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April AF 2012April 01 20132013-04-01A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit set on an orange cloth in an indoor hall. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace and a red-orange sash, sits behind the fire with one arm extended over it and a microphone nearby. A younger priest in orange cloth sits at the upper right. Seated before the fire are a woman in an orange and green sari and several people in white clothes, including a man with a rudraksha-style mala, with hands folded. Steel pots with lids, plates of puffed bread, bowls of fruit and flower garlands surround the scene.2011-11-06A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ceremony at night. A square stone fire pit with bright flames sits in the foreground. Around it, a group of devotees in white clothes with orange and red sashes and orange beaded malas sit cross-legged on mats. A priest in orange-brown robes with a rudraksha mala and a white tripundra on his forehead sits at right beside brass vessels, bowls of offerings and a tray of grains. Several participants sit with palms joined in prayer. Potted plants and a red pillar appear in the background. Visible people number roughly a dozen or more.2013-04-01A square fire pit with a lit fire of burning logs dominates the foreground, as a homa or yagna is performed. Seated on striped mats, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a white headband, rudraksha mala and white markings applies offerings from a brass plate, with brass bowls, a kettle-like vessel and ritual implements around him. Around the fire, several devotees in white clothes with orange and red sashes sit with palms joined in prayer, and a woman in white at left presses her hands together. Behind them more participants are seated in the dim hall.2013-04-01July 11 20142014-07-11July 11 20142014-07-11Outdoor homa or yagna at a temple courtyard. In the foreground a priest with a shaved head sits bare-chested in white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl, facing a square stone fire pit with a bright flame, and he is seated before a microphone and brass vessels of offerings. Around the pit, seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch, including a man in a saffron-orange shirt, a man in white with a rudraksha mala, and women in saris. Behind them stand stone deity murtis and an orange shrine with marigold garlands. Coconut, pineapple and fruit offerings lie on leaves near the fire, and brass kalasha and ritual vessels sit on the mat.2011-12-12January 30 20162016-01-30A photograph of a homa/yagna at night: a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a square brick fire pit ringed with yellow flowers, his face pressed into his hands. A brass vessel with a ladle lies on the bricks, and an oil lamp sits at the left edge. Behind him, seated devotees in white and orange shawls watch, including a woman in white with a red-bordered shawl, a woman in white holding a child, an elderly woman in a patterned orange shawl, and a man in orange seated on a white chair. A green mat covers the ground and a white chair stands at right.2010-12-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 16 20102010-12-16