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A photograph of a home shrine with a fire pit in front. A large portrait on the wall shows a smiling man in a white head wrap and white clothing with a rudraksha mala, draped with a fresh garland of white and orange-red flowers. In front of it, a framed picture in an orange robe with a beaded necklace and raised hand sits on a draped table, flanked by two brass oil lamps and a garland with red rose petals below. A flaming homa fire burns on a yellow cloth with white designs. Bananas, a plate of flower petals and yellow marigolds sit beside it. No people are visible.

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November 01 20062006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01 +3 copiesIndoor puja in a plain whitewashed room with a fire pit of stacked yellow blocks and a bright flame at the centre. A large framed portrait on the back wall shows a man in a white turban with a rudraksha mala, garlanded with white and orange flowers. Beneath it, a smaller framed photo of a figure in saffron-orange robes with a necklace sits on a table draped in cloth, flanked by brass oil lamps and rose petals. Seated on the floor around the homa are a priest in white with an orange shawl, several devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis, and a bowl of bananas and fruit at the left. Counts visible people: about six.2006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in a white-walled room. A fire burns in a rectangular pit lined with orange-painted bricks at the lower centre, with an orange-robed priest in a white shirt and red-and-white scarf tending it at the front left. Behind the fire, a large framed portrait on the wall shows a smiling man with a white turban and long hair, garlanded with white flowers and a rudraksha mala; this is a portrait, not a physical person. Beneath it, a smaller framed picture of a figure in saffron robes is garlanded with white flowers, with a brass plate of fruit and flower petals in front. Several devotees in white and cream clothes sit on the floor at right, hands pressed together in prayer, with bananas and a steel bowl at the left edge. Oil lamps burn beside the picture.2006-11-01A blurred indoor photo of a ritual in a plain white-walled room. A fire burns in a brass or copper vessel at the centre, with a ceremonial fire pit in front of seated devotees. A large framed portrait on the left wall shows a bearded man wearing a white turban and a garland of yellow and red flowers; a framed picture beside it, also garlanded, shows a woman in an orange sari. Several people sit on the floor in white clothing, including a woman in a white sari at centre-right and a man in a white shirt at right. A figure in white with an orange cloth sits in the lower left foreground. Bananas and flower offerings lie at the lower left and oil lamps glow on the altar ledge. Appearance-based identity of the portrait subject is uncertain.2006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01A homa fire burns inside a square fire pit of yellow-painted bricks decorated with white designs on a tiled floor. Behind it, a framed photograph shows a figure in orange robes with a white beaded necklace and long dark hair, adorned with a white jasmine garland, flanked by two brass oil lamps and a bed of red flower petals. Bananas, fruit, sweets and a silver plate of flowers are set around the fire, with a patterned blue cloth and a purple rug at the edges. The figure in the portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person in the room; a partially visible person's leg appears at the left edge. a person appearance is probable in the framed portrait, shown with long swept hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha-style necklace.2006-11-01November 01 20062006-11-01A wall shrine in a plain cream room. Above it hangs a large poster of a smiling man with a white head wrap and white clothing, with a dark cord of rudraksha beads and a mala, looking upward; a garland of white jasmine and orange-red marigolds drapes across the poster. Below, a framed photograph shows a figure in orange robes with a white garland, hand raised in blessing, seated before a tree trunk. The framed photo is also garlanded with white flowers, and a pair of brass oil lamps stand in front of it on a bed of red flower petals. Two people are not visible; no physical people are present in the scene.2006-11-01A seated priest in orange robes and an orange head wrap performs a fire ritual before a framed portrait garlanded with white and yellow flowers. The portrait shows a young man in orange clothing with a rudraksha-style necklace raising his hand in blessing, set against a tree backdrop. Below, a white stepped platform holds a deity murti in green cloth, red and yellow flowers, pineapples, bananas, a kalasha and brass oil lamps, with a small fire burning in a brass lamp and wood piled nearby. A microphone stands at left. The priest is a single physical person; the portrait is a printed image.2007-09-30