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March 15 20202020-03-15March 15 20202020-03-15Photo 11728701 +2 copiesPhoto 11728698 +2 copiesNight-time fire ritual outdoors: a large flame rises from a homa fire pit built of stacked bricks or blocks, with a copper vessel and wooden sticks nearby. Two priests sit on a cloth-covered floor: on the left a bare-chested man wearing a red shawl over his shoulder, white dhoti, and white markings on his chest and arms; on the right a man in a green turban, white-and-green checked cloth and bare torso, pouring offerings near the fire. In front of the fire lies a tray of rose petals, with bananas, apples and brass vessels. A decorated shrine with marigold garlands and flower offerings stands to the left. Burning lamps and flower garlands surround the ritual space. Ritual homa or yagna scene. a person is not visibly present in this image.2016-06-19A photograph of a fire ritual at night. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits cross-legged before a large flame rising from a fire pit built of wooden blocks, offering into the fire with a small vessel in his hand. A second figure in the foreground, wearing a yellow-green cloth draped over the shoulder, sits with back to the camera facing the fire. Brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, and baskets of yellow marigold garlands are arranged around the fire, along with red flower offerings on the wooden blocks and a small oil lamp at the lower left. Homa or yagna fire ritual.2018-01-05Photo 11728702 +2 copiesA homa is performed at a brick fire pit in a temple-like hall. Three priests sit on a striped mat around the burning fire: the man on the left wears a red-and-pink turban, a red-orange rudraksha-style mala, and a white dhoti, and he is feeding items from a woven basket; the man in the centre sits in white with a white shawl and a bead necklace; the man on the right wears a white dhoti, an orange-gold cloth and a bead garland, holding a small item over the flames. A fourth person in white dhoti and white kurta stands in a doorway behind them. Flowers, a brass vessel of ghee, and yellow marigold garlands surround the fire.2016-08-05Photo 11728744 +2 copiesJune 19 20162016-06-19June 19 20162016-06-19March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies