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July 16 2015

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A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit inside a tent, with flames and smoke rising from the centre. Three priests sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera, bare-shouldered and wearing white dhoti-style cloth with coloured borders; they face the fire, and microphones stand before them. Behind the fire pit, a seated congregation of around thirty devotees wearing white clothes and maroon or saffron shawls presses their palms together in prayer. Brass vessels, a kalasha and red flower petals lie around the fire. Hindu homa ritual with devotees in white.2015-07-16December 02 20162016-12-02December 12 20162016-12-12A photograph of an outdoor homa under a corrugated roof with hanging decorative lanterns. In the foreground, a yellow-ochre fire pit with a burning flame is decorated with yellow flower petals and white rangoli lines. Several priests in saffron-orange shawls and white dhotis sit behind the fire pit, one holding a small bowl, another wearing a pink turban and a gold-and-bead garland. A man in white dhoti and a saffron wrap holds a microphone at right. Behind them, a large group of seated participants, some bare-chested and wearing orange or red garlands, sit on colourful striped mats. Trees and a red-walled building lie beyond the shelter.2016-09-09September 17 20102010-09-17July 06 20152015-07-06March 11 20172017-03-11Evening homa ritual inside a canopied tent with a brick fire pit emitting white smoke. A priest with bare upper body and white dhoti, wearing a red bead necklace, fans smoke toward the fire with a wide woven fan while others in white dhotis sit around the pit. Brass bowls, a mic on a stand and offerings of flowers and red cloth sit near the pit. Behind them a large seated audience in white and orange-brown shawls sits on striped mats, with several cameras on tripods at the back. A visible purple tint covers the scene. A small logo appears at top left; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the seated group.2015-07-16A 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.2015-07-17A large hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing and orange or saffron shawls, many with palms pressed together in prayer or raised hands. In the foreground a fire pit with visible flames sits on a striped rug, with offering trays and brass vessels nearby. At the right, priests in white and saffron dhotis tend the fire near a decorated seat with a golden canopy. Hanging lamps, ceiling fans, and a tall lamp stand fill the background under purple stage lighting, and a cameraman stands near the left wall. A white-clad man stands at the far left, and a bald man in white sits in the center foreground.2015-07-16Night-time outdoor puja under a open tent decorated with green leaf garlands, yellow loops and hanging colourful cloth tassels. A standing priest in a white dhoti and gold-beaded garland holds a lit lamp near a smoking fire pit, with smoke rising. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats and orange cloth, some with hands folded in prayer. On the left, a person in a red-and-gold chair speaks into a microphone beside a book, and an ornate gold-and-red throne-style seat stands nearby. Brass oil lamps and a flower-garlanded kalasha sit on the orange cloth in front.2010-10-15July 16 20152015-07-16