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A photograph of a Hindu wedding ritual beside a brick fire altar built from red bricks and decorated with red rose petals and white flowers. A bride in a red bandhani-patterned veil and dupatta, with gold bangles, a gold necklace and a maang tikka, reaches toward the altar with her hand. Beside her a groom in a red and gold turban and a cream embroidered sherwani sits with his hands folded. Brass lamps with flower garlands stand behind the altar, and a striped blue mat covers the floor. A stone wall with carved floral panels forms the background. No physical person is identified as a person in this scene.

A photograph of a Hindu wedding homa at a temple. A fire burns on a brick fire pit built of yellow-cream bricks, with red flowers placed on the bricks. A man in a cream and gold embroidered sherwani and a red and orange turban, with a red shawl, sits cross-legged and pours offerings from a silver bowl into the flames. Beside him a woman in a red bridal sari with a red veil and gold bangles sits and holds the bowl with him. A man in an orange robe sits at left playing a small drum-like instrument with a microphone beside it. Marigold petals, a brass pot and a tray of grass and offerings lie on striped mats. A woman in blue sits in the background at right.

July 09 2015

2015-07-09 +1 copies

A photograph of a homa fire ritual in progress. A bare-chested man with a rust-red turban, rudraksha mala and a silver chain sits at a yellow-plastered brick fire pit, reaching a hand toward the flames while a brass bowl and ladle rest beside it. Fresh marigold and pink flower garlands, white-clad priests stand behind, and small oil lamps sit on the floor. a person cues: a rust turban and rudraksha necklace, though the face is partly turned and the appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity.

2018-04-11 +1 copies

July 09 2009

July 02 2016

2016-07-02 +1 copies

A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual at night. A fire pit of red brick, lined with yellow and white flower petals and marigold garlands, has bright flames rising from it. A bare-chested-free man in white dhoti and white shirt with red-bordered cloth bends forward at the pit, wearing a gold garland and white ash markings on his arms, placing an offering near a small lamp. Other people in white robes sit on white chairs and stand behind, and colourful rangoli patterns and a green mat lie on the ground. The man's face is partly turned away and he is not clearly identifiable, so a person is unsure.

A photograph of a Hindu homa or yagna ritual performed before a shrine with an ornate grey stone structure housing a deity murti draped in garlands and flanked by brass lamps and red curtains. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-red sari and dark hair kneels at a fire pit built from stacked bricks, pouring offerings with a long ladle. Beside her, a man in a cream silk kurta with a red and gold turban and red shawl sits with folded hands near the stone structure. Two women in red saris and a woman in orange sit to the right with hands in anjali. On the left, a figure in orange robes holds a ceremonial fan or chamara. Brass plates of flowers and offerings sit on the mat.

A homa fire burns inside a brick fire pit on a floor covered with striped cloth, surrounded by flower garlands in pink and yellow and small brass bowls and vessels. Four men sit around the fire. The central man wears a purple turban, bare-torso with white ash markings and a gold necklace, and a saffron-orange shawl, holding a steel bowl. Behind him, two men wear white dhotis and white marks, with garlands, and one wears glasses. A decorated offering table on the right holds pomegranates, flowers and a rangoli-style design. The scene is at an open-air red-walled courtyard. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance.

A priest in a white dhoti and white upper cloth sits on the floor beside a stacked fire pit of orange-yellow bricks decorated with yellow flowers and dry sticks. He wears a gold chain, bangles, and a white tripundra on his forehead, and reaches toward a row of silver kalasha pots topped with saffron-coloured cones, flowers, and green leaves, with a bundle of dried grass in hand. An orange cloth hangs behind, with a red-striped tent and potted plant beyond. No visible appearance cues establish the a person candidate with confidence, so this is a priest performing the ritual preparation.

August 01 2014

A seated man in an orange-red turban and orange-red draped garment conducts a ritual at a yellow-draped altar. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace, rudraksha malas on his arms and chest, and white ash markings on his forearms and shoulder. He reads from an open book held in one hand while the other rests near brick-shaped yellow blocks stacked on the altar, with a silver bowl of food, a plate of banana leaves and fruit, and metal vessels around him. Only one person is physically visible, aside from a partial figure in red at the right edge. The appearance matches the a person cues of turban, saffron-orange clothing and rudraksha, so the identification is probable, but the lack of a clear face view leaves it uncertain.