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A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit inside a temple hall with carved wooden doorframes. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward, feeding offerings into the flames. Beside him a seated man in white with a golden-bordered cloth tends the fire. Several women in white saris with golden borders stand in the doorway; one in the foreground presses her palms together in prayer. Brass vessels, marigold garlands, fruit and flower offerings sit on banana leaves in front of the fire pit. No one is identified as a person.

August 14 2016

August 14 2016

A night fire ritual at a square stone homa pit blazing high with flames, scattered with marigold petals. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, lifts a flaming vessel overhead. Behind him a second white-clad priest with a mala stands with hands folded, and a third at right holds a brass tray. Seated devotees in white clothes watch from the left in the dark, and a carved wooden disc and a small oil lamp appear at the edges, with strings of pennant leaves overhead.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

A homa fire ceremony in a red-walled hall. A priest seated at left, bare-chested with white dhoti, rudraksha-style garland and a pink-and-red turban, pours offerings with a long ladle into a brick fire pit. Two seated men beside the pit wear white dhotis and garlands, and marigold garlands and flowers decorate the altar. A standing figure in orange robes and a woman in a white sari stand in the doorway with others in white behind them. A brass vessel and a kalasha with flowers sit before the fire.

Night photograph of a Chandi Homa fire ritual in an open outdoor area. A tiered white stone fire pit blazes at center. A woman in white garments with a yellow-orange head wrap leans over the flames, while a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-toned necklace holds a brass tray of offerings. A seated officiant in white kneels at the lower left and another in white stands at right. Behind the pit, a row of seated devotees in white clothes watches. Strings of green leaves hang overhead, and brass oil lamps, flower garlands and offering plates sit at the right edge. A wooden yagna vessel stands near the fire. No candidate for a person is distinctly identifiable.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

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August 07 2017

Night photograph of a homa fire ritual. A large blazing fire burns in a stepped white stone fire pit decorated with red and yellow flower petals. Several men in white dhotis sit around the pit; one at right, with shaved head and gold necklaces, presses his palms together in prayer. A standing priest in a white dhoti and sacred thread stands at the back. Brass plates hold offerings, a brass kalasha-style pot, oil lamps burn on the right beside a tray of fruit and flowers, and a decorated altar with red and green draperies is visible. Several people are seen from behind in the foreground.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in a temple hall. A woman in white clothes with a red-bordered shawl sits cross-legged before a blazing fire pit, holding a metal ladle over the flames. Marigold garlands and fruit offerings are arranged on white-draped steps. Behind the fire, a deity murti adorned with flower garlands sits on a red-draped platform. A microphone stand stands in front, and the backs of seated devotees in the foreground watch the ritual. Another woman sits at the left edge.

A homa fire ceremony inside a hall with white draped cloth overhead and a decorated shrine behind. A fire burns in a brick fire pit decorated with flowers and marigold garlands, with brass vessels and a plate beside it. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head sits at the fire, holding a flower-garlanded object, wearing an orange-red shawl. A man in white with an orange-red shawl stands with palms pressed together. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange-red shawls assist at the left, and a seated woman in a red-and-gold sari extends her hand toward the fire at lower right. Many seated devotees fill the background, and a deity murti sits in an arched shrine.

Night homa at an outdoor fire pit lined with a white-and-red platform. Tall orange flames rise from the square fire altar in the centre. A priest in a bare-chested pose with gold necklaces kneels at the lower left, close to the fire. Two standing men in white dhotis and white shawls with garlands hold offering trays, one with a yellow-and-white turban and the other bald, and seem to be carrying oblations to the fire. Behind the altar, several white-clad participants stand with palms pressed together, and seated figures in white are at the left edge. Brass lamps, fruit, flower garlands and red petals sit on the altar tables. Strings of red lights and leafy garlands decorate the background.

2010-10-16 +1 copies