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Photograph of several people performing a homa at outdoor fire pits built from white-painted bricks on a dirt ground. A young woman in the foreground with long dark hair, a red hair clip and white clothes sits on a woven mat, feeding sticks into a small fire within a square brick pit. Beside her, a brass bowl with a ladle rests near the fire. Other seated participants in white garments and one in blue floral dress tend similar pits, with brass vessels, bundles of dried wood, banana-leaf plates of offerings and a purple cloth around them. Flames burn in several pits, indicating a fire ritual in progress.

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Outdoor homa ceremony under a corrugated metal tent roof with wooden posts. Many devotees, mostly women and young women in white clothes with orange-saffron shawls, sit in rows behind low brick fire pits. Each pit has an open flame, and they hold brass bowls and long ladles to offer oblations. A young woman in the foreground holds a brass bowl and ladle near a burning brick pit. Trees and more seated participants are visible in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-11-11Outdoors under a shaded canopy, a group of devotees sits cross-legged on woven mats around several small brick fire pits, performing a homa. Most wear white dhoti-style clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A flame burns in the nearest pit and smoke rises from another. Brass vessels, ladles and bowls of offerings, including flower garlands and orange-coloured items, sit beside each pit. A dark blue cloth-covered table stands in the background. No prominent person is identifiable as a person in this image.2008-11-11A photograph of an outdoor homa or yagna fire pit built from square white-painted bricks on bare sandy ground. Flames rise from the centre of the pit. A woman with a long braid, dressed in white with a gold-bordered cloth, sits at right holding a brass tray of offerings over the fire and a rudraksha mala in her other hand, while reading from a printed booklet on her lap. Small brass lamps, a brass bell and a small brass vessel sit beside the pit, with red flowers placed on the bricks. Behind her, rows of small clay lamps are laid out on a blue mat, and a red cloth covers part of the upper left ground. Another person in white sits at the top right edge.2006-08-28July 11 20062006-07-11A photograph of a homa ceremony held outdoors under a tent. Many devotees sit on mats in rows before small square fire pits built from brick, with small flames rising from each. Most wear white clothes with orange shawls or stoles. They hold ladles and spoons over the fires and have brass bowls and plates of offerings, including orange kumkum or vibhuti, beside them. Several participants are young women with hair tied back. Behind them more seated people and a green tree line are visible. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2008-11-11A photograph of an outdoor homa ceremony on bare ground. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged behind rows of white brick fire pits, feeding offerings into small flames with long ladles and spoons. Smoke rises from the pits. Metal plates hold leaves, herbs, and bundled wood, and a long cloth-covered table on the right displays bananas, fruit, and red-and-orange cloth offerings. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white, several women in colourful saris, and a few bright orange and red garments fill the background. Chalk kolam-style patterns mark the ground, with scattered flower petals near the fire pits.2010-07-24Outdoor homa performed by a row of women in white traditional clothing seated on blue and green mats on reddish earth. Each sits behind a small square fire pit built of white bricks with flames rising, and they tend the fires with ladles and spoons. The woman in the foreground, wearing a white sari with a gold-toned border and a long dark braid, holds her hands together in front of her. Dusk light falls across the scene, with more brick fire pits and small stacked brick structures in the background.Devotees in white clothing perform a homa at a row of brick fire pits, with flames rising from several of them under a striped red-and-white tent. In the foreground a woman with grey-streaked hair in a white sari with a gold border holds a green leaf over the fire, beside a small brass bowl and a brass vessel. Behind her a man in white shirt and dhoti and a younger woman in a white top sit cross-legged tending the fires, while many more people in white and colourful saris sit in the smoky background.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA row of women in white dhotis with orange shawls sit cross-legged on blue and green mats at outdoor fire pits built from white concrete blocks on bare red earth. Each performs a homa, feeding sticks and wood into small flames and holding brass bowls and ladles beside the fire. A woman in the foreground on the left, with light hair pulled back, tends a fire with a metal ladle, while a dark-haired woman beside her adds wood. Fires burn in a line receding into the dusk, with green grass at the back.A homa ceremony in progress outdoors. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on mats in rows behind small square brick fire pits lined with white bricks, with flames burning in the pits. Yellow marigold flowers decorate the bricks. Brass bowls, a brass ladle, incense sticks, a plate of wood sticks and a plate of green leaves sit beside the fires. In the foreground a bearded man with a tilak of white ash on his forehead and rudraksha beads on his neck presses his palms together in prayer. Behind them women in saris, some in red, sit watching. Red and white tarpaulin and bamboo scaffolding frame the background.2010-07-24Outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground in front of a red-walled building with a green corrugated roof. A square fire pit built of white bricks holds a burning fire, with a kalasha-like offering and small oil lamps arranged on a tray to the left. Around the fire, rows of participants sit on blue mats in white clothes, several with hands pressed together in prayer. A woman in a saffron-orange top sits near the right, and a woman in a white sari with a red-bordered cloth stands near the fire. A large carved wooden seat or peetha stands at right, and a black board with a white cloth is at lower left. Roughly thirty people are visible.2006-08-28Outdoor photo of a large homa ceremony on bare ground beneath palm trees and smoky haze. Dozens of rows of small square white brick fire pits, each with a small flame or smoking fire, are tended by many people seated cross-legged on mats and on the ground. Most participants wear white clothes with gold-bordered cream saris and white dhotis, and several women wear saris in blue, orange and pink. Brass bowls, plates and oil lamps sit beside the pits. In the upper left, a decorated canopy with pink and red drapes shelters floral-garlanded deity murti and an elaborate altar. Many people stand and walk in the background.2006-07-11