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A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an outdoor courtyard. A square fire pit with white smoke rising sits at the centre, surrounded by shaved-headed priests in plain white dhoti and shawl garments with gold necklaces. Several men sit cross-legged on mats around the pit, some holding brass plates and offerings, while one priest leans over the fire. Brass oil lamps with flames stand on the right, alongside flowers, fruit and a purple cloth. In the background, a few more white-clad men stand near orange-walled buildings and a woman in white walks along the path.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ritual on a sandy courtyard under a shade structure with palm trees and orange-walled buildings behind. Several men in white unstitched ritual cloth with gold neck garlands sit cross-legged around a square fire pit, its smoke rising. The officiant at the centre has a bare shaved head and gold necklace; a figure in a red-bordered white cloth on the right tends an oil lamp and brass vessels set on a purple cloth with fruit. Other white-clad participants sit on striped mats at left, a few standing in the background. Decorative poles with colourful bands frame the scene.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony in an open courtyard with a square fire pit in the centre, smoke rising and flowers scattered on its white edges. Several men in plain white dhotis and bare upper bodies sit cross-legged around the pit, wearing gold-coloured and beaded necklaces; several hold brass plates and bowls of offerings and wood. A large seated figure in white at the centre tends the fire, and a brass oil lamp burns at the right edge beside a purple cloth. A woman in a white sari stands in the background among other white-clad attendants, and a few onlookers sit at the far left near a whitewashed wall and orange-painted building.2010-10-16 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20162016-09-09October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA square stone homa fire pit with burning logs and smoke is the main subject, with young boys and men in orange and red robes and white sacred ash markings tending the fire. A young man in white dhoti and a tall beige headwrap, with rudraksha mala beads, pours offerings from a steel bowl into the flames. Other ritual attendants in orange and red sit beside silver bowls, yellow marigold flowers and fruit offerings. Behind them a seated audience in white and colourful clothing watches the ritual under a red-roofed shelter. No identifiable a person candidate with compatible cues is clearly visible.2013-09-09A night-time homa ritual in an open outdoor courtyard under a strip of green leaf-and-flower decoration. A square fire pit glows at centre, with flames rising from it. Several men in white dhotis and white upper cloths, with gold or beaded garlands, sit cross-legged around the pit and feed offerings into it from brass vessels and bowls. A bald priest in the middle, wearing white and garlands, sits on a raised carved wooden seat. On the right, a shrine-like altar holds brass oil lamps with flames, red flower garlands, fruit, and a decorated deity murti draped in green fabric. Behind the group, more people in white sit on mats, and a figure in white walks past. Coloured cloth panels hang on poles at the back.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOutdoor homa or yagna at a temple courtyard. In the foreground a priest with a shaved head sits bare-chested in white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl, facing a square stone fire pit with a bright flame, and he is seated before a microphone and brass vessels of offerings. Around the pit, seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch, including a man in a saffron-orange shirt, a man in white with a rudraksha mala, and women in saris. Behind them stand stone deity murtis and an orange shrine with marigold garlands. Coconut, pineapple and fruit offerings lie on leaves near the fire, and brass kalasha and ritual vessels sit on the mat.2011-12-12July 19 20132013-07-19September 09 20162016-09-09