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A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an indoor room with a yellow-painted brick fire pit, white patterned lines on its sides, and a flame burning inside the square top. Four or five bare-chested men in cream and beige turbans wear white flower and bead garlands; the man in the centre, wearing glasses, holds his hand over the fire and the man at left sits near the flame. Behind them a man with hands folded in prayer holds a small brass bowl. Offerings on the foreground include red apples, yellow mangoes, bananas, oranges and a covered silver tray. A green cloth covers the table and a yellow wall with framed pictures stands behind.

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KAILASA HOUSTON USA On February 15, 20262026-02-14A homa fire ritual in a room with yellow-ochre walls. A square yellow-painted brick fire pit with white decorative lines holds a tall flame and smoke. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis and cream or off-white turbans sit around it; the man on the right, wearing glasses and a turban, holds a long metal ladle over the fire with one hand and touches his chest with the other, and wears layered rudraksha-style malas. A man on the left, also in a light turban, sits behind the fire pit, and an older bald man in a light turban smiles at the right edge. A younger man stands behind the pit holding a small brass bowl. In front of the pit lie a silver tray with a domed lid, red apples, mangoes, oranges and bananas, and a small brass lamp on the right. Shelves stand in the background.2026-02-14 +1 copiesPhotograph of a homa fire ceremony in a hall. 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Around it sit several priests in white dhotis: one bare-chested man in a cream turban tends the fire, another in a cream turban with a beaded mala offers at the altar, a man with folded hands sits behind him, and an older man in a white turban and long beaded malas sits at right. Yellow-wrapped kalasha pots garlanded with white flowers stand in the foreground, with plates of fruit, oranges, bananas, coconuts, rice, and flower-petal offerings. A tripod-mounted camera stands behind the fire pit.2026-02-14 +1 copiesA homa fire ritual at a yellow-painted square fire pit filled with sand, with a small flame burning on wood at its centre. Two men sit at the pit. The one on the left is bare-chested, wears a cream turban with gold ornaments, rudraksha beads and a white cloth, and is pouring or offering with a ladle. The man on the right wears a cream turban and white garment and holds a wooden ladle. 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