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Inside a decorated hall with bare brick walls and colourful hanging pennants, a ritual fire pit is lit at the centre. Several bricks stacked with flowers and garlands surround the flames, and smoke rises. A man in an orange-yellow cloth kneels at the fire, tending it. Standing nearby, a man in a white dhoti with a purple sash holds a tray of fruit and flowers, and other priests in white and orange stand with folded hands. On the right, a bare-chested man in a reddish-brown robe wears a long flower garland and a tall hair bun, while a man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together. Brass vessels sit on the red-and-white floor cloth. This is a homa-style fire ritual, with sannyasis in orange and attendants in white.

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A ritual fire ceremony in a temple courtyard with a smoking fire pit lined with bricks and flower garlands. A priest in a white dhoti and a sacred thread kneels and tends the fire, while another priest in white holds a brass plate of fruit and offerings. To the right, a man in a maroon dhoti and a long garland of white and pink flowers stands with palms joined, and a man in an orange dhoti and rudraksha beads stands beside him with hands folded. Other men in saffron and white robes stand around the fire, and brass vessels sit in the foreground. Colourful striped pillars and a green canopy decorate the hall. The gathering suggests a homa or yagna. a person is probable as the central figure in the maroon dhoti, identified by his distinctive hair and garland. 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Behind him a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti sits near steel vessels, and a man in an orange top with a headband folds his hands. A green umbrella and ornate poles stand behind, and marigold and jasmine garlands decorate the fire area. a person is the man in the maroon robe with a long garland and gold necklaces, standing at the homa.2018-04-14A fire ritual inside a temple hall with a smoking homa fire pit at lower left, its brick-built altar decorated with marigold and other flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in an orange-yellow dhoti kneels at the fire, feeding offerings from a tray of fruit and offerings. A central priest in a white dhoti and purple-edged cloth holds a tray of fruit and coconuts. Beside him a man in a maroon robe with a large black turban and a floral garland stands holding offerings. At right a figure in an orange robe with a dark head wrap stands with hands folded in prayer. Behind them, several white-clad and orange-clad attendants stand, with steel vessels on the floor and painted decorative pillars in the background.2018-04-14A photograph of a homa fire ritual at a temple construction site, with a sacrificial fire pit lined with red-and-brown bricks and flower petals. Several priests in orange and saffron dhotis, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, stand and kneel around the fire. One priest in a mustard-yellow shawl holds a long ladle and offerings over the flames, while another in white dhoti pours from a brass vessel. A brass kalasha and lamps sit on red striped mats, marigold garlands hang from the tall ceiling, and a green umbrella and decorated poles stand in the background. A woman in a white top stands at the right edge, photographing the scene.2018-04-14 +1 copiesA ritual fire ceremony in a temple courtyard with a homa or yagna fire pit, smoke rising from brick-lined altar pits decorated with marigold and flower garlands. 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