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Night outdoor ritual at a yellow-painted square fire platform (homa kund) with a central circular pit filled with ash, bordered by marigold and white flower garlands and flower petals. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes, with a white cloth wrapped around the head and a white shawl draped behind, presses palms together and holds a long staff topped with an orange flag. A microphone stands at the platform's edge. Brass vessels with offerings, a small lamp and a bowl sit on the platform. Many seated devotees in white and yellow clothing fill the ground in rows, with flags and banners in the background and a pile of wood at the left.

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February 11 20072007-02-11A young man in saffron-orange robes with a white tilak on his forehead and an orange head wrap sits cross-legged at a yellow-painted homa fire pit decorated with marigold garlands and white rangoli lines. He speaks into a microphone while holding a small ritual implement, with a silver bowl, brass lamp and small copper vessels arranged nearby. Behind him a large seated crowd in white and colourful clothes watches in the evening, with several oil lamps and flames visible.2007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11February 11 20072007-02-11Night-time homa at an outdoor yagna site. A seated priest in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head cloth, with white tilak on his forehead, speaks into a microphone while holding a ritual implement, with a sacred fire pit in the centre of a yellow platform decorated with white and orange flower garlands and rangoli-style patterns. Beside him, a young assistant in white with an orange shawl holds a metal plate of offerings, and dried sticks lie on the ground. Behind them a large seated crowd in white clothes fills the open ground, with smoke rising and tall decorated banners in the background.2007-02-11Night-time outdoor homa at a raised yellow-brown fire pit with a burning fire of wood and dry straw. A bald man in saffron-orange robes sits at the centre, speaking into a microphone on a stand. Around him, several people in white and orange-saffron clothes sit cross-legged on cloth mats, many wearing rudraksha malas and red-orange shawls. To the right, a man in white dhoti with gold border and a pink-red headwrap sits with hands folded near brass and copper pots, lamps and fruit offerings. Two women in deep red-brown clothes with rudraksha malas sit at left, one writing in a notebook. A large crowd of devotees in white and saffron fills the background, seated on the ground under a dark sky, with a small shrine and a standing deity murti at the top rear.2014-10-27February 11 20072007-02-11Night-time outdoor ritual on a riverside ghat under bright floodlights, with a fire and offerings arranged on a green mat. A standing man in a red-maroon dhoti with a rudraksha-style garland and a large ornate gold-and-silver chest necklace holds a long flagpole with white flowers and a trident-topped staff. Behind him a bare-chested man in a maroon dhoti and orange shawl sits at a small fire pit, holding a ritual object over the flame. Brass vessels, plates of bananas, coconuts, a kalasha-like pot and offering trays surround the fire. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes and white kurtas fill the mat on both sides, with women in orange saris in the foreground. Ornate carved white pillars with yellow garlands frame the scene.2014-05-20December 16 20102010-12-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesEvening fire ritual in an outdoor courtyard at night. A man in saffron-orange robes with a crown-like orange headpiece, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces sits at the right, holding a ritual implement over a square fire pit lined with white stone and marigold garlands. Behind him, a large crowd of devotees in white clothes sits on orange mats among many red oil lamps. Brass pots, bowls and kalasha vessels with yellow flowers are arranged along the pit's edge, and a mic stand is visible. Appearance-based label: a person, presiding as the ritual leader.2009-12-30February 11 20072007-02-11