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Night-time ritual under a pavilion with green and orange festoons and mango-leaf torans. A standing figure in orange robes and a matching orange shawl, with a mala around the neck, holds a brass tray with a lit flame, releasing smoke into the air. Devotees seated before him wear orange and white with yellow shawls, several with hands folded in anjali. In the foreground are seated people in orange, and a brass lamp stands at right beside banana plants. a person is the orange-robed figure holding the flame, identified by saffron robes and mala cues; the scene reads as an aarti or homa-style fire offering.

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A night homa ritual under a decorated canopy with green, orange and blue festoons, banana leaves and mango-leaf strings. A standing figure in a saffron-orange robe with a hood and a long beaded mala holds a metal vessel with a burning flame in both hands. Seated around a low ceremonial platform are about ten people: women in orange and white with braided hair in the foreground, and men in white dhotis with yellow shawls, one with hands folded in añjali. Brass vessels and a tall brass oil lamp sit on the platform, and a garland of marigolds hangs at the left edge. Smoke rises through the lamplight.2009-09-26Night ritual under a colourful cloth canopy with strings of pennants, smoke rising through the air. A standing priest in saffron robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace raises a brass plate with a lit flame toward the seated gathering. Seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit on the floor in front of a raised platform, some with hands folded. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks and yellow flower garlands sit at the right, and a seated man in white with a yellow shawl holds a microphone. Green leaves and palm fronds frame the left edge. This appears to be an aarti during a homa or puja.2009-10-17 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26Outdoor homa-style ritual under a colourful patterned canopy strung with leaves and flowers. A priest in orange robes and a gold beaded necklace stands at right holding a brass vessel with a flame and smoke rising around him. Seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit before a raised stepped platform decorated with yellow flowers, several with hands folded in prayer. At right, a man in white with a yellow shawl speaks into a microphone beside tall brass oil lamps lit with flames, flower garlands and offering plates of food.2009-10-17A night-time homa ceremony outdoors under a canopy decorated with banana leaves, mango foliage and marigold garlands. A standing man in a saffron-orange robe with a matching orange head cloth and beads holds a brass tray with a lit flame above his head. Around him sit devotees in orange and yellow shawls and white garments, some with hands pressed in anjali. Women in orange saris and orange garments sit on an orange cloth in the foreground. Brass oil lamps and bowls of offerings and marigold petals are arranged on a white cloth, and a standing brass lamp stands at the right. The scene suggests an aarti or fire ritual during a homa.2009-09-26September 27 20092009-09-27A night-time photograph of a ritual in an open-sided pavilion decorated with orange and green fabric and banana leaves. A man in an orange robe and a rudraksha mala stands at center holding a lit camphor flame on a tray for aarti. Seated before him in rows are people in orange and saffron robes, and others in white with yellow shawls, several with hands folded in prayer. On the right is a deity murti with flower garlands beside brass oil lamps, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits in the foreground. Fruit and offerings are arranged on the floor.2009-09-26A standing priest in saffron-orange robes with a matching head cloth and a beaded necklace holds a silver plate of flaming camphor or oil lamp fire aloft during a homa-style ritual at night. Smoke drifts through the scene beneath a canopy decorated with orange and green cloth streamers and banana leaves. Seated devotees in orange and red garments, some with palms pressed together, sit behind metal bowls at a fire pit. A framed portrait garlanded with marigolds stands at left, showing a figure in orange robes. Other attendees in dark clothing watch at the lower right.2009-09-25Night-time puja under a decorated pandal with hanging orange and green marigold-style festoons and banana leaves. A standing figure in saffron robes and a saffron head cloth holds a large brass aarti plate with a flame, facing seated devotees. Seated in front are several people in orange and saffron robes, some with hands pressed in prayer, and a woman in white at left. Two men in white and yellow robes sit at right beside brass lamps. A tall brass oil lamp with burning wicks stands in the foreground, and a deity murti with a decorated face and garlands is at upper right. Floral petals cover the low altar.2009-09-27Night outdoor ritual photograph. A man in saffron-orange robes with a saffron head covering stands at right holding a silver tray with a flaming camphor aarti flame, red flowers and yellow petals, presenting it. Two saffron-robed men sit on the left, one with palms pressed in prayer and a white tilak band on his forehead, the other seated with gold-beaded necklaces. Behind them, devotees in white and yellow shawls sit and watch. Banana leaves, a leafy decorated frame and small clay lamps with flames sit in the foreground, with a white stepped temple structure in the background.2009-09-26