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April 24 20132013-04-24January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesClose-up of a fire pit or homa altar built from stacked red bricks, each brick smeared with yellow turmeric paste and decorated with white chalk lines and concentric rings with red kumkum dots. A bowl of red flower petals sits at upper right, and a brass vessel rests at the right edge. String is tied around the brick structure, and a patterned cloth lies at the bottom. No people are visible.2017-05-02Close view of a yellow-painted brick fire altar built of stacked bricks, bound with white cotton thread and marked with white chalk circles and lines. Bright flame glows at the top edge of the frame, and a red cloth rests at the bottom corner. No people are visible; the altar appears prepared for a homa or yagna fire ritual.2019-03-17January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesClose view of a ritual fire pit built from unfired red bricks, the top courses and side bricks smeared with yellow turmeric paste and decorated with white chalk-line bands and circular white rings centred with red kumkum dots. A brass bowl of yellow liquid and a shallow dish of red flower petals sit on top, a steel cup rests on the cloth at lower right, and a thin string is stretched across the bricks. No people are visible.2017-05-02A dim, earth-walled sacred chamber beneath a large banyan tree, with a small oil lamp burning inside the dark opening. In the foreground, a shallow pit of freshly turned soil holds a yellow stone slab scattered with yellow and white flower petals. A small stone stool or altar sits centrally, also dusted with petals and a bit of yellow powder. Concrete walls frame the passage, and a brass plate of ash or powder rests on the left ledge. No people are visible.2013-04-24May 02 20172017-05-02A dim night-time photograph of a sacred cave-like shrine beneath gnarled, exposed tree roots. A single oil lamp with a bright flame burns in the dark recess at the back. In the foreground, a small stone platform rests on the earth, scattered with yellow and white flower petals, and a yellow-flowered offering sits on a mound of freshly dug soil. A shallow plate holds a heap of sand or ash, and low pale concrete walls frame the pathway. No people are visible, and there is a faint white-clad figure at the far left edge only partly visible. A wooden-handled tool leans against the right wall.2013-04-24May 02 20172017-05-02A photograph of a yellow-painted brick homa fire pit, a square structure built of stacked bricks coated in turmeric-yellow paint with white ash marks, the central square opening empty. A polished silver bowl filled with yellow liquid sits at the right edge, and a green cloth and gold-coloured ornamental base are visible in the background with white and yellow flower garlands at the top. No people are visible in the frame.2011-12-20April 24 20132013-04-24