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July 09 2009

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A wedding ritual performed at a temple shrine in front of a stone altar with deity murti and gold-trimmed decorations. A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit surrounded by marigold petals and offerings. A bride in a red and gold dress with a red veil and a groom in a cream sherwani with a red-and-gold turban sit cross-legged on a striped mat on the other side of the fire. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at right holding yellow flowers, while a priest in saffron robes at left holds a brass bowl of yellow flowers. Several seated guests in saffron and orange clothing watch from behind, and a woman in a pale floral sari at right holds flowers.2009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09A wedding ritual photographed at a temple pavilion beside a stone shrine with a deity murti and brass lamps. A fire burns inside a square pit lined with yellow-brown bricks, with offerings of yellow marigold petals, a brass pot and a bowl of ghee nearby, consistent with a homa. A bride in a red sari with gold trim and a veil sits across the fire from a groom in cream kurta and a red shawl. Two saffron-robed women with shaved heads sit at the left in the foreground, and a man in white with an orange shawl holds yellow flowers standing at right. A woman in a cream sari holds flowers at the right edge, and seated devotees watch from behind the pit. No figure with clear distinctive a person cues is visible.2009-07-09July 09 20092009-07-09A photograph of a wedding ritual beside a fire pit. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with a long gold necklace sits on a striped blue and red mat, holding hands with a bride in a red embroidered sari with gold border, while a man in a cream outfit stands behind. A second robed attendant in orange holds a silver tray of fruit and flowers. Silver bowls, a kalasha vessel, marigold and rose garlands and flower-filled trays surround a low fire pit with burning embers. Other seated people in orange and white sit in the background, and a microphone stand stands nearby.2009-07-09A photograph of a Hindu wedding ritual held beside a fire pit (homa) on a striped rug. A man with long hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a long gold-toned mala necklace, sits cross-legged and guides a bride's hands over the fire. The bride wears a red-and-gold bandhani-patterned sari and a red and gold headdress, with gold bangles on her wrists. Nearby, a seated attendant in orange holds a brass tray with fruit and flowers, and a microphone stand is visible. Brass plates with grains and powders, a silver bowl of red petals, and marigold and rose garlands are arranged around the altar. Many saffron-robed people sit in the background.2009-07-09A homa fire ritual with flames and rising smoke over a brick-built fire pit decorated with yellow and red flowers and coloured powder markings. Brass bowls sit near the fire, and a long metal ladle or tool reaches toward the blaze. Partially visible hands and forearms of ritual participants wearing gold necklaces and dark-red clothing frame the edges. No clearly identifiable face is visible, so no a person candidate is shown.2015-07-17A homa fire pit built from red brick, decorated with white and orange powder and marigold petals, with smoke rising from burning wood. In the foreground a shaved-headed person in the blurred left corner watches the rite. Behind the pit a priest in a yellow dhoti and cloth stirs the fire with a long metal ladle into a silver bowl. A brass kalasha and oil lamp sit nearby on a metal tray with folded white cloths, on a red-tiled floor. Visible people are only partially shown, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-07-18A wedding ritual inside a temple courtyard. A bride in a red and gold sari with a red veil and a groom in a cream sherwani with a gold-patterned shawl kneel before a brick fire pit (homa kund) with smoke rising and yellow flower offerings on the bricks. A bald-headed man in red and a figure in pink-orange robes sit at the left by the fire. Standing behind, a man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and women in orange and in patterned shawls hold marigold petals, watching. Behind them a stone shrine with brass lamps, a garlanded deity murti and red curtains. The bride and groom are being blessed through the fire ritual with flowers scattered around.2009-07-09January 30 20162016-01-30December 14 20112011-12-14