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A night-time homa at an outdoor fire pit with yellow-and-white tiered sides. Ash and burning embers fill the square pit, with a small flame at the right edge. A man in white dhoti and white turban, with white marks on his body and a rudraksha mala, sits behind the pit, holding a ladle and a small brass vessel. To the left, several young people in saffron-orange robes sit with palms pressed together in prayer, some with white tilak marks on their foreheads. A bundle of dried sticks and a metal bowl of offerings sit on the cloth. Behind the pit, a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a purple cloth. The scene shows four visible seated people in the foreground and a fifth partially visible at the far left edge.

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Night-time homa at an open-air ashram site. A rectangular white and yellow stepped fire pit with a lit fire of logs and smoke rises from it. Five young people sit around it with palms pressed in anjali, faces lowered in prayer. Most wear saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, and their shaved heads and white and ochre forehead and body markings are visible. One young person on the right wears white dhoti-style clothing, a white headwrap and a rudraksha mala. A brass bowl sits on the fire pit edge beside a sprig of leaves, and a few seated onlookers and a cameraman with a tripod stand in the background, with a yellow flower and marigold petals near the fire pit.2013-10-15November 20 20132013-11-20A night-time homa ritual at an outdoor ashram space. A yellow-painted square fire pit holds ash and embers in the foreground, with bundled sticks on a plate nearby. A priest in white dhoti and white head cloth, with a rudraksha mala, stands at right holding a ladle over the fire. Seated to the left and centre are several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and forehead markings, some holding sticks or offering items. A decorated altar at right has yellow and orange marigold garlands, a kalasha-like vessel and brass lamps. Other seated devotees in white and grey clothing sit in the background.2013-11-07November 20 20132013-11-20Night outdoor homa at a square yellow-painted fire pit with a flame rising from the ash. A young priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing rudraksha malas and a white head cloth, sits at right performing the ritual with a brass vessel and lamp stand beside him. Four people in saffron-orange robes with white tripundra markings sit at left with hands folded in prayer, and another in orange sits at right. Behind them, several seated onlookers in white and dark clothing watch. The flame and white ash dominate the frame.2013-11-07November 07 20132013-11-07November 04 20132013-11-04November 04 20132013-11-04November 20 20132013-11-20November 07 20132013-11-07A photograph of a homa fire ceremony at night in an open pavilion. A large flame rises from a square yellow-painted fire pit decorated with green mangoes and bundles of sacred twigs. Seated around it are several young men in saffron-orange cloth with white body markings, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold pendants. The central figure wears white dhoti and shawl with a green head wrap and a red tilak, holding a ritual vessel and spoon-like implement. Another seated youth at right holds a ritual item, while others press palms together in prayer. A man in white stands in the background near a shrine display.2013-09-13September 09 20132013-09-09