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Indoor ritual scene in a home room with a red refrigerator and glass cabinet behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl bends over a low altar, pouring from a steel vessel while a woman in a brown sari with a red blouse holds a metal pot beside him. Seated devotees on the floor include a man in white with an orange shawl, a young man in white with a rudraksha mala, and women in white and orange saris. The altar holds many clay lamps, a brass oil lamp with a burning flame, bundles of sticks, mounds of red bricks decorated with flowers, and fruit and flower offerings on plates. A framed portrait on the wall shows a seated figure in white on a throne with a garland above. A homa-style fire ritual with offerings in progress.

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A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit set on an orange cloth in an indoor hall. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace and a red-orange sash, sits behind the fire with one arm extended over it and a microphone nearby. A younger priest in orange cloth sits at the upper right. Seated before the fire are a woman in an orange and green sari and several people in white clothes, including a man with a rudraksha-style mala, with hands folded. Steel pots with lids, plates of puffed bread, bowls of fruit and flower garlands surround the scene.2011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06A photograph of a homa or yagna in a domestic room with yellow walls. A sacred fire burns on a raised platform in front of a framed deity image, with brass lamps, flower garlands, and rows of clay pots and coconuts on a mat in the foreground. A man in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged at the fire, with a second man in orange and white beside him. Women in saris sit at the edges of the frame, one in green and one in maroon, and a red refrigerator and a glass cabinet stand against the back wall. A small framed photograph of a bearded man hangs near the deity picture.2006-10-25November 06 20112011-11-06A Vedic wedding ceremony at a homa fire pit built of white brick-like blocks with red markings, with a small flame burning in the centre and fruit, flowers and offering plates arranged around it. A bride in an orange sari with a flower garland and braided hair and a groom in white dhoti and shawl sit on a mat facing the fire. A priest in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits across the fire and tends to the offerings. Other orange-robed sannyasis and white-clad men and women sit along the hall, with a deity shrine and a seated figure in orange on a low platform in the background.2008-12-26April 10 20162016-04-10A photograph of a foundation ritual indoors on a patterned rug. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl stands bent over a brick-lined pit filled with wood and marigold petals, pouring liquid from a metal pot onto a copper-coloured kalasha set on a raised platform. A second man in white, wearing a rudraksha mala, kneels at left with his hands cupped and a forehead mark. A woman in a cream sari stands in the background near a doorway. Brass lamps, a steel bowl and vessels, and a yellow liquid in a bowl surround the pit. Behind them a framed portrait shows a woman seated on an ornate golden throne-style chair with a garland above it. The pit suggests a temple foundation ceremony.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesJune 09 20092009-06-09A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a red-walled hall at night. In the centre a large square fire pit blazes, surrounded by offering trays, marigold garlands and yellow-wrapped packets. A bare-chested priest in a red and white cloth with a pink headcloth and a gold-toned necklace kneels by the fire holding a ladle. Opposite him a woman in a yellow shawl sits on the striped mat. Behind them men in white dhotis and shirts stand near an open doorway, and women in white saris stand at the door. Brass vessels, a kalasha and a small oil lamp sit on the floor.2016-04-10