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Outdoor Rudra Homa fire ritual on green mats under trees. A central figure seated behind a tiered yellow brick fire altar decorated with coloured patterns and pink flower petals holds a small ceremonial bell and ladle, with a bright flame rising from the fire pit. He is bare-chested with a green cloth over one shoulder, a gold-patterned head wrap, and several long beaded necklaces. Around him, dozens of seated participants in white clothing with red shawls and orange lanyards watch, some with orange tilak on their foreheads, several with hands joined in prayer. A bowl of wood sticks and a basket of offerings sit near the altar, and a bare-chested assistant in a green cloth tends the fire in the foreground.

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A photograph of a Rudra Homa fire ritual outdoors on green mats. A large fire burns on a stepped altar of yellow-painted bricks decorated with red flower petals. Two priests in white dhotis sit bare-chested at the fire; the front priest wears a yellow turban, a golden garland and a green-and-white sacred thread, and holds a ladle over the offerings. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes and red-orange shawls watches; several participants fold their hands in prayer. To the right stands a decorated shrine with a golden figure and offering plates, and metal vessels of grains and fruit sit in the foreground.2016-07-02July 04 20132013-07-04July 19 20132013-07-19Evening outdoor fire ritual at a brick-lined homa pit surrounded by flower petals and a green mat. A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a flaming lamp over the pit, with a kalasha and brass vessels in front. Seated rows of devotees on white plastic chairs watch: women in white and red-bordered saris, a woman in an ochre shawl, a man in white with folded hands, and a child in orange. Smoke rises in the lamplight.2010-12-16July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 02 20162016-07-02July 02 20162016-07-02July 04 20162016-07-04May 20 20142014-05-20July 06 20152015-07-06Outdoor ritual on a raised stone platform before a decorated deity murti framed by a golden arch, with garlands of yellow, orange and green flowers and a sheet of flowing red cloth. A small fire burns in a pit with rising smoke in front of an altar. Saffron-robed sannyasis sit and stand on the platform, one holding a brass pot-like vessel and another with folded hands. On the right, an empty ornate red and gold throne stands beside a bald man in orange robes seated with an offering. A woman in a white dress on the left holds a lamp. Devotees sit on colourful striped mats in the foreground wearing white, saffron and yellow clothes, with a man in a striped shirt. The scene resembles a homa or puja. A ceremonial throne is present but unoccupied.2013-09-09July 04 20162016-07-04