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September 09 20132013-09-09November 20 20132013-11-20A homa fire ceremony in an open-air pavilion with palm trees behind. A fire burns in a square yellowish stone fire pit at right. A woman in a red-orange top with a long beaded orange-brown mala stands at left, facing the fire, with her hand resting on a red cushion. Seated in front of the fire are young people in orange, red and saffron robes with white and ash forehead markings, one holding offerings. At far right a woman in a white sari with a tall yellow headdress and beaded necklace sits beside the fire. Behind them, a crowd of devotees sits on mats and blue-striped cloth, some in white and orange clothing.2013-09-09September 09 20132013-09-09July 11 20142014-07-11October 08 20082008-10-08September 09 20132013-09-09A night-time homa at an outdoor fire pit with yellow-and-white tiered sides. Ash and burning embers fill the square pit, with a small flame at the right edge. A man in white dhoti and white turban, with white marks on his body and a rudraksha mala, sits behind the pit, holding a ladle and a small brass vessel. To the left, several young people in saffron-orange robes sit with palms pressed together in prayer, some with white tilak marks on their foreheads. A bundle of dried sticks and a metal bowl of offerings sit on the cloth. Behind the pit, a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a purple cloth. The scene shows four visible seated people in the foreground and a fifth partially visible at the far left edge.2013-11-07A homa fire ritual is performed outdoors on a stone-rimmed square fire pit with flames and smoke rising from burning offerings. Seated around it, two women in orange saffron robes sit at the front, one holding a tray of grains. Behind them, a group of young boys and a few older attendants sit on colourful striped mats; several boys wear orange or red cloths with white tilaka and rudraksha malas, and one central figure in a white dhoti and white shawl with a tall topknot-style head covering holds a bowl. A fruit offering and a tray of yellow flowers sit nearby, and a red-and-orange cloth covers a table at the right. The scene is a ritual homa with kalasha-style offerings and a microphone on a stand at the left.Night-time homa at an open-air ashram site. A rectangular white and yellow stepped fire pit with a lit fire of logs and smoke rises from it. Five young people sit around it with palms pressed in anjali, faces lowered in prayer. Most wear saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, and their shaved heads and white and ochre forehead and body markings are visible. One young person on the right wears white dhoti-style clothing, a white headwrap and a rudraksha mala. A brass bowl sits on the fire pit edge beside a sprig of leaves, and a few seated onlookers and a cameraman with a tripod stand in the background, with a yellow flower and marigold petals near the fire pit.2013-10-15September AFP 2013February 07 20162016-02-07