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Outdoor night ritual at a temple-like shrine with a fire pit in front of a decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with gold borders raises a long metal vessel high with both arms over the flames, as oil lamps and offerings sit on the golden fire pit platform. To the right, a devotee in an orange-red dhoti with gold border and red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A striped white and maroon shrine wall and string of hanging leaves frame the scene, with an orange sofa at the far right.

Night photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple courtyard. A large square fire pit lined with brick and white stone blazes with tall orange flames, decorated with scattered red and yellow flower petals. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the back holding a ritual object over the fire. To the right, a man with a shaved head, wearing white clothes and gold-coloured beaded necklaces, sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Several other people in white ritual clothing sit around the fire pit, and brass vessels, a bowl of offerings, fruit and flower garlands lie nearby. Brass oil lamps glow, and a ganesha murti stands at right beside a dais of fruit. Multiple people are visible, not a single figure.

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February 26 2013

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January 04 2015

Night fire ritual. A large blazing fire burns in a square brick fire pit at centre. A seated priest in an orange-yellow turban, gold-beaded necklaces and a red-and-white shawl tends the fire with a ladle. Another seated priest in a white turban sits beyond the fire. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left. Foreground devotee in white dhoti with gold border sits with back to camera. Around the altar are kalasha pots wrapped in white cloth, decorated with white flower garlands, fruit, bananas, oranges, rose petals and brass lamps. A decorated throne-like seat with a gold backrest stands at left, draped in flower garlands.

A homa fire burns in a square yellow-brick fire pit decorated with red flower petals and white powder. A priest bare-chested with a yellow turban and gold beaded necklace pours an offering from a ladle-like vessel into the flames. Beside him a second man in white dhoti with a yellow-bordered cloth and gold beaded necklace tends a tray of wood and offerings. Marigold garlands, oranges, bananas and flowers lie nearby; a heavy wooden door with brass studs stands behind.

March 15 2020

2020-03-15 +2 copies

Night-time ritual at an outdoor temple-style platform. A shaved-headed man in a rust-coloured dhoti sits at left with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him, a figure in white garments with a yellow cloth, rudraksha beads and a tied-up hairstyle holds a lit oil lamp over a flaming fire pit, with smoke rising from a homa or yagna. Brass bowls, a kalasha and yellow marigold garlands lie on the platform. Behind them, a dressed deity murti with lion-shaped pedestals is garlanded with yellow flowers, and a lit shrine glows in the background.

Night-time outdoor ritual photograph at a temple-style shrine with a fire pit (homa) burning in a gold-coloured fire altar in the foreground. A priest in white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body raises a silver ceremonial vessel with both hands above his head, pouring toward the flames. To the right, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and orange shawl with a red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them is a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers, set on a tiered red-and-white striped platform. Brass pots, bowls and a kalasha sit on the altar. A string of hanging green leaves decorates the canopy. Another person in white stands at left with hands folded.

February 16 2016

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October 16 2010

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Night outdoor ritual at a temple-like open shrine. A priest in white dhoti with gold border and a green headwrap stands at left holding a lamp toward a decorated deity murti garlanded with white and yellow flower chains on a blue-trimmed pedestal. At right, a man in an orange-red dhoti with gold border and red-and-white flower garland stands with palms joined in namaste. A fire burns in a gold-edged homa/yagna pit in the foreground beside brass vessels, a kalasha and flowers. Strings of leaves hang overhead and red-and-white striped walls frame the shrine.