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October 13 2007

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A photograph of a brick-lined fire pit (homa kunda) with glowing embers and ash, a long-handled metal ladle holding offering material, and pink and red flower petals scattered on the white-washed brick ledges. The image is washed out and overexposed. No people are visible in the frame.2007-10-15A photograph of an outdoor homa fire pit lined with whitewashed brick. Flames rise from burning wood and ash inside the square pit. Pink and red flowers are scattered on the brick rim and among the embers, and a wrinkled pink-and-purple offering cloth lies in the fire. A brass bowl holding a pale liquid sits at the left edge, with a long wooden ladle resting across it. Dry grass stalks lie on the ground at the top left. No people are visible in the frame.2007-10-15A photograph of a white-washed brick fire pit (homa kunda) with burning wood and flames at its base. A hand, showing only fingers and the wrist at the upper left, pours or sprinkles material from a small metal vessel onto the fire. A brass bowl with a wooden ladle sits at the left edge beside the pit, and small red and yellow flower petals or offerings are scattered on the bricks. No people are visible apart from the partial hand, and no one's identity can be determined from the image. The setting resembles a yagna/homa ritual.2007-10-17October 12 20072007-10-12October 16 20072007-10-16A photo of a homa fire ritual: a brick-lined fire pit holds a flaming wood fire, with a brass bowl of liquid offering set over the flames. A person's arm with white ash markings reaches in from the left, holding a wooden stick toward the fire. A cushioned wooden seat draped with a patterned cloth sits at upper right, and brass vessels rest on the floor at the lower left.2021-01-04A close-up photograph of a homa fire pit lined with pale stone blocks and filled with sand. Small wooden sticks are stacked over burning flames, and a bare hand. Pink rose petals are scattered on the stone edges. A brass vessel with an ornate green-and-gold rim sits at the top edge, and a white cloth with red border is visible at the upper right. Only the arm and hand of one person are visible.October 15 20072007-10-15October 15 20072007-10-15January 30 20162016-01-30 +1 copiesOverhead view of a square homa fire pit lined with dark stone, with flaming logs and glowing embers in the centre. Around it on a white painted platform are scattered pink flowers, sticks of incense, red kumkum dots and small brass vessels holding ghee, a ladle, a lit oil lamp and coloured powders on a tray. No people are visible.A homa fire burns in a square pit lined with white-painted bricks, with yellow and red flowers scattered on the brick edges. A person in white clothing with a gold-coloured bangle sits at right, holding a long wooden ladle and pouring an offering into the flames, while a brass bowl sits nearby on the ground. An orange and purple cloth lies beside the pit on bare ground. No person's face is visible and no appearance-based candidate for a person is present in the frame.2010-07-24