A square stone fire pit lined with pale stone blocks holds burning wood logs with flames rising from the fire. Offerings are placed inside and around it, including a whole yellow-orange fruit, a red flower on the rim, and scattered petals and grains. Ash covers the base. A sliver of orange cloth and a brass vessel are visible at the top edge. No people are visible in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A square stone fire pit lined with pale stone blocks holds burning wood logs with flames rising from the fire. Offerings are placed inside and around it, including a whole yellow-orange fruit, a red flower on the rim, and scattered petals and grains. Ash covers the base. A sliver of orange cloth and a brass vessel are visible at the top edge. No people are visible in the frame.

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October 14 2007

October 14 2007

A photograph of an outdoor homa fire pit lined with whitewashed brick. Flames rise from burning wood and ash inside the square pit. Pink and red flowers are scattered on the brick rim and among the embers, and a wrinkled pink-and-purple offering cloth lies in the fire. A brass bowl holding a pale liquid sits at the left edge, with a long wooden ladle resting across it. Dry grass stalks lie on the ground at the top left. No people are visible in the frame.

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A square fire pit of red brick, whitewashed on its rim, holds a burning fire of sticks and logs with bright orange flames rising. Orange marigold flowers and petals are scattered over the white rim, and a yellow fruit with green mango leaves sits in the foreground. At the top left, a person in orange robes sits beside brass vessels, a bowl and a wooden ladle. Thin bundled sticks are laid across the stones, and a white cloth canopy stands behind.

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A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit lined with white-washed brick edges. Flames rise from stacked dry wood sticks over a bed of sand, with smoke drifting upward. Orange marigold flowers are scattered on the white rim and among the wood, and dried grass blades are laid around the pit. A brass bowl holding a pale yellow liquid sits at left beside a wooden ladle, and a brass bell stands at upper left on a striped cloth. A white cloth backdrop hangs behind. No people are visible in the frame.