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A homa is performed inside a pillared hall decorated with green banana bunches and banana leaves. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a yellow-orange shawl and a beaded necklace sits cross-legged at left, gazing toward the fire. At right, a fire blazes in a brick-built fire pit, with a copper pot and ladle beside it. Behind the fire, a table holds fruit, flower garlands and offerings, and a large painted banner shows a deity seated in a chariot drawn by white horses, with a seated figure below. The centre of the banner has a red and purple background.

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September 24 20122012-09-24A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red beaded necklace performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass plate, held near his face amid rising smoke, beside banana stalks hung in a temple hall. Behind him is a large printed poster of a deity seated on a lotus, with a red and green garland, gold jewellery and multiple arms, above a chariot drawn by white horses carrying a second figure. A partly visible person in a red and gold sari stands at the right edge.2012-09-24A photograph of a Navagraha homa ritual. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red sacred thread and a white shoulder cord stands with his back to the camera, extending his hand toward a smoking fire pit covered with flowers. Behind him is a large red backdrop showing Surya, the sun deity, in a chariot pulled by seven white horses, with a lotus-like sun motif above. Hanging banana leaves and bunches of green bananas are suspended from the top of the frame. On the right, a hand holds a lit oil lamp, and a brass bell is visible near the lamp. Smoke drifts across the scene.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24 +1 copiesA priest in a white dhoti with a red rudraksha-style mala and bare upper body leans over a homa fire, placing offerings among heaps of flowers, leaves and small clay pots. Orange flames rise on the left. Behind him a painted backdrop shows a red-and-green scene of white horses pulling a chariot driven by a figure with a crown and gold necklaces, with an Om symbol above. The setting suggests a fire ritual with flower offerings.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24A photograph of a fire ritual inside a decorated hall. In the foreground at left, a bare-shouldered man in an orange cloth sits and holds a metal tray of burning flame toward the altar, with smoke drifting through the scene. Behind the fire, golden deity murtis are adorned with yellow and white garlands, flanked by banana plants and a backdrop of gold drapery. A large framed portrait of an older man in a turban hangs at upper right, and bowls of flowers and marigold garlands fill the lower altar. Only one physical person is visible.2006-07-17A photograph of a homa (fire offering) at a yajna in an open pavilion. A seated man in orange-saffron robes, long dark hair swept back, with a beaded rudraksha-style mala necklace, sits behind a silver-rimmed tray and a silver lamp stand. A flame and smoke rise from a rectangular fire pit lined with orange marigolds and white flowers. Behind, silver deity murti are dressed with multicoloured garlands in red, yellow, green and white, and a gold-draped backdrop hangs above. Fruits, brass vessels and flower heaps sit on the right. a person: the seated priest's long swept hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala match the cues, and the page links him to the Sapta Yaagam fire offerings in Salem.2006-07-17June 19 20162016-06-19November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23