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A square brick fire pit for a homa sits on a paved patio with grass at its edges. Its walls are built from cream and terracotta-red bricks, and logs of wood are stacked inside the opening. A thin green stalk lies across the front edge. In the top corners, a plastic bottle of clear liquid, a small red bottle and a yellow-cased box stand on the paving, and the bottom of a brass vessel shows at upper left. Two partly visible people in yellow and bare feet sit at the top edge of the frame, and no person is in front of the pit.

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Overhead photograph of a square, yellow-ochre lined fire pit at a ritual site, filled with sand and a neatly stacked triangular pile of split wood logs and kindling. Small red flower petals or kumkum dots are scattered on the white-painted rim. At the top edge, a red cloth and a partial white-clad arm of a person kneeling at the pit are visible, but no face is shown. A small terracotta oil lamp sits at the lower-left rim. The arrangement suggests a homa or yagna fire prepared for ceremony.2007-09-03A photograph of a square earthen fire pit, a homa kunda, built from brown clay bricks decorated with white and yellow painted markings. The pit is filled with dark soil, and at its centre sits a small bundle of sticks and wood pieces arranged for a fire. Scattered straw and dry grass lie across the soil. In the upper left corner, a yellow-and-brown tiled platform holds floral offerings and yellow flowers. A golden-coloured item is visible at the top edge. No people are visible in the frame, and no one is shown in person or on a screen.2021-10-06January 07 20082008-01-07A photograph of an empty homa vedi, a square fire pit built from stacked red and white painted bricks on bare sandy ground. Small yellow flowers are scattered on the bricks, and a few sticks lie across the top of the pit. Behind it stands a salmon-pink building with red-framed windows, and a faint circular logo appears at the upper left. No people are visible in the scene.2010-08-08October 14 20072007-10-14A photograph of a square brick fire pit burning at night on bare ground, with bright flames rising from stacked wood and small flower petals scattered on the bricks. Several lit oil lamps sit along the right edge of the pit, and dark earth surrounds the scene. No people are visible. Lettering is faintly carved into the brick edge on the left side, partly illegible.2008-01-07October 14 20072007-10-14December 20 20132013-12-20 +1 copiesPhoto 11730681 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 2/28/20222022-02-28January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesOverhead photo of a square fire pit built from whitewashed brick, its inner floor covered with grey ash. Several split pieces of dry wood are stacked in the centre of the pit, with a single green leaf lying across the wood at the right. Small red-orange kumkum marks dot the whitewashed bricks, and a brass vessel rim is visible at the upper right corner. No people are present.2007-09-24