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December 28 2011

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December 28 20112011-12-28A fire ritual at close range: a priest in white dhoti and cloth sits on the ground and pours ghee from a long twisted-handle ladle into a brass bowl placed beside a bright flame. Yellow-ochre brick fire pit with white marks surrounds the blaze, with copper vessels, a small silver cup, brass bowls of red and dark offerings, and an open book with pages in the background. The priest's hands are visible; no face is shown. This appears to be a homa with oblation.2011-12-28September 09 20162016-09-09November 10 20112011-11-10August 09 20182018-08-09A priest in an orange-red dhoti with a gold border pours ghee from a silver ladle-spout vessel into a large silver bowl during a homa at a brick fire pit. Two small lamps, silver plates of flowers and offerings, and white jasmine petals sit on the stone-edged platform, with green banana leaves behind. The priest wears gold bangles and a rudraksha-style wrist bracelet. Only his arms and torso are visible; no one else is clearly in frame.2011-11-10December 14 20112011-12-14A fire pit homa in progress: a yellow-painted brick fire pit with bright flames rising from it. A hand wearing a red thread bracelet and a ring pours liquid from a long metal ladle into the fire. Beside the pit sits a large engraved silver bowl of liquid, a small steel cup, pink flower petals scattered on the bricks, and a bundle of green leaves tied with a strand. Striped woven mats in red, purple and blue lie underneath. Only the hand is visible, no full figures appear.2018-05-29 +2 copiesClose view of a homa fire pit at a Vishesha Deeksha session. A hand holding a long-handled ladle pours liquid ghee into flames rising from a yellow-edged square fire pit. A small brass bowl sits on the rim, pink flowers and a red and white cloth lie beside it, and seated participants in white and orange blur in the background. Smoke drifts across the frame.2017-03-16A close photograph of a homa fire pit built from yellow-painted brick with small red kumkum marks on the top edges. Flames rise from the centre of the pit. A hand holding a long brass ladle with a ringed finger pours or stirs liquid from a brass bowl. A second brass bowl filled with yellow liquid sits on the brick ledge beside the fire. Behind the pit, a striped purple and green cloth covers the floor, with a grinding stone, a woven basket and small brass vessels visible. Only a hand and arm are visible; no full person is shown.2017-12-10Close view of a fire ritual at a brick-lined homa pit with a blazing wood fire. A hand in a bangle-wearing wrist holds a long silver ladle pouring liquid into the flames, and a silver bowl of orange liquid sits beside the pit. The brick altar is marked with white and red kumkum-style dots, with red and yellow flower petals and a bowl of flowers nearby. A person in red cloth sits behind, but no face is visible; no a person candidate is shown, so the people count reflects only partially visible hands and clothing.2011-12-14December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copies