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May 15 20162016-05-15Photo 11702507 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ceremony on a red floor inside a decorated hall with red and saffron banners and a crowd behind metal barriers. A square fire pit lined with yellow and pink-tiled bricks burns brightly at centre. Several priests sit around it: a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti at left pours from a bowl, a man in orange cloth at right feeds sticks into the fire, and others in orange and white sit close by. Gold-framed ritual stands, kalashas, brass bowls, garlands, a small deity murti with a white bull figure and a book on the floor complete the scene.2016-05-15Agamas +1 copiesDecember 13 20162016-12-13May 15 20162016-05-15August 07 20182018-08-07A temple hall during a fire ritual. A large brick-lined fire pit blazes at centre, with rice and offerings in metal bowls around it. Several bare-chested priests in orange and saffron dhotis sit on red mats performing the homa; one reads from an open book while another tends the fire. Ornate brass oil lamps with multiple wicks stand in the foreground, and behind them a crowd of devotees gathers behind metal barricades in front of an elaborately decorated shrine with gilded deity murtis and streamers. Strings of colourful tassels hang from the ceiling. a person is not clearly visible among the priests, so no candidate is identified.2016-05-15Photo 11701596March 15 20202020-03-15 +1 copiesA homa fire pit with flames burns in the centre of a red-carpeted hall, bordered by brass lamps and a golden trident. Several shirtless or dhoti-clad priests tend the fire; one in a yellow garment sits cross-legged near the pit, another in orange cloth kneels beside a tray, and a standing man in a maroon dhoti watches. A colourful geometric mandala in yellow and multicolour powders is drawn on the floor in the foreground, with brass vessels, coconuts, plates and offerings scattered around. Behind a metal barrier, a crowd of devotees observes, and ornate deity shrines with garlands and colourful festoons decorate the back of the hall.2016-05-15May 02 20172017-05-02