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A photograph of a homa fire ceremony outdoors, with smoke rising from a rectangular fire pit at the centre. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, sit on the ground around the pit, some holding offerings in brass plates. Marigold petals and red flowers are scattered on the white platform edge, and a brass oil lamp burns at right beside a kalasha. In the background, two more white-clad figures stand near a red-walled building and a stack of firewood. The scene reads as a fire ritual in an ashram courtyard.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a plain whitewashed room with a concrete floor. A central fire burns inside a square pit built of white and brown bricks, decorated with marigold flowers and scattered offerings. A man in orange ochre robes, a long beaded gold necklace and a tilak on his forehead sits behind the fire with both palms raised outward in gesture. Around him, seated devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, one in an orange-bordered sari, join in prayer, hands folded. Brass vessels, a bowl of ritual items and bundles of wood lie on the floor. The page presents this as a Pradosha or homa event at AadiKailaasa.

October 16 2010

2010-10-16 +2 copies

Outdoors at night, a square mud fire pit bordered in yellow holds a small fire of thin sticks with flower petals scattered around it. A seated figure in orange-saffron robes and an orange head wrap, with a rudraksha mala, pours from a small brass vessel into the fire, a copper pot and brass plate of offerings beside them. Around the pit sit about a dozen devotees in white clothes, some with beards, some with folded hands, watching the fire ritual under a dark tree. A man in white on the right holds a camera-like object. The setting suggests a homa or yagna being performed.

2003-03-01 +1 copies

Outdoor homa ceremony under a red and white tent on bare ground. Several men in white kurta-style clothes sit cross-legged on woven mats, many wearing yellow or saffron shawls. Small square fire pits made of white brick hold a small flame, with brass vessels and flower petals around them. Metal trays of fruit, flowers, and offerings lie on the ground, and an elaborately decorated stage with a kalasha display stands at right. Around a dozen seated onlookers in the background watch from behind the mats. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

June 12 2004

Outdoor homa ceremony with several devotees seated on the ground in white clothes, palms pressed together in prayer. Brick-lined fire pits, one with a bright flame, are surrounded by brass bowls, a ladle, dried wood pieces, yellow marigold flowers and a red cloth offering. A man at left wears a rudraksha mala and holds his hands in namaskar; a middle-aged man in white with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Other seated devotees in white and some women in light saris sit on mats behind the fire pits.

July 30 2006

Outdoor 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.

Outdoor fire ritual at night in a yellow-rimmed brick homa pit filled with bundled sticks and scattered flower petals. A man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban sits at the pit, pouring from a brass bowl and tending the fire with a ladle, rudraksha beads visible at his neck. Around him, about fifteen seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts or saris pray with folded hands, while one holds a steel bowl of petals. A brass bell and a copper pot rest nearby, and a bald elderly man in white in the foreground rings a bell. Standing devotees in white watch from the background, and the ground is bare sand.

2003-03-01 +1 copies

A homa is performed at a temple. A square fire pit with white and terracotta-coloured borders holds a flame at lower left. Several seated men perform the ritual on a floor covered with straw and green leaves. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style bead necklace presses his palms together at left. Another bare-chested man in white dhoti sits centre, hands clasped. A bearded man in orange-saffron robes sits behind the fire pit. A man in an orange robe with a red-bead necklace sits right, holding a flower and a sheet of paper. Offerings of bananas, leaves and a brass vessel with a ladle sit near the pit, and pink and white flowers fill the right foreground. A standing man in a checked shirt holds a brass tray.

Outdoor homa ceremony on bare earth under a red-draped pandal. Several rows of seated devotees in white clothes perform fire rituals at brick-built fire pits, with flames rising from the nearest pit. A man in the foreground wears a dark rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, holds a ladle and reads from a printed sheet. Brass vessels, marigold petals, a silver tray and a red offering packet sit on the bricks. Behind them a crowd of people in white and saris watches, and a green truck is parked at the right.