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December 26 20082008-12-26June 09 20092009-06-09June 09 20092009-06-09A Vedic wedding ritual in progress inside a hall, with a fire pit (homa) built from white brick-like blocks decorated with yellow flowers and red-white markings. A bride in an orange silk sari with a long braid and jasmine garland sits at the fire beside a groom in white kurta with a flower garland. A priest in orange robes and rudraksha malas performs the rites, with a ritual plate of fruit, mangoes and flowers nearby. Seated devotees in orange and white surround the fire, and a cameraman films at left. A trident and a deity murti stand in the background near the wall.2008-12-26June 09 20092009-06-09December 26 20082008-12-26June 09 20092009-06-09October 27 20082008-10-27December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in an open courtyard. A fire burns in a square pit built from white bricks decorated with marigold petals and red markings. A man with long swept-back hair and a dark beard wearing an orange robe and a long gold necklace sits center-front, speaking into a microphone on a stand, with a second orange-robed man beside him holding a ritual plate of flowers and another in a yellow shawl with a wristwatch holding a metal ritual stick. Behind them, seated and standing devotees in white, yellow and orange clothing watch from the room doorway, and a standing bearded man in orange with a gold staff and gold necklace stands at the left wall beside a purple dove logo. Brass vessels, flower garlands and offerings are arranged on the floor.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26Indoor Hindu ritual gathering in a white-walled hall, with a bride in an orange-and-gold sari and a groom in white dhoti and shawl seated on the floor at a white-painted brick fire altar (homa/yagna) decorated with marigolds, fruit, kalasha-style vessels, brass lamps and a ceremonial trident-topped staff. A man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala sits at the front, speaking into a microphone, while another orange-clad priest and a woman in an orange sari with folded hands sit nearby. Behind them a large audience of devotees, many in white, sits on mats, with a shrine on the left holding deity murti and a golden swan-like figure, and a row of hanging paper lanterns above.2008-12-26