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A homa fire is being performed outdoors on bare reddish ground inside a square enclosure of white-painted bricks. Burning logs and embers sit in the pit, and small red kumkum marks dot the bricks. A man in white clothes and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace reads from a printed ritual text sheet while another person in white holds a long wooden ladle over the fire. Nearby on a blue-and-white striped cloth are a brass bowl of liquid, dried leaves, a small dish of offerings and a copper vessel with a spoon. No a person candidate is visible; the people are shown with ritual roles only.

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A seated priest, viewed from behind, performs a homa at a brick fire pit on sandy ground. He wears a white dhoti and an orange shawl over his shoulders, and his dark curly hair is visible. He holds a long wooden stick with a lit flame at its tip over the pit, where fire burns among dark embers. Brass bowls rest on the bricks, one holding a dark liquid and another holding white offerings. A teal striped cloth and small offering dishes lie at the right edge, and a metal vessel sits at the left.A homa fire ritual at dusk. A white-brick fire pit is lit with bright orange flames and rising smoke, decorated with yellow and red flower petals and marigolds. A man in white clothing with a yellow shawl sits at right, pouring an offering from a long wooden ladle into the fire, with a brass bowl and a small steel vessel nearby. An orange cloth and a blue-and-purple striped mat lie on the ground behind the pit.2010-07-24A photograph of a homa being performed outdoors on bare earth. A square fire pit is built from white bricks, with a small flame burning inside. A woman in a white garment with gold-striped border sits cross-legged at the right, holding a wooden ladle over a brass bowl and reaching toward a small offering dish. Gold bangles are on her wrist. Small brass bells, a copper cup, a spoon and loose papers lie on a blue cloth beside the fire pit. Two other people in white sit in the blurred background.2006-08-28A homa fire burns in a square pit lined with white-painted bricks, with yellow and red flowers scattered on the brick edges. A person in white clothing with a gold-coloured bangle sits at right, holding a long wooden ladle and pouring an offering into the flames, while a brass bowl sits nearby on the ground. An orange and purple cloth lies beside the pit on bare ground. No person's face is visible and no appearance-based candidate for a person is present in the frame.2010-07-24A photograph taken from above of a homa fire pit built from white-washed bricks on sandy ground. Wooden sticks are laid in the pit with a small brass bowl beside it and a brass ladle with a wooden handle resting on the rim. A brass bowl of white granules sits at the right edge. A seated person in white garments with an orange shawl over the shoulders, with dark curly hair, raises one hand with fingers in a mudra toward the fire pit. On the right, a teal cloth holds many small bowls of dry offering substances.A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual on bare reddish earth. A man with short dark hair and a beard, wearing a white dhoti and white shirt with a dark mala around his neck and a tilak on his forehead, sits on a woven mat and tosses an offering with his right hand toward a small brick fire pit burning with orange flames. Beside him is a brass bowl with a ladle, a small brass vessel, and a steel tray of offerings. Yellow flowers are scattered over the bricks. Other participants in white clothing sit at neighbouring fire pits in the background, with trays of offerings and marigolds. The scene is fenced by brick-lined pits and white chalk markings on the ground.2010-07-24A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ceremony on a brick-built fire pit with flames and smoke rising. Two men in white clothing sit and tend the fire; the foreground man wears a yellow shawl over white robes and holds a long stick, while another white-clad man reaches in from behind a second fire pit. Red and yellow flower petals are scattered around the bricks, with a brass vessel and a metal kalasha nearby on a red and blue cloth on dry ground. Two people are visible, and no identifiable a person candidate is clearly shown.2010-07-24A square brick-lined fire pit with white-washed bricks holds a burning wood fire with bright orange flames rising from split logs. A long dark wooden ladle rests across the left edge of the pit. In the foreground, a brass bowl of dark liquid sits on the bricks, and a small brass cup with a handle, a bowl of white offerings and a small brass bell lie nearby on a cloth. No people are visible; the scene shows a homa fire set up for ritual offerings.Outdoor homa at a brick-lined fire pit on bare reddish earth, with a small flame burning in the centre. Two young men in white kurtas and orange shawls sit on a blue cloth at dusk. The seated man in front, with curly dark hair, reaches toward the fire with a ladle while a brass and steel puja setup sits beside him: brass bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, a plate of marigold petals and a lamp. A third man in white and orange sits at the right edge, holding a sheet of paper. A white-draped table with red flowers stands at the left. No one wearing saffron-and-ornament presentation cues is visible, so no a person candidate is identified.Close photograph of a fire ritual at an altar built from yellow-orange bricks dusted with white markings and scattered with red and orange flowers. Two bare forearms of a person in white clothing extend over the flames, palms angled toward the fire, a thin gold bangle on one wrist. A brass bowl sits on the brick platform, with a small oil lamp, incense sticks and a silver dish of grains at the left edge, and fresh grass stalks laid across the bricks. The person's face and body are not visible. The fire is a homa-style sacred fire, with the hands held above it in a gesture of offering.2010-06-06A homa fire burns inside a square pit built of white bricks, with marigold petals and red flowers scattered around its edges. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl kneels on a wooden seat and pours liquid from a brown wooden ladle toward the flames. Behind him, another man in white stands near a second brick fire structure, with smoke rising. On the left stands a cream upholstered armchair on an orange cloth, and in the foreground are a brass vessel, a metal kalasha-style pot, brass bowls, orange-and-red offering plates with flowers, and a basket of coconut and leaves.2010-07-24Photo of a fire ritual (homa) at a stacked brick fire pit with flames rising from the top. Two priests in white dhoti and shawl sit on a floor. The seated priest on the right holds a ghee or offering vessel in his right hand and has a gold-beaded necklace, with his left hand resting on his chest. The priest on the left, with a microphone stand before him, reads from a small book. A silver bowl and a small brass lamp stand near the fire, and banana-leaf offerings lie at the lower left. Green leaves blur the right edge of the frame.2012-02-09