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October 03 20142014-10-03Outdoor fire ritual at a red-and-white striped temple-style platform beside banana leaves. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red-and-orange turban and a rudraksha-style mala pours an offering or pours from a long ladle into a fire burning in a yellow wooden fire pit decorated with marigold and flower petals. Beside him a second man in an orange cloth and beads tends the fire. Brass vessels, flower baskets and a silver tray sit nearby. This is a homa or yagna fire ritual during a bhumi puja.2016-11-23A photograph of a homa at an outdoor fire pit built from wooden planks. A young man in white ritual dress sits cross-legged at the left, wearing a red and white turban, thin-rimmed glasses, a dark rudraksha mala across the chest and brown armbands. Tall flames rise from the fire pit beside a copper bowl, a silver ritual vessel rests on the wood, and a brass lamp stands at the right. A yellow vehicle and green foliage appear in the background.2014-10-03A homa fire burns in a wooden fire pit at an outdoor temple courtyard with red-and-white painted walls and banana plants behind. Two priests sit cross-legged: the foreground priest, bare-chested with a red head cloth and white dhoti, feeds offerings into the flames with a stick, while a second man in an orange shawl sits beside him. Marigold and rose petals and a brass vessel surround the fire pit, and brass ritual pots sit at the lower left.2016-11-23October 10 20172017-10-10 +2 copiesA homa fire ritual at a square orange-brick fire pit with tall flames. A man in an orange-red turban, rudraksha mala and gold ceremonial necklace, wearing an orange-red shawl, leans over the fire and places an offering with his right hand. Behind him a younger man in white with a rudraksha mala and tilak sits holding a brass ladle over a brass bowl. Brass oil lamps, a basket, banana leaves and metal plates of offerings lie on mats around the pit. Seated people in white and orange robes with garlands are visible in the background.2015-10-12October 12 20152015-10-12September 09 20132013-09-09A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an open courtyard. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a gold necklace pours an offering from a small ladle into a square fire pit with glowing embers, while a metal bowl of offerings sits at its edge. A microphone stands beside him. Behind him, a man in white clothing sits and watches, and to the right another man wearing a gold necklace sits in white. In the background, several seated men in white play drums, and red-walled buildings and trees fill the setting.2011-12-31November 23 20162016-11-23October 11 20142014-10-11September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copies