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A photograph of a fire ritual at night in a courtyard. A central figure sits cross-legged before a blazing fire pit, wearing a red-orange turban, a white dhoti, bare chest, and a layered orange and gold bead garland. He holds a ladle or stick over the flames. Around the fire are brass vessels, bowls of fruit, marigold garlands, a tray of flowers and apples, and decorated kalasha-style pots. Behind him, a few seated men in white dhotis and an orange-clad attendant watch. Potted plants frame the left side.

2016-08-05 +1 copies

A homa fire ritual at night in a courtyard. A central fire blazes in a brick fire pit, and a priest bare-chested in a white dhoti with a red turban pours offerings into it from a brass vessel. Around the pit are marigold garlands, bowls of fruit, apples, brass vessels and kalasha pots draped in cloth. Several men sit on mats in white dhotis and rudraksha malas, and one man in saffron clothing is at the right edge. A man in the foreground with his back to the camera wears a rudraksha mala. Floral decorations and fruit offerings cover the ground around the fire.

A homa is performed at a brick fire pit in a temple-like hall. Three priests sit on a striped mat around the burning fire: the man on the left wears a red-and-pink turban, a red-orange rudraksha-style mala, and a white dhoti, and he is feeding items from a woven basket; the man in the centre sits in white with a white shawl and a bead necklace; the man on the right wears a white dhoti, an orange-gold cloth and a bead garland, holding a small item over the flames. A fourth person in white dhoti and white kurta stands in a doorway behind them. Flowers, a brass vessel of ghee, and yellow marigold garlands surround the fire.

February 22 2016

2016-02-22 +1 copies

June 19 2016

March 06 2016

2016-03-06 +1 copies

Night outdoor homa at a brick fire pit filled with burning wood, its flames lit orange against the dark. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange-red headcloth raises an offering in his right hand over the fire. Three other men sit behind him on a paved courtyard; the leftmost sings or chants into a microphone stand, and the others wear white and yellow cloths, one with a sacred thread. Around the fire are steel bowls of flowers, fruit, coconuts, vegetables and kumkum-marked offerings, with a purple cloth and a lit lamp on a side table. Pink and red flower petals decorate the fire pit's edge. No visible a person candidate.

August 09 2015

A night homa at a fire pit lined with flower petals. A flame rises from the central square pit, with a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl at the top of the frame and several seated priests in white around the pit. One seated priest in the right foreground has a gold necklace and folded hands. A seated priest at centre right, with hands joined in prayer, wears white, with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head. Brass vessels, a brass lamp and fruit offerings sit on the left and right. Behind the pit, a brass lamp burns beside a deity murti decorated with red flower garlands and a golden kalasha-like vessel with fruit. Strings of lights glow in the background. No clearly distinctive a person cues are visible in the frame, so the candidate is unsure.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

January 05 2018

Night-time fire ritual outdoors: a large flame rises from a homa fire pit built of stacked bricks or blocks, with a copper vessel and wooden sticks nearby. Two priests sit on a cloth-covered floor: on the left a bare-chested man wearing a red shawl over his shoulder, white dhoti, and white markings on his chest and arms; on the right a man in a green turban, white-and-green checked cloth and bare torso, pouring offerings near the fire. In front of the fire lies a tray of rose petals, with bananas, apples and brass vessels. A decorated shrine with marigold garlands and flower offerings stands to the left. Burning lamps and flower garlands surround the ritual space. Ritual homa or yagna scene. a person is not visibly present in this image.

November 18 2015