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A wooden homa fire pit in the foreground holds a smoking flame with ghee, grain, green stalks and fruit offerings, and brass bowls and a brass plate with flowers sit at its edge. Behind it a red-cloth-covered floor is lined with a large seated crowd of devotees in mostly white and pastel clothing, some with hands together, under strings of coloured lights. On the right a person in red garments extends an arm over the fire, wearing a red thread on the wrist. The scene reads as a yagna ceremony during an evening gathering.

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A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in progress at an evening event. In the foreground, a wooden fire pit with white rice and marigold-like flowers and red offerings sits beside brass bowls and a brass kalasha; a small flame and smoke rise from burning logs. Behind it, a long row of seated devotees, many in white and pastel clothing, sit along a red carpet, with colourful lights overhead. A bare-chested priest sits at the right edge wearing a rudraksha-style mala, and a hand holds leaves or herbs at the lower right. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A homa fire ritual in progress. A hand holding a long brass ladle pours ghee over a wooden fire pit with flames and smoke rising. Brass vessels, a brass tray with bananas and flowers, and red-and-white offerings sit on a wooden platform. A red thread is tied on the wrist of the ladle hand. Blurred seated devotees in green, pink and white clothing fill the background along a red carpet.2016-12-07A homa fire ritual at night. A smoking wooden fire pit with glowing embers sits on a wooden altar draped with white rice and marigold-like offerings. A priest's hand, wearing a red thread on the wrist, pours ghee from a long brass ladle into the flames, while a second brass vessel and a silver tray with fruit and grains sit nearby. Blurred devotees sit on a red carpet in the background, some in green and pink clothing. No identifiable face of a presiding figure is visible.2016-12-07April 03 20162016-04-03October 10 20162016-10-10December 05 20162016-12-05December 02 20162016-12-02A large tented hall at night during a fire ritual. A man with long hair, a red-and-white headwrap and a pink-and-white shawl sits on a red-upholstered gold throne at the left, facing the fire. In front of him, a priest in a white dhoti and orange shawl raises one arm beside a tiered wooden fire platform with a burning homa fire and smoke. Another priest in saffron and yellow sits at the right of the platform with offering trays. Hundreds of seated devotees, many bare-chested in white dhotis, fill the red carpeted floor. Overhead hang colourful paper lanterns and tassels, and small oil lamps are set in gold-trimmed alcoves.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A homa or yagna ritual at a golden wooden fire altar. Smoke rises from the fire pit on the left, and wooden sticks are laid across the altar. A brass ladle with a twisted handle pours liquid into brass bowls on the altar. A brass pot and a brass plate with offerings sit nearby, and a pile of herbs and green leaves lies in the foreground. A hand with a red thread wrist string holds the ladle, and another hand with a red thread rests on the plate. Blurred red-carpeted aisle and figures in green clothing appear in the background. No identifiable person is shown.2016-12-07