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March 03 20182018-03-03June 04 20182018-06-04 +1 copiesApril 04 20182018-04-04June 04 20182018-06-04A photograph of a homa or yagna at an outdoor-style fire pit lined with brick, with bright flames rising from stacked wood. A man with a shaved head and white tilak markings on his forehead and arms sits cross-legged in an orange-red robe, holding a long wooden stick toward the fire. He wears a gold necklace and a bracelet, and a microphone stands beside him. Nearby are silver bowls, a brass oil lamp and small offering vessels on an orange cloth. Seated devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, with garland flowers at the edge, sit on blue and striped mats behind him. a person: the seated ritual leader wears orange robes, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style neck mala.2012-09-04A close photograph of a bundle of dried grass or straw held in a hand at right, its tip burning with bright orange flames and trailing dark charred fibres. Below, a polished silver ritual tray holds a pile of black charred material with glowing embers. The blurred background shows orange-red cloth. Only the partial hand is visible; no faces are shown.2013-11-07March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03A seated priest in saffron-orange robes performs a homa at a brick fire pit, feeding flames with a long stick held in his right hand. He wears a long gold necklace with a pendant and round bead strands. Tall yellow-orange flames rise from the bricks, which are dusted with turmeric-yellow powder and marked with red and white patterns. Around him on the floor are brass plates of red flower petals, a bowl of yellow flower garlands, a small brass kalasha and an oil lamp, with a patterned mat and a sitting person's bare feet at the left edge. The scene is dimly lit by the fire. +1 copiesMarch 29 20132013-03-29A photo of a homa at a fire pit. A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a white-and-red tilak on his forehead sits before a metal fire box, feeding sticks into large flames with his right hand while holding a brass plate of grains. He wears a long gold-beaded mala and a rudraksha-style pendant. A microphone stands at right. Behind him, a second man in white clothing sits near a red draped table, and brass vessels and offerings lie on the floor. A faint purple logo appears at top left.2012-07-14March 03 20182018-03-03