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A seated family group performs a homa at a fire pit built from white stone blocks inside a white-pillared temple hall with a golden deity murti platform on the right. A man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti sits at left beside a brass aarti lamp and a tray of flowers. A woman in a yellow sari sits beside him, and several children in casual clothes, one in a green shirt, sit or kneel around the fire. Pink flowers are scattered on the stone blocks, and a brass vessel and a silver cup rest near the flames. Framed painted pictures hang along the upper wall, and yellow-and-red cloth decorates a pillar. A person at right pours a ladle offering into the fire.

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A homa fire is burning inside a fire pit built of white stone blocks, decorated with pink flowers. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a yellow sari sit on the left and centre, while two girls in red and a boy in a checked shirt sit nearby. A young priest in orange robes sits in the right foreground, holding a ritual implement and near a brass plate of offerings. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat and framed photographs hang on the pillared hall wall.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a white stone temple hall with carved pillars wrapped in coloured cloth. A white stone fire pit is decorated with pink flowers, with a brass bowl, a small silver vessel and a brass pot in front. Four people sit on the floor behind it: a young man in orange, a man in a white shirt and orange dhoti with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a yellow sari with bangles, and a girl in red. A partly visible person sits at the edge, and a child in a red dress sits at the right. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.A homa performed on a white stone fire pit built in tiers, with pink and red flower petals scattered over the stones and small brass vessels and a copper cup set on the platform. A young priest in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange shawl sits at the right, holding a ladle and tending the fire, with thin smoke rising. Opposite him, a man in a white shirt sits behind a brass lamp and a flower-decorated tray, beside a woman in a mustard-yellow sari and a woman in a red sari. Several children sit in the background under a hall with white pillars and a hanging decorative strand.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadFebruary 11 20062006-02-11A homa is performed indoors in a small room with a white wall and a wooden door. A framed photograph of a seated, garlanded man in orange robes is displayed on a white-draped altar behind the fire, which is built from stacked yellow-wrapped blocks decorated with pink flowers. Two women in white clothing kneel at the fire, one feeding it from a steel vessel while the other tends it. Seated devotees on the floor, including a man in a white shirt, a woman in a green-yellow saree with folded hands, and a young girl in teal, watch the ritual. Metal bowls hold rice, flowers and dried leaves, and brass oil lamps stand beside the altar.A homa or yagna in a temple hall with white marble pillars and a glossy floor. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the centre, tending a small brick fire pit with burning flames. Offerings of bananas, coconuts, fruits and grains sit on brass plates arranged on the floor around it. Seated devotees in white, yellow and red saris and kurtas watch and take part, one woman in yellow with hands folded. Behind them stands an orange-robed deity murti flanking a decorated shrine with a garlanded deity image and a kalasha. On the right, a seated figure in orange robes on a throne-like seat with red and orange garlands, and framed wall art. Brass lamps and vessels fill the foreground.