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January 21 20182018-01-21January 21 20182018-01-21January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesA brick-lined square homa fire pit with a yellow-painted wooden frame is burning brightly, with flames rising and offerings of green leaves and dried plant material inside. A priest wearing saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead bracelet holds a long-handled ladle near the fire on the left. Around the pit are brass and silver vessels, a bowl of yellow liquid, a brass cup, scattered rice grains, flower garlands, and a sprinkling of white powder on the frame. Fruits and small brass pots sit on purple and red cloth in the background. No other people are visible.2014-08-29A brick fire pit (homa kunda) with its yellow-painted rim dusted with white lines burns brightly at night, flames rising from wood logs inside. Red flower petals rest on the rim, a copper vessel with a long ladle sits at right, and a striped cloth lies behind. No people are visible; the scene shows a fire ritual setup.2018-04-19December 25 20152015-12-25A square yellow-painted brick fire pit, decorated with white rangoli-style flower motifs centred with red dots, holds a blazing fire of wood logs and small white offering pieces. Tall orange flames rise above the pit. Behind it, a person in red-orange cloth stands partly visible at the top edge, and metal vessels, a kalasha-like pot and small brass containers sit on a stone ledge at left. This appears to be a homa or yagna fire ritual setting. No clearly identifiable people are fully visible.2018-01-01 +1 copiesA square fire pit built of white cement blocks sits on bare red earth, with burning logs and flames inside and smoke rising. A brass bowl with yellow liquid and a long ladle rests on the edge, and a striped mat holds brass plates with flowers, fruit, turmeric and small offering dishes. A red-clad person tends the fire at right, partly visible.2006-12-29April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesA homa fire burns on a square altar built of stacked reddish-orange bricks, each brick decorated with painted pink, purple, green and yellow bands and dusted with white powder. Red flower petals and a red blossom sit on the bricks, and a white jasmine garland lies at the front. Ritual items surround the altar: a silver bowl of liquid, a silver spouted vessel, a small brass lamp, a basket of grains at upper left, and a small figure of a deity at right. A carved red stone figure is partly visible at the top. No people are visible.2016-06-30September 09 20162016-09-09April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copies