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A standing man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head cloth performs a fire ritual before a silver deity murti with a tall crown, garlanded with beads. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a pink-and-white cloth offering in the other, while a fire burns in a brick homa pit in the foreground. A second man in white dhoti sits cross-legged on a striped mat to the left beside an electric fan. Brass vessels, a trident-like ritual object and a small kalasha sit near the fire. The setting appears to be a temple shrine at night. Two people are visible.

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Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual area. A fire burns in a brick-and-mud fire pit on a yellow-brown border. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with rudraksha beads and gold chains, pours offerings from a ladle into the flames with his right hand. Behind him, a seated figure with long hair and gold ornaments sits before an ornate silver deity murti with trident and crown. Brass kalasha, bowls and an oil lamp sit around the pit. Two fans and a striped mat are visible; a woman in a sari stands at the right edge. Three people are visible, with a fourth partly visible at the left.2017-05-23May 23 20172017-05-23May 23 20172017-05-23Night-time ritual scene in an open-air courtyard. A man seated on a raised red-and-gold throne-like seat with a dark crown-like headdress, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red-brown cloth, is flanked by golden lamp-bearer figures and a large silver deity backdrop. A standing attendant in saffron-orange turban and dhoti holds a brass handled ritual vessel and a small bell-like object. A seated woman in white sari with folded hands and a seated man in white dhoti sit on a striped mat, and a fire burns in the foreground. Fans and a white appliance sit nearby.2017-05-23 +1 copiesMay 23 20172017-05-23May 23 20172017-05-23September 24 20172017-09-24 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copiesOctober 13 20132013-10-13March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesNight fire ritual, a homa at a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames and smoke. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the left holds a silver vessel over the fire. Seated at right on an ornate silver-backed chair with leopard-print cushion is a man in an orange shawl over a maroon-red robe, wearing a white flower garland and a red-orange tilak on his forehead, hands joined in his lap. Behind him, priests in red-orange and white garments stand, and a woman in orange-red sari with hands folded stands nearby. A silver bowl sits on the brick edge, and a silver ceremonial staff with a fringed canopy rises at right.2014-08-01April 30 20152015-04-30