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July 30 20062006-07-30Outdoor photo of a homa at an event courtyard. Several brick fire pits with bright flames stand on swept sandy ground, with white kolam floor designs in the foreground and a green-and-orange striped mat holding a brass oil lamp, a plate and offerings. Four or five people in plain white dhotis and shirts tend the fires; one woman in a white sari stands near the front fire. A white draped tent backdrop, a parked truck and a low building with a corrugated roof sit behind them under trees.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30Outdoor homa ritual in a courtyard. A figure on the right, wearing a white turban, white robe with a gold-yellow shawl and a long garland, holds a flaming torch over a square fire pit built from stacked yellow-orange bricks, with bundles of sticks and offering trays. Behind the pit, a brass kalasha-style oil lamp stands on a striped green and pink rug. Three men in white dhoti-style clothing stand nearby and others in white watch from a doorway. Rangoli kolam designs decorate the ground and white plastic chairs and a green potted tree are visible.2006-07-30Outdoors on bare earth, a row of small brick fire pits (homa kundas) is arranged on woven mats, each holding stacked dry wood sticks, a brass bowl, a small oil lamp, and offerings such as white cloth bundles, flowers and red fruit. Several people dressed in white stand among the pits: a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds an offering packet, a woman in white sari carries a striped cloth bundle, and others in white saris walk in the background near a decorated altar with brass kalashas and garlands. Red and patterned banners hang behind. This shows a homa/yagna ritual setup.2007-09-03July 30 20062006-07-30June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony with rows of men and women seated on the ground before low fire pits built from white-painted bricks, decorated with yellow marigold petals. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala and a blue ribbon badge sits cross-legged, holding a ladle-like offering and facing a tray of wooden sticks and offerings. Other participants in white ritual clothes tend the pits with ladles and brass vessels, while women in saris watch from the background beside a red tent backdrop and banana plants. No identifiable a person is visibly present in this frame.2010-07-24Outdoor Rudra homa fire ritual. A bare-chested priest in a yellow head cloth and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold beaded necklace, feeds offerings into a large flame rising from a pit built of stacked yellow-ochre bricks decorated with red flower petals. Behind him, a crowd of dozens of people in white clothes and red shawls sit in rows, many with orange forehead marks and orange lanyards. Brass vessels, a basket of grain, flowers and fruit lie on a green cloth in the foreground. A few people in white stand at the back of the crowd.2016-07-02