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A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red border sits cross-legged on a red-carpeted floor, holding a microphone while performing a homa beside a lit fire pit. Behind him, a decorated deity murti of a standing figure with a tall crown is framed by garlands in red, pink, yellow and purple flowers and two smaller attendant figures. A red cloth covers the altar platform, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. Plates of fruit, rice, sweets and flower offerings fill the foreground, and a figure in orange robes appears on a decorated throne in the upper background.

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A priest in a white dhoti with a red border sits cross-legged on the floor, bare-chested, performing puja before three deity murtis adorned with garlands of red, orange, yellow and purple flowers. The central figure is a standing murti with a crown; flanking murtis wear crowns and jewellery. Behind them is a red-orange draped platform. Brass oil lamps stand at the sides, and steel bowls of rice, yellow powder, sweets, flowers, fruit and grains are arranged on a red cloth in front. Behind the deities, a golden shrine holds a seated figure in orange robes, with a large lamp-like brass structure above.2010-11-12A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a red mat before a homa fire, stirring with a long ladle over a metal bowl. Behind him, three deity murtis stand on a raised orange-draped platform, the central figure crowned and garlanded in red, yellow, white and purple flowers, with two consorts flanking him in green and red garlands. A microphone stands near the priest. Brass oil lamps flank the platform, and bowls of yellow rice, white rice, sweets and fruit are arranged on the red cloth in front.2010-11-12A young man with a shaved head sits cross-legged on a white cloth in front of a fire pit and a deity altar. He wears a white dhoti with a red border, a gold necklace and a gold bangle, and holds an orange offering in one hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him, two deity murtis are decorated with garlands of red, orange, yellow and purple flowers. A flaming brass oil lamp and a bright fire pit burn beside him. On the foreground table are offering plates with red-orange laddus, sliced fruit, betel leaves, a bowl of yellow rice, and a mound of white rice and sweets, with silver vessels and a kalasha nearby. This appears to be a homa or puja ritual.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A priest in white dhoti with a red border and bare chest, wearing a gold necklace and bracelet, sits cross-legged before a fire and performs a ritual, holding a ladle toward a microphone. Behind him, three deity murtis are dressed in garlands of red, orange, yellow and white flowers, with an orange cloth draped on the platform. Brass lamps, a metal plate of sweets, and a bowl of offerings sit in the foreground beside a small fire. The centre murti wears a crown and holds a staff.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a homa at a temple shrine. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on the ground at lower left, bare-chested with a gold necklace, extending his hands over a small flaming fire pit. Behind the fire, three metal deity murtis stand adorned with rows of red, orange, white, yellow and purple flower garlands, arranged on a red silk cloth. Brass oil lamps, a silver bowl of sweets and a plate of rice and flowers sit in the foreground. Red drapery and gold-framed images appear in the background. No visible candidate for a person is present in the scene.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A homa or fire ritual before a shrine of three deity murti decorated with garlands in red, green, purple and white. The central figure wears a crown, and flanking figures are adorned with crowns and red-and-gold garments. A man seated on the left, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a beaded necklace, faces the shrine beside a small flame in a fire pit. Brass oil lamps, a microphone stand, and metal bowls of grains, pulses, sweets and yellow powder sit on a red cloth in front.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12