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A four-panel collage of a ritual fire ceremony in a temple hall. Top left: a priest in orange robes stands beside a decorated deity murti and a flower-decorated altar with kalasha and lamps. Top right: the same orange-robed priest performs a fire offering over a square fire pit, flames rising. Bottom left: a seated audience of devotees watches as a priest tends the fire pit before a decorated altar. Bottom right: a large fire burns in the pit while devotees sit in rows and an altar with a garlanded image stands behind. Offerings and oil lamps surround the altar. Collage of photographs with no readable text except printed panel elements.

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October 26 20112011-10-26Photo 11741919Photo 11683875 +2 copiesDecember 31 20112011-12-31January 08 20122012-01-08November 10 20112011-11-10April 23 20122012-04-23A homa fire ceremony in an outdoor ashram setting with palm trees behind. A central flame burns in a fire pit at right-centre. A priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged at the lower right, facing the fire. Standing at left, a man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands beside an ornate red throne with gold trim. Beside him, a woman in a red and orange sari stands near several devotees in orange and white. Brass vessels and a kalasha sit on a white-draped platform at left, with a basket of offerings near the bottom right.2012-05-03January 15 20122012-01-15October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesApril 24 20122012-04-24December 08 20112011-12-08