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Night photograph of an outdoor homa fire ceremony. A tall bright fire rises from a low brick fire pit at right, with red-tinted offerings around its base. Two women in white clothing sit cross-legged near the fire, one with hands pressed together in prayer and another holding ritual items. Seated devotees in front, many in colourful garments, face the fire, and a row of standing men in light shirts is visible behind them. A framed portrait and a decorated altar with flower garlands and a small lamp sit at right, with a white cloth-covered table. Dense crowd of roughly thirty to forty visible people.2007-10-01December 07 20162016-12-07A night-time photograph of a bright fire flaring upward from a vessel held by a man in white clothes at left, his palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with a red-bordered edge stands with hands folded, and other devotees, some partly in shadow, gather closely around the flame. At right, a man in an orange-yellow shirt with a light forehead mark watches the fire. The scene suggests an outdoor devotional fire offering during a procession, with the warm red and orange glow dominating the frame.2006-10-24Night photo of a fire walk (firewalking) at an outdoor ceremony. A large bed of bright orange flames and white smoke burns on the ground, with glowing embers in the foreground. Devotees in white and cream dhotis and shawls stand and move around the fire pit; one man in the right foreground wears an orange and yellow shawl with a cream garment. Wooden posts and a lit lamp or structure stand in the background among the crowd. Visible people number roughly two dozen, partially hidden by smoke and darkness.2007-12-30Night photograph of a seated gathering in saffron-orange and white clothing with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, sitting in a ring on the ground around a bright fire burning in a circular pit on the right. Faces are dimly lit and the background is dark. The scene suggests a night ritual or fire ceremony at an ashram, with people seated close to the flames in quiet attention.2006-09-06December 30 20062006-12-30A blurred purple-toned photograph of a fire ritual. In the foreground a fire burns inside a brick-lined fire pit, with bright orange flames rising from a metal vessel and yellow and red powder marking the bricks. Behind it, several seated people in white and orange-red clothing lean forward over the fire, with smoke drifting through the scene.2015-07-092008 - KAILASA in Hyderabad - Sripura SarvajnapeethamA blurry indoor photograph of a homa fire burning on the floor of a domestic room. A seated man in white clothes sits at the right beside the bright flames, looking toward the fire. Behind the fire, a woman in a red saree with blue border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, a second woman in white stands to her left with hands folded, and a man in a dark shirt and light trousers leans forward near a wooden cabinet. Wooden cupboards and a shelf appear on the right wall.Night photograph of a large bonfire blazing at center, with a ring of seated people in orange and saffron clothing behind it, some with necklaces, one raising an arm. Dark silhouetted figures in the foreground, their heads and shoulders dark against the firelight, watch the fire. The scene suggests a fire ritual or homa gathering at the ashram.2006-09-06September 05 20062006-09-05Night outdoor fire ritual before a seated crowd. A large open flame rises from a brick-lined fire pit in the centre-right. Several people in white clothing sit in front of the fire with hands pressed together in prayer, and a woman in white is at the centre. A standing row of men in shirts watches from the back left, and many seated devotees, including children, fill the foreground. Behind the fire stands a framed portrait of a smiling figure in an orange head covering beside a decorated framed image of a deity murti garlanded with white flowers, with a white-draped table beneath. A bright fluorescent tube light hangs at the top. The scene reads as a homa or yagna.2007-10-01