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Two priests sit cross-legged before a square fire pit lined with orange powder and red petals, where a flame burns. The priest on the left wears a tall black and gold patterned hat and a white dhoti, holding a ladle over a copper bowl. The priest on the right wears a light cream turban, a white cloth over his shoulder and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, reading from an open book at a microphone stand. Both wear white flower garlands with red blooms. Fruit, bananas, a plate of sweets and a brass lamp sit on banana leaves nearby, with gold-ornate furniture and an orange-robed figure in the background. This depicts a homa or yagna ritual.

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May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02 +2 copiesMay 02 20122012-05-02A fire ritual at an open-sided tent event. Two priests stand at a rectangular fire pit, throwing offerings into a tall flame. The taller man on the right wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a green embroidered turban with pearl trim, a white floral garland and a sandalwood-marked forehead. The younger priest on the left wears a gold turban, a red and white flower garland and bangles. Both hold up handfuls of grain or offerings over the fire. Seated devotees in colourful saris and white garlands watch from behind. Brass oil lamps and a brass bowl sit at the edge of the altar, and a green blur fills the left foreground. Looks like a homa or yagna.2016-12-19July 17 20132013-07-17February 09 20122012-02-09A ritual scene before a red draped backdrop. A bare-chested priest in a red-and-white patterned turban and white dhoti pours liquid from a small spoon over a stone yajna altar or homa platform. Three seated men beside him wear rudraksha malas, one in a yellow cloth, and sit on red-patterned mats. On the right, a gold-framed arch stands above a red table draped in gold brocade, holding a row of small clay or metal sculpted heads or murti forms garlanded with yellow flowers. Brass vessels, a bowl, coconuts, bananas, oranges, betel leaves and flower offerings are arranged on the red floor.2018-01-31A homa fire is burning in a sunken fire pit on a red floor inside a decorated temple hall, with a flower-tiered offering platform and coconuts and fruits to the right. Several priests in white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand at the fire; the central priest in a maroon turban pours from a brass vessel with a flower garland, while others hold offerings. Umbrellas with ornate canopies and marigold garlands decorate the hall, and a few onlookers in orange and white sit at the edges. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so this is a ritual scene with priests and devotees.2018-04-14Two priests sit cross-legged on a floor before an orange-coloured square yantra-like platform of kumkum or turmeric powder decorated with red flower petals. The priest on the left wears an ornate blue, gold and red patterned cylindrical headdress and a white dhoti with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, plus a rudraksha mala. The priest on the right wears a light golden turban, white dhoti and shawl, a white jasmine garland with red flowers, and a rudraksha mala, and rings a handheld brass bell while his other hand is raised in a mudra. Silver and brass vessels, a small silver lamp, fruits, banana leaves and a plate of fruit lie around them, with a microphone on a stand at right. Behind them stands an ornate gold-painted altar table and a deity figure draped in orange cloth.2012-05-02November 29 20112011-11-29March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20122012-02-09