A photograph of a homa or yagna at a fire pit on a tiled platform. A young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a red-and-white beaded mala sits on a spotted deerskin, holding a brass plate of offerings with fruit and flowers. Beside him, a bare-chested man in white dhoti sits cross-legged before a copper vessel and a brass plate of offerings. Behind them a blue draped cloth covers a raised seat, with a brass drum and lamp nearby, and several seated onlookers in white are partly visible. Flames rise from the fire at the right edge.