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Night-time fire ritual at a riverside ghat. A brick-lined fire pit burns with a bright flame, with a metal bowl of golden liquid and small brass vessels beside it. A man in a maroon dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl stands on the left with palms joined. Three men in white dhotis stand on a raised platform in the centre and right, palms pressed together in prayer; one wears an orange-red turban and rudraksha beads and stands beside a silver trident. A figure in an orange shawl and gold floral necklace sits in the lower right foreground, hands joined. A white floral garland hangs in the top right corner. Dark background with other devotees seated in the distance.

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August 01 20142014-08-01A night homa at a brick fire pit glows with flames amid blue-tinged smoke. A man in white dhoti with a red headcloth and rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a silver vessel. Two men in maroon robes bend over the fire, pouring from brass vessels, and a seated man in saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala sits under a silver-fringed parasol near a trident-topped throne. Other attendants in dark robes and orange cloth sit behind, with silver ritual implements, brass plates and rose petals on the ground.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night homa at a brick fire pit outdoors, with a bright flame burning in the square yellow-brick enclosure. A standing man in an orange saffron cloth with a red-and-white marked forehead and rudraksha mala pours from a bowl beside the fire, under a decorative umbrella with trident-topped poles. Around the fire, seated devotees in red and maroon robes and malas chant with hands folded, one holding a tray, others with brass bowls, flowers and coconut. Trident staffs stand at the right, and a silver-backed seat sits behind the central figure.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01Night photograph of an outdoor homa ritual at an ashram. A fire burns in a white stone fire pit in the foreground, and a man in white dhoti with a bare upper body bends forward over it, offering into the flames. Behind him, several men in white ritual dhotis and shawls stand with hands folded in anjali and some hold brass vessels; one wears a white turban and others wear rudraksha malas. Seated devotees in white line the left edge. On the right stands a carved wooden throne with red and green cloth and a deity figure, flanked by brass oil lamps, fruit trays and flower petals. String lights and a garland hang overhead.2010-10-16Night fire ritual outdoors: a square brick fire pit blazes in the centre while a seated man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala pours from a metal ladle beside it, under a red and gold canopy with a trident-topped staff. Behind him, another robed priest sits near the flames. On the left a young man in white dhoti with a red turban presses his palms together in prayer, with brass pots, a kalasha-style vessel and open books on a red cloth. The scene suggests a homa or yagna. Four people are visible.2014-08-01October 11 20142014-10-11August 01 20142014-08-01October 11 20142014-10-11A night-time homa at a wooden fire pit with a large, bright flame. A man in a white dhoti with a green turban pours offerings from a steel bowl into the fire. Around him, priests in white and orange-red cloths wear rudraksha malas, and one bald priest has a white tilak on his forehead. A green-clad figure stands at the right edge, and brass offerings and a plantain leaf sit nearby. No one is clearly identified as a person by appearance cues.2015-01-04