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A photograph of an outdoor homa (fire ritual) at an ashram. In the centre, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the edge of a square brick fire pit containing small burning sticks, with yellow flower petals on the bricks. He wears a large orange and white garland and holds a silver plate of flowers. A younger man in an orange robe and white dhoti stands behind him holding a wooden staff. Around them, a crowd of devotees dressed in white clothes with gold borders stands with palms pressed together in namaste; several women wear orange shawls. Brass vessels, a bowl of green leaves, a microphone on a stand and a cluster of pink and white flowers lie on the mat. Green trees and an orange canopy form the background.2008-07-27September 15 20112011-09-15A photograph of a homa or puja ceremony at an outdoor pandal with a green draped satin backdrop and a painted pillar decorated with elephants. Four women sit cross-legged behind a square fire pit holding wood and flower offerings. The woman in the center foreground wears a white sari with gold border and glasses. The woman at right in white with a rudraksha mala is in prayer position. A woman in orange and white with a microphone chants or speaks, and a small child and onlookers in white and colourful saris watch. Brass bowls, a kalasha-like vessel, trays of food offerings and small oil lamps sit on a white cloth at left. Smoke rises from the fire pit.A rooftop puja in an open courtyard. Several devotees in plain white clothes sit on mats around a rectangular brick-and-straw fire platform used for a homa, with oil lamps and a pot placed on it. A woman in an orange-bordered white sari and a man in white with a rudraksha mala tend the fire. Behind them a framed portrait of a woman with a red-and-orange garland stands on a white-draped altar with brass lamps and flowers. Fruit, bananas, potatoes and bundled straw sit in the foreground, and a cameraman stands at the left. Older women in white sit along the back wall.July 27 20082008-07-27February 15 20072007-02-15A photograph of a homa-style ritual inside a tented hall with lattice windows. A person with long dark hair in saffron/orange robes sits cross-legged before a yellow-tiled fire pit where a flame burns, with offerings and flowers placed around it and a small silver vessel nearby. Opposite, a child or seated figure in an orange-and-yellow garment sits on a mat. A woman in a white sari with a brown border stands at left, and a man in an orange shawl stands behind. Other men in white clothing sit or stand in the background, one reading from a book, and a bag rests on the floor. a person: the seated figure in saffron robes with long swept-back hair matches the presiding role, based on those cues, and is presiding over the fire ritual.2006-02-11January 30 20162016-01-30A homa fire ceremony in a hall with participants seated on colourful striped mats. In the centre a man in an orange-red turban and orange shawl, with long beads and rudraksha-style necklaces, tends a flame rising from a brick fire pit decorated with marigolds. Two men in white dhoti with red-orange shawls and beaded necklaces sit on either side, and a woman in a red-and-gold sari sits at right. Behind them, seated devotees wear white with red shawls. Brass bowls, fruit, and offerings surround the fire pit.2015-07-06A woman stands centre-frame in a white sari with an orange-saffron shawl draped over her shoulders, holding a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with flames in her right hand and a handbell in her left. A rudraksha-style bead necklace hangs at her neck. Seated children and adults in white and green clothing watch in a hall; in front of her a spread of bananas, apples, oranges, sliced fruit and red-garnished offerings lies on a mat. A man in white sits at the upper left and an open doorway with a window is behind. No printed captions are visible, and the page's a person flag is not supported by any distinctive visible cue, so no identification is made.Night outdoor homa at an ashram courtyard. A fire pit with burning logs sits in the foreground, and a standing figure in orange dhoti and orange shawl pours offerings from a metal bowl toward the flames. Beside them, a seated devotee in orange and a ceremonial figure in white dhoti attend the fire. Several people in orange and white sit on mats along the edges, and a cameraman in orange stands behind the group. To the right is a decorated green-draped altar with a deity murti garlanded with white flowers, flanked by brass lamps and banana-leaf offerings with yellow fruit and flowers. The homa and puja setting suggests a fire ritual.2012-07-11Outdoor evening homa at a brick fire pit, with a bright fire burning inside the low rectangular brick enclosure. Several women in white and cream sarees stand in a line along the pit, holding small plates of offerings and flower petals that they are placing into the flames. One woman in a pink saree with a white blouse stands in the middle of the group, and a woman in a red-bordered white saree holds a metal plate at the right edge. Scattered petals and papers lie around the fire, with a white canopy and tent poles in the dim background.2006-12-17