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Night outdoor fire ritual: a priest in a white dhoti with a teal-and-gold shawl, a magenta turban and beaded necklaces stands at left, extending his arm and holding a flower bundle over a fire. A draped blue-grey altar holds a kalasha-style pot, garlands, marigolds, fruits and a deity murti. An oil lamp sits at lower right. Devotees in red and white clothing, some wearing lanyards, sit with hands folded behind the altar. The scene suggests a homa or puja.

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Night outdoor homa at a fire pit built of red bricks, with bright flames rising from the fire. Two priests stand at the altar: the foreground priest, bare-chested with a teal and gold shawl and a pink turban, pours or offers from a vessel toward the fire, while a second priest in a purple-and-white dhoti stands behind him wearing rudraksha beads. A draped teal table holds a decorated deity murti, garlands, coconuts, fruit, marigolds and a kalasha-like brass vessel. A brass oil lamp stands at the right edge. An audience of seated devotees fills the dark background, with a few in red and white clothing.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night-time outdoor fire ritual photographed with a dark background and a crowd of onlookers behind. In the foreground, two men perform a homa/yagna beside a blue-draped table laden with fruit, flowers, a coconut, a kalasha-style brass vessel and a lit oil lamp. The man on the left wears a pink turban with a flower ornament, a teal-and-gold shawl and white dhoti, and holds the lamp over the table. The bare-chested man on the right wears a garland of white flowers, a rudraksha-style mala, a pink-and-gold waist cloth and white dhoti, and stands beside him. Flames rise from a fire pit at the left edge. Behind them, many people in red and other colours watch attentively.2015-12-25Night fire ritual outdoors: a standing bare-chested man wearing a white dhoti with a pink sash and a white flower garland stands beside a seated priest in a pink turban, white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth, who tends a burning fire pit lined with bricks. Behind them a draped blue-grey altar holds fruit, a coconut, flowers, a kalasha-style vessel and a small bell-shaped lamp. A crowd in white and pink clothing watches in the dark background. The scene suggests a homa/yagna.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night outdoor ritual on sand: a man in a pink turban and white dhoti with a teal shawl stands at left, holding a flaming lamp near a fire, while a bare-chested priest in a pink cloth and white garland holds a lit lamp over a blue-draped offering table. The table holds coconuts, fruits, flowers, a kalasha-style vessel, brass bowls and a red-and-green cloth. Seated devotees in red and white clothing watch behind them.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night outdoor ritual photograph with a priest in a white dhoti and teal-and-gold shawl, wearing a magenta turban and beaded necklaces, bending over a teal-draped altar. The altar holds a brass kalasha, coconut, bananas, oranges, red and pink flowers, green leaves and a fruit-and-flower offering, with a small fire burning at the base. Behind, a large seated audience in orange, white and red clothing watches in the dark, some wearing lanyards. The image is a photo and shows no clearly identifiable a person figure on the altar or among the people.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25Night outdoor ritual photo. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti with a teal-and-gold shawl and a magenta turban, bare-chested with beaded necklaces, leans over a teal-draped altar. The altar holds a brass kalasha, green leaves, orange fruits, a halved coconut, marigold-like flowers, and a lit oil lamp with a flame. Behind, a large seated audience in dark and orange clothing watches quietly.2015-12-25Night-time outdoor homa on a sandy beach. A brick-lined fire pit blazes in the foreground. Two priests in white dhotis work beside it: one kneels at left wearing a magenta head cloth, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and a green-trimmed cloth; another stands bent forward at centre, bare-chested with a pale-pink head cloth and garlands. Behind a draped teal table stands a brass-and-flower altar with a kalasha, fruit, marigold garlands and a decorated ornament. A brass oil lamp stands at right. A seated audience in white and red clothing fills the dark background, roughly twenty to thirty visible people.2015-12-25December 25 20152015-12-25