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Two men in ritual dress stand in a temple-like hall with smoke rising behind them during a ceremony. The man in front wears a blue head cloth, an orange upper wrap, a white dhoti with blue and yellow borders, and beaded necklaces; he holds a small ritual item in his right hand. The man at right wears a purple and gold shawl over a white dhoti and holds a silver plate of pink flowers. Behind them, a shirtless priest with a tilak and another attendant in white are visible, and a fire or incense haze fills the background.

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August 22 20172017-08-22August 22 20172017-08-22August 22 20172017-08-22August 22 20172017-08-22Two men in traditional ritual dress stand at an outdoor ceremony with smoke in the background. The man on the left has eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a blue turban, an orange and maroon shawl over a bare chest, a rudraksha mala and a yellow sacred thread. The man on the right holds a silver plate with offerings, wearing a magenta and gold shawl over white dhoti with a tilak on his forehead. Two more people are partly visible behind them.2017-08-22A man in a white dhoti with multicoloured striped borders and an orange shawl stands bent forward at an outdoor ritual setting at night. He wears a blue head-cloth, a multicolour bead necklace, a wristwatch and a red thread on his wrist. He holds a flower and touches a small brass lamp with a flame, beside a flower arrangement of white and purple blooms. Smoke drifts through the background, with a decorated garland-hung pillar and colourful draped cloth behind him. No face is clearly identifiable, so the a person field is unsure.2017-08-22Night ritual at an open-air pavilion with a fire pit. A devotee in an orange cloth and white dhoti with a blue headband bends over the fire pit, pouring from a small metal ladle while smoke and flame rise from the wooden-framed yellow platform. Garlanded flowers, white blossoms and petals sit nearby. Another man in a white dhoti bends at the left, and a figure in white stands in the background. Bright lights hang overhead under a draped canopy.2017-08-22Night ritual photograph of a priest in an orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, wearing a blue headband, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain. He bends over a brass lamp holding a lit wick flame to a small offering stand bordered with white flowers, marigolds and red blooms. Smoke rises behind him, and another white-clad figure with a yellow cloth tends a second flame in the background. Colourful draped cloth and a bright lamp fill the open-air setting.2017-08-22Night ritual scene outdoors under a string of multicoloured bulb lights. A priest in white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, bare-chested, holds a brass lamp with a flame and a bell-like handle toward the lower left. Beside him stands a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with blue and gold stripes and a multicoloured shawl, wearing a rudraksha-style mala, with white ash markings on his chest. A young man in saffron-orange cloth stands behind with hands folded, and a man in a green head wrap and gold chain kneels in front, hands together near smoke rising around him. Yellow and white flowers lie at the right edge.2017-07-08Night ritual photo at an outdoor ceremonial space under a pink-and-red draped canopy with bright lights. In the foreground a man with a blue cloth tied across his forehead, wearing an orange-red dhoti, rudraksha mala beads and a bare chest, bends forward to tend a brass oil lamp with a flame, amid white and orange flower garlands and a smoke-filled ritual area. Behind him, a man in white dhoti stands with hands folded near a brass vessel, and another white-clad figure is partly visible at left. Colourful cloth covers the ritual platform.2017-08-22August 09 20152015-08-09A photograph of a homa fire ritual indoors. A flame rises from a brass vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white flowers, with kalashas and floral offerings beside it. A bent-over priest in white dhoti with a blue and green head cloth and shoulder cloth tends the fire with his hand. Three other men stand behind, two bare-chested in white dhotis holding offerings, one wearing a yellow and green patterned cloth over his shoulder. A woman with her back to the camera wears a white sari with an orange border and holds offerings. Mats in red and patterned colours cover the floor.2017-09-27 +1 copies