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A brick-built homa fire pit decorated with yellow, red and green powder designs and scattered marigold petals, burning with bright flames and smoke. A seated figure in a yellow shawl and white garment tends the fire at the back, with brass bowls, a silver tray of offerings and a bundle of sticks nearby. The image is a photograph of a fire ritual.2015-07-18December 23 20162016-12-23October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesClose view of a homa fire pit built in tiers of dark stone steps covered with yellow marigold petals, red flower petals, and scattered white rice grains. Smoke rises thickly from the central fire area. Brass bowls and a silver spouted vessel sit at the front of the steps. Behind, a red cloth covers a raised platform with petals on it, and a partly visible person in white dhoti with a red and orange border stands at the left edge. Smoke fills the upper right of the frame.2018-03-02April 24 20132013-04-24A photograph of a homa fire ceremony outdoors. A fire burns in a brick fire pit decorated with marigold and red flower garlands. Two men sit on mats before it. The man on the left, bare-chested with a long topknot, wears white dhoti, a gold necklace and a garland. The man on the right, bare-chested with a sacred thread, white forehead markings and a red-and-white cloth over his shoulder, ladles an offering into the fire from a copper vessel. In front, a white cloth holds a kolam of coloured powders and flowers, with orange fruits, brass kalasha pots, a plate of offerings and a brass bowl of liquid. Two other people are partly visible at the frame's edge. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2016-01-30Close-up photo of a puja setup on the ground. Two people in orange garments sit cross-legged; one, wearing an orange sari with gold border, reaches over a silver tray. Silver trays hold a small oil lamp with a burning flame, a silver kalasha-style pot, a silver vessel with spout, bowls of kumkum, turmeric, and white powder, pink and purple flowers, betel leaves with red-brown offerings, and a lit incense stick. Reddish earth and a colourful woven mat lie beneath.2016-09-15February 20 20162016-02-20 +2 copiesA shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl sits cross-legged before a square homa fire pit built of ochre bricks decorated with white markings and yellow flowers. He holds a microphone stand in one hand and an open book in the other, a silver bowl of grains nearby, with a ceremonial copper-and-silver vessel and offering bowls on a tray to his left. Two decorated kalashas with yellow flowers and banana leaves sit at right beside a red-orange cloth backdrop. The scene shows a fire ritual in progress with an oil lamp at the pit's edge. No other people are visible.2011-12-28A homa being performed at a brick-lined fire pit decorated with yellow and red flower petals. A shaven-headed man in saffron robes and a multi-strand rudraksha-style bead necklace with a gold pendant feeds the flames with a ladle-like vessel, smoke rising around him. Beside him, a younger man in white clothing with a yellow shawl sits on the floor among brass pots, a kalasha-style vessel, bowls and trays. Behind, brass lamps stand near a pink and green cloth with garlands, and a brass plate holds offerings. The setting is a tiled ritual space with a pale floor.2009-09-22A square brick fire pit for a homa, with flames and smoke rising from burning wood at the centre. The brick rim is decorated with turmeric-yellow and red powders, white rice or flour, yellow marigold petals and cinnamon-like sticks. A silver bowl of yellow liquid sits at the left edge, and a hand holding an open book appears at the upper right. No people are clearly visible beyond the hand and a sleeve in white.2015-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 21 20122012-07-21