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May 25 2017

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A photograph of a homa fire pit with a lit flame in a wooden square yagna kunda decorated with white flower garlands and rangoli-like white lines. In the foreground a silver tray holds apples, oranges, a bowl of red and yellow flower petals, and marigold garlands. A seated young man bare-chested with a white dhoti, a red turban, and a garland of white flowers sits beside the fire. Behind, a golden throne with red cushions is occupied by a figure in a red-brown robe. Many white-clad devotees, including women in white saris, sit and stand in the background, and bananas lie in a basket at lower left.2017-05-25July 04 20132013-07-04A nighttime fire ritual (homa) under a corrugated roof strung with multicoloured fairy lights. A bearded priest in white dhoti with red-and-orange sash and rudraksha-style beads holds a wooden ladle and speaks into a microphone above a blazing fire pit, with smoke rising. Two younger men in white dhotis stand beside him; one holds a bowl and another in white holds a microphone. Rows of devotees in white clothes sit on striped mats and floral cloths, with brass offering plates of food and fruit in front. A large decorated kalasha/peetha and brass lamp stand at back, and orange-clad helpers tend the fire at left.2017-03-16December 06 20162016-12-06 +1 copiesA large tented hall during a homa fire ritual. Smoke rises from a fire pit in the foreground where a priest in a bare-backed pose wearing a gold-bordered dhoti and sash tends the offering. Rows of seated devotees, many in white, fill the tent behind, with a veil of smoke drifting through. A golden throne-like seat draped with a garland of yellow and white flowers stands at left, and a golden kalasha with flowers sits nearby. Brass oil lamps, fruit and flower offerings and metal stands line the floor, and a microphone is set up in front of a seated man in an orange garment. Colourful striped mats cover the left edge. A camera on a tripod is visible at the back of the tent.2015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17December 06 20162016-12-06 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02July 04 20162016-07-04A homa fire burns on a brick fire pit at the centre of a temple hall, with flames rising beside a decorated altar of marigold garlands. A bare-chested priest in an orange-brown shawl sits at the altar behind the fire. Nearby, a man in a white shirt and red shawl bends over the pit, and a woman in white sari with a red shawl stands with hands joined. A seated woman in a purple-and-gold sari and red headpiece pours offerings into the fire, and a brass vessel rests on the pit. Behind, rows of devotees in white and red sit or stand, and a gold-framed deity murti and a white canopy decorate the hall.2015-07-17A fire ritual in progress: a large tiered brick altar with red, pink and green painted patterns and scattered rose petals holds a blazing fire with smoke rising. Two priests sit close to the fire; one in the centre wears a green cloth on his head and green waist cloth, and a rudraksha-style mala, pouring from a brass vessel. The second priest on the right is bare-chested with white dhoti, beaded necklace and white markings on his body. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes with orange-red shawls and lanyards fills the hall. Brass bowls, flower garlands, fruit and an oil lamp lie on the floor to the right, indicating a homa or yagna.2016-07-04A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a crowded hall. A man in white dhoti with a colourful striped cloth, wearing an orange turban, rudraksha mala and wristwatch, sits cross-legged behind a wooden fire platform decorated with yellow marigold petals and pink rangoli. He holds a cupped hand over a copper bowl while flames rise beside him. A bare-chested priest in an orange-yellow shawl faces him from the foreground. Behind them, devotees in white, green and saffron clothing sit with hands folded in anjali, and a standing man in white and saffron looks on.2016-12-05