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Photograph of a yajna ceremony in a hall hung with strings of yellow flower garlands and smoky haze. A central figure with long dark hair, a red tilak on the forehead, orange robes and a flower garland pours from a green vessel toward the offering area, with a tall green plant stalk in the foreground and pink flowers at the base. Two seated priests in orange vests and white garments sit nearby, one with a shaved head, and a figure in orange and white is partly visible at right. Trays of fruit sit at lower left.

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July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A smoky fire-ritual scene inside a temple-like pandal with a corrugated roof, strings of yellow-green leaf garlands and tube lights overhead. A man with long dark hair, a bead necklace and orange cloth sits behind a fire pit, a microphone near his face, his hand raised toward the smoke. Beside him, another person in orange cloth is seated at the right, and a further figure in white and orange sits at the far right. Banana or sugarcane stalks, flower heaps, marigolds and pink petals fill the foreground, and a large faded portrait of a turbaned man hangs on the dark backdrop. Smoke from the homa fire drifts across the frame.2006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual in a hall, with thick white smoke drifting across the foreground. A young man with long dark hair and a garland of flowers, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes, sits cross-legged behind a low altar. Beside him, several men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit at the ritual setup, with green banana leaves and palm fronds standing tall at the right. Flower offerings, marigold garlands and trays of flower petals lie on the mat in front. Hanging strings of leaves and lights decorate the ceiling in the background. The scene reads as a homa or yagna in progress.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A photograph of a yajna fire ceremony in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Thick white smoke fills the foreground. A woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari and a garland, seated near a microphone and a bed of marigolds and pink flowers. Beside her a man in an orange vest and white clothing sits by a tall green plant and brass vessels. Behind them a large printed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban and robes hangs on the wall, with strings of yellow leaves draped across the ceiling. Fluorescent tube lights line the sides. Two people visible in the foreground, with a third partly hidden in the smoke.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A homa fire ritual in a bamboo-roofed pandal, with smoke rising across the lower frame over a stepped altar strewn with marigold and pink flowers. A man with long dark hair, orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged before a microphone, eyes closed, with an orange-clad assistant and a white-clad helper beside him. Dried palm-leaf-like garlands hang from the roof, and a large black-and-sepia portrait behind shows a man in a turban and robe, labelled as a portrait but not a readable caption. Fluorescent tubes light the scene.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual, a homa, inside a hall with hanging green leaves and strings of flowers. Smoke rises across a long fire pit lined with marigold garlands, pink flowers and banana-leaf offerings, with a silver kalasha pot at left. A man in white ritual cloth with an orange shawl sits at left. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair, orange shawl, gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads sits behind the fire pit, with a microphone clipped near his face. Other seated people in orange and white garments sit nearby, and a woman in an orange wrap is at right. Green mats and flower petals cover the floor.2006-07-17