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February 09 20122012-02-09A homa fire ritual in progress. Two priests sit cross-legged in white dhotis with golden borders and bare upper bodies, one wearing a beaded necklace, both with gold bangles. The right priest holds a brass plate and a ladle-like spoon over a flaming fire pit built from brick-like blocks decorated with white and red patterns. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks stand at the left edge, along with small brass bowls and a metal vessel. The foreground is warmly lit with glowing flames.2012-02-09February 09 20122012-02-09February 09 20122012-02-09February 09 20122012-02-09Photo 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.2012-02-09November 29 20112011-11-29Night fire ritual at an outdoor homa or yagna pit, lit by the flames. A man in white dhoti and a cream turban holds a burning camphor flame aloft with a lamp-like vessel, and wears a long rudraksha-style mala with a gold necklace. Beside him a bald assistant in white holds a silver bowl, and another man in white sits behind a copper-coloured peetha or throne-like backrest with hands folded. Marigold petals are scattered on stone steps around the fire pit, and a seated figure in the foreground shows only the back of his head and shoulders. Other men in white stand with palms joined in namaskar, and seated children and adults watch from the left. Festoons of leaves and a decorated pillar hang overhead.2010-10-16Three priests sit on an orange cloth before a brick fire pit where a flame rises during a homa. The central priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a gold ceremonial necklace, pours offering from a ladle while a bell and microphone stand nearby. A priest on the left in white dhoti, rudraksha mala and spectacles tends the offerings, and a priest on the right wears an orange shawl, gold necklace and white forehead markings. Brass plates hold turmeric powder, marigold and rose offerings, dried twigs, banana leaves and a pot of grains. A fourth figure in white stands in the background.2011-12-28December 14 20112011-12-14 +1 copiesNovember 29 20112011-11-29A night-time homa ceremony in an open courtyard. A square brick fire pit with a lit flame sits in the centre, surrounded by flower petals. Around it sit several bare-chested priests in white dhotis and gold-bead garlands, one holding a ladle and offerings. On the right, a bald priest in white with a gold necklace tends brass oil lamps and a plate of offerings near a red-draped seat. Bowls of grains, fruit and dried items lie in front. Two standing figures and seated men are visible in the background. The scene shows a fire ritual with lamps, offerings and a tended fire pit.2010-10-16 +2 copies