trees.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10