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A homa fire ritual on a sandy ground with a dark mat. A fire burns in a small pit surrounded by yellow marigold and white flower petals, with bananas or fruit and incense sticks in a metal cup beside it. Two rectangular stone blocks with yellow-marked surfaces stand at the left. Bare feet of a person in white dhoti stand at the top left, and a person in a maroon and gold garment sits at the upper right near a brass lamp and a folded cloth with offerings.

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April 24 20132013-04-24April 24 20132013-04-24Close view of a ground-level ritual site on reddish earth, with a freshly dug mound in the centre. Two dark stone blocks sit in the soil, scattered with yellow marigold petals and white jasmine flowers. A small metal cup with a stick stands at the left edge. Behind, legs of people in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis and white dhotis are visible, with a brass tray of ash or powder on a white stone block at upper right. A purple and pink cloth lies on the ground. No faces are visible, and no person can be identified from appearance.2013-04-24A homa fire ritual in progress on a white tiled floor. A brick fire pit with a lit flame and smoke rises from it, surrounded by yellow and red flower offerings, steel bowls and a small brass vessel. Behind it a bare-chested priest with a long white beard, rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti, sits holding a ladle and offering. Another man in white sits behind him near a microphone, and a person in a purple-bordered white dhoti stands at left. Garlands of red and yellow flowers decorate the background.2013-07-18April 24 20132013-04-24June 23 20172017-06-23A homa fire burns inside a square fire pit built from yellow-ochre brick-like blocks decorated with white lines and red flower petals. Flames rise from wood and offerings, with a brass bowl of ghee, a brass ladle, a silver bowl of red flower petals and a bowl of wooden sticks nearby. A brass bell stands at the front edge. Partially visible people in white clothes sit around the pit, one with an orange cloth draped over the shoulder. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-02-27A photograph of a homa fire ritual on a green-and-white patterned mat outdoors. A priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded mala and a white forehead mark sits behind a square fire pit built of yellow-ochre bricks decorated with white, yellow and pink flowers. Smoke rises from the fire. He holds a ladle or spoon over the pit. To the left, a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a brass plate of offerings, and another seated person in grey trousers and striped shirt is partly visible. Bundles of wood sticks, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small silver pot and a brass lamp lie on the mat and on a metal tray at right.A homa fire burns on a stack of yellow-painted bricks in the foreground, with flames and smoke rising from a small offering pit. Beside it sits a small silver vessel and a silver lamp. Behind, a decorated deity murti or kalasha is adorned with red and orange flower garlands, green leaves and a white flower, placed on a white cloth with a gold border. Blurred figures in white clothing stand in the background, with orange cloth in the lower right. Scene suggests a fire ritual during a satsang setting.2013-05-13A homa fire pit built from red brick, decorated with white and orange powder and marigold petals, with smoke rising from burning wood. In the foreground a shaved-headed person in the blurred left corner watches the rite. Behind the pit a priest in a yellow dhoti and cloth stirs the fire with a long metal ladle into a silver bowl. A brass kalasha and oil lamp sit nearby on a metal tray with folded white cloths, on a red-tiled floor. Visible people are only partially shown, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-07-18April 24 20132013-04-24May 13 20132013-05-13