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A photograph of a homa fire ceremony outdoors, with smoke rising from a rectangular fire pit at the centre. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, sit on the ground around the pit, some holding offerings in brass plates. Marigold petals and red flowers are scattered on the white platform edge, and a brass oil lamp burns at right beside a kalasha. In the background, two more white-clad figures stand near a red-walled building and a stack of firewood. The scene reads as a fire ritual in an ashram courtyard.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesA night-time homa ritual in a dimly lit hall. A fire pit, with a rectangular platform of fire pit and flower-strewn white cloth, sits in the centre. Several shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and white shawls, wearing gold necklaces, sit cross-legged around it. The priest at the back centre, seated on a low raised seat, wears a gold necklace and white garment. On the right, a priest holding an open book wears a white and pink shawl. Brass oil lamps with lit flames, brass vessels, bowls of offerings and flower petals surround the fire pit. Behind them, a larger seated audience in white fills the background, with a few people in saffron clothing.2010-10-16 +2 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesPhotograph of a homa fire ceremony at a rectangular marble fire pit, with smoke rising from the dark central opening. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls sit around it, with red-bordered cloth. The foreground priest, shaved-headed, wears a gold necklace and reaches toward the pit; another, bare-backed, holds a silver bowl of white flowers, and another sits beside a bowl of grain. Marigold and rose petals are scattered on the marble edge, with small oil lamps and brass vessels nearby. Flames glow at the right edge. Figures are seen from behind, and no one is identifiable as a person.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies