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Outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard with palm trees and a low concrete wall behind. Several people in orange and saffron robes kneel with palms pressed together around a square white and black stone fire pit or havan kund, with brass oil lamps, kalasha-style vessels, brass plates of offerings, incense sticks and flower petals on the ground. Among them, a long-haired figure in orange with rudraksha mala beads sits near the front, a woman in orange with rudraksha beads sits beside him, and a woman in orange and white folds hands. A carved wooden seat stands at the left. Behind, a seated crowd of women in saffron, white and yellow saris and men in white shirts watches, with a parked silver SUV beyond the wall. A homa or puja ceremony in progress.

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October 09 20082008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09October 08 20082008-10-08September 25 20092009-09-25 +1 copiesNight-time homa at an open-air ashram site. A central fire pit is framed by a white stone yagna platform with brass vessels, marigold petals and a brass lamp. Seated near the front on the right, a bearded man in saffron robes and rudraksha mala sits with hands joined in prayer, appearing to lead the ritual. Several saffron-clad participants sit in front of the platform with palms pressed together, including a figure with a long braid and a figure with a long pale braid wearing saffron. Behind them, men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit or stand with folded hands among banana plants and white plastic chairs. Visible people total roughly twenty.2009-09-26October 08 20082008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08September 25 20092009-09-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire pit lined in white with a square dark opening, decorated with marigold garlands, flower petals and small brass dishes of offerings. Around it kneel and sit several people in saffron-orange robes, several holding long wooden sticks or ladles over the pit. A bearded man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a man in orange with a saffron head covering are prominent. Behind them a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long hair, a garland and a sandalwood-coloured necklace sits on a table with flowers. A large brass kalasha and fruit baskets are at the left, and a seated crowd in white and yellow shirts watches from the foreground and background under a canopy of banana leaves.2009-09-25Outdoor homa ceremony beside a white fire pit on a striped raised platform under palm trees, with a boundary wall and parked silver SUV behind. A long-haired figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on an ornate wooden throne with red cushions, appearing as a person (long swept-back hair and orange clothing), though the page does not place him at this event. A man in orange robes sits facing the fire pit at right. Around six devotees in white with yellow shawls sit with hands folded in namaskar along the platform, and a small clay ganesha figure and brass lamp sit on a gold-embroidered cloth. Lit oil lamp and small offering plate are placed on a low wooden stand.2008-10-01