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October 01 20072007-10-01October 01 20072007-10-01A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a simple room with blue walls. A shaved-headed priest in white clothing and an orange shawl, seated at left, extends his hand over a brick fire pit holding a burning flame. Nearby, a man in white kneels with hands pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with red blouse sits beside him, also with palms joined. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a brass vessel rest on the ground around the fire. A framed picture of a deity murti hangs on the wall above a white-draped altar with a brass kalasha and a lamp. Several people are visible at the right edge, including a man in a white shirt holding a camera.2007-09-17A woman stands centre-frame in a white sari with an orange-saffron shawl draped over her shoulders, holding a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with flames in her right hand and a handbell in her left. A rudraksha-style bead necklace hangs at her neck. Seated children and adults in white and green clothing watch in a hall; in front of her a spread of bananas, apples, oranges, sliced fruit and red-garnished offerings lies on a mat. A man in white sits at the upper left and an open doorway with a window is behind. No printed captions are visible, and the page's a person flag is not supported by any distinctive visible cue, so no identification is made.A photograph of an indoor satsang or discourse room with white walls and framed pictures on a shelf. A man in white robes with yellow lower garment sits cross-legged on a blue mat, raising a lit oil lamp in one hand and gesturing with the other. Beside him a white cloth covers a low table with fruit, a plate of offerings and a bag. A woman in a dark top sits at a laptop on the left. Several seated devotees in white, red and pink clothing listen on the mat to the right, and a wall air conditioner is mounted above.2010-09-11 +1 copiesA woman in a white sari with a thin orange border stands in a room with cream walls, raising her right arm and holding a small object near the top of her hand. She wears a dark beaded necklace with a pendant and gold bangles. Behind her, other women in orange and peach saris move about, and a child in a blue outfit stands at right. On the floor in the lower right, a brass plate with offerings sits on a white cloth, and a person in orange sits beside it. No printed name identifies anyone in the scene, and no a person candidate is visible.2008-05-03Photo 11730886 +1 copiesJuly 27 20102010-07-27 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor puja in a hall with white pillars and a dark ceiling. A shaved-headed man in white clothes with a red-bordered cloth kneels at a white brick fire pit with a visible flame, holding a red-and-gold offering plate up to the fire. A woman in a red saree with her hands pressed together stands to the left, and a man in a red shirt stands beside him. Several other people in light and dark clothes stand along the back, one small child in a pink top at right. A framed portrait stands on the left wall, and brass oil lamps sit on the floor in the foreground. The image shows a homa or fire offering.2009-09-20A domestic prayer gathering in a tiled living room where a group of about two dozen people sit on a green mat and floor cushions facing a shrine. A woman in an orange saffron sari leads the worship at the right, holding a small brass lamp, with a brass puja plate of fruit and flowers before her. A man in white shirt and dhoti sits near the front, and women in purple, red and blue saris and children in mixed clothing sit in rows. A television screen showing a religious image with a garland hangs on the wall, and framed pictures and a glass cabinet with decorative items stand behind them.2007-10-01October 01 20102010-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01