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October 19 20152015-10-19October 19 20152015-10-19May 26 20152015-05-26 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15A photograph of a homa ritual in a hall decorated with gold and red fabric. A small fire burns on a brick-lined pit in the foreground. Several people sit on the floor in white dhotis with saffron and gold borders; one wears a red shawl and rudraksha beads. A seated figure in a saffron robe and turban sits on a gold throne draped with flower garlands and gold umbrellas, with a golden kalasha nearby. Behind, a deity murti sits on a magenta-draped platform with a brass lamp stand and garlands. Sitting at the right, a bald man wears saffron robes and a rudraksha mala. Several people are visible, seated and observing the ritual.2015-07-06November 11 20172017-11-11 +1 copiesOutdoor temple-pavilion ritual with a corrugated metal roof strung with colourful paper lanterns and hanging decorations. On the left stands a white and red deity murti of a goddess with garlands. In the centre is an empty gold throne with a red cushion, flanked by brass trishula staffs, and a fire pit in the foreground. On the right, a man in a maroon-brown robe, rudraksha-style garlands, gold necklace and a red turban holds a large brass tray or pot. Behind him stand devotees in orange and saffron robes, a woman in a yellow sari, and drummers with drums on the left, several people with hands folded in prayer. Marigold garlands and scattered petals decorate the scene.2016-10-11A ritual hall with a fire pit burning at left, where priests in saffron and orange dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged chanting before a homa. Behind them, deity murti are garlanded in marigolds and red cloth on a decorated stage. At right, a seated man in saffron robes with rudraksha mala and a flower garland sits on a golden throne with a crown-like canopy and gold umbrella, flanked by tall tridents. A standing attendant in white dhoti and shawl stands nearby. Brass lamps and vessels, a kalasha with flower garlands, and a striped rug are in the foreground.2015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17October 19 20152015-10-19December 12 20162016-12-12A seated man in a golden ornate throne at the front of a gilded stage, wearing a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment, a long pink-and-white flower garland, gold necklaces and bangles, and a black cap-like hair arrangement, with hands resting on red cushions. Beside him a statue of a seated figure in a blue and gold patterned cloth and a red-orange headwrap sits on a smaller throne. A gold trident stands between them, with a fringed colourful parasol above the left side and red floral arrangements decorating the throne's back. A microphone stand is at right. Background shows gold relief carvings of deities and a golden wall.2016-07-19