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Night outdoor ritual before a large seated crowd under string lights and floodlights. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits behind a brick fire pit (homa kund) with a small flame, banana leaves holding offerings, and coconuts. To the right, two attendants in orange-red robes with yellow-and-marigold garlands tend ceremonial items, one holding a brass vessel. Behind the fire, a monk in saffron-orange robe stands near a camera on a tripod. Hundreds of spectators in white and bright clothing sit on chairs and mats behind bamboo barriers. The scene appears to be a fire ritual during a satsang-style gathering.

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December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Night photograph of a large outdoor homa ceremony with a rectangular brick fire pit at centre, filled with fire and surrounded by brass pots, banana-leaf offerings and golden trays. A bald man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged at the left, hands pressed together in prayer, beside a priest in white dhoti. On the right, a robed figure in orange holds ritual items near a large garlanded deity murti with yellow marigold garlands. A dense crowd of devotees in white and coloured clothes fills the background, with a tripod-mounted camera and a monitor showing the crowd at the lower left. Lamps and a gathered crowd indicate a fire ritual; the visible fire pit with offerings is the homa setting.2011-12-08November 10 20112011-11-10A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in an open-air hall with a large crowd seated on chairs and mats behind bamboo railings. In the foreground a fire burns over a square fire pit lined with yellow-and-orange offerings, with brass pots and vessels around it and banana leaves at left. A shaven-headed man in white ritual clothing and a white-and-gold sacred thread sits at the fire, a microphone before him and a tripod-mounted camera beside. At the right edge, two figures in saffron-orange robes wear garlands of yellow and maroon flowers and gold ornaments. Many devotees in white, saffron and bright saris watch the ritual.2011-12-08 +1 copiesDecember 08 20112011-12-08Night-time outdoor gathering with a very large crowd of devotees seated on the ground and in chairs, many in white clothes, facing a raised ritual platform. In the lower left, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a garland stands beside a fire pit with a lit flame and flower-decorated offering trays with fruit and banana leaves. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti sits cross-legged before the fire, with microphones and a camera operator nearby. A tall camera crane hangs over the crowd, and strings of lights line the grounds under a dark sky.2011-12-08 +1 copiesNight outdoor fire ritual lit by a bright floodlight. A man in orange robes and gold-bead necklace raises a burning camphor flame over a brick fire pit (homa/aarti setting) with a brass vessel. Seated around it are priests in white and orange cloth, a woman in an orange sari with a long braid, and a woman in white and gold-bordered sari with hands folded. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers lie on the orange mat, a decorated shrine with red flowers stands at left, and a crowd watches behind a barrier strung with lights.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10 +1 copiesNight outdoor photo of a ritual at a temple-style open ground with a green mat. On the left, a golden palanquin-style stand holds a metal deity murti in orange and red cloth, draped with yellow and white garland flowers. At centre, a fire pit surrounded by stacked bricks and offerings of fruit, banana leaves and flower garlands, with a small flame. A man in an orange cloth with a beaded necklace sits cross-legged before it, and a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with gold border sits at the front-right, speaking into a microphone. Another priest in white sits beside the fire. Behind them a crowd of devotees, mostly in white, sits on the ground and in chairs under string lights and banks of speakers and a camera on a tripod. Ritual: homa/yagna beside a deity puja.2011-12-20