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A yagna fire blazes inside a yellow-tiled fire pit with burning logs and sparks rising. At left, a bare-chested priest with a long dark beard and white sandal marks on his arms holds a brass vessel and pours or offers into the flames. He wears an orange cloth around his waist, a rudraksha bracelet, and a shawl. Behind the fire, gold-framed panels and a red-draped deity murti are visible. The priest's appearance does not clearly match distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.

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A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit in front of an altar decorated with garlands, gold elephant and lion figurines, and brass oil lamps. A bearded man in orange robes and bare chest, wearing a striped yellow-and-black headwrap and rudraksha beads, holds a yellow plate of offerings toward the flames. Ornate gold carvings line the background. Behind the altar, the figures are adorned with red and white jewellery and green leaves, appearing to be deity murtis. The scene suggests a fire ritual performed at a temple.2021-05-19MAy 19 20212021-05-19June 04 20182018-06-04MAy 19 20212021-05-19ADIKAILASA on 3/6/20212021-03-06A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple setting. A priest seen from behind, bare-backed, wears an orange turban, orange shawl and orange-and-black striped cloth at the waist, with white ceremonial markings on his upper back and arm. He holds a brass vessel over a blazing fire pit lined with logs, pouring offerings of grains and red and yellow flower petals into the flames. Behind the fire, a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, with brass oil lamps and a golden figure in the background.2021-05-27A homa fire ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall. In the foreground a bearded man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a yellow-and-black striped turban and rudraksha malas around his neck and arm, holds a silver plate over a smoking fire pit. A second man with long hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange cloth, stands behind him. A tray of fruit and flowers and a yellow-garlanded deity murti are in the background.2021-05-19A photograph of a homa fire burning in a brick-lined fire pit at night, with bright orange flames rising from the centre and yellow-dusted bricks and turmeric or flower offerings around the base. Behind the fire, a shaved-headed man in an orange turban and an orange cloth draped over his bare upper body sits tending the ritual, with rudraksha beads and a pendant visible at his chest and bright ash or vibhuti markings on his arm. The fire is the main subject, with the man partly out of focus behind it.2018-01-28ADIKAILASA on 3/5/20212021-03-05ADIKAILASA on 3/6/20212021-03-06A night-time photograph of a fire ritual at a shrine. A figure in a reddish-orange garment leans forward on the left, arms extended toward a large blaze rising from a fire pit at the lower centre. Flames and sparks shoot upward past a decorated deity murti or shrine backdrop with garlands. Brass oil lamps stand in the dim background, and a green floral offering rests at the bottom edge.2016-10-29April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copies