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A photograph of a homa or yagna ritual at an outdoor ashram setting. Several seated devotees in white traditional clothes wear white and red flower garlands. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with glasses and a gold watch sits with hands folded beside a woman in a white sari with an orange-gold border, also garlanded. Before them is a square brick fire pit with a small ash-filled fire, brass bowls, a brass plate with flowers, small oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel. More seated people in white appear at left and background with more fire pits burning.

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December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26A homa ritual in progress on a floor covered with mats, with a brick-built fire pit in the foreground holding a brass bowl, a ladle and burning wood. A man in white clothes and a white shirt, wearing red and white flower garlands, sits cross-legged holding a folded cloth, beside a woman in white with glasses and garlands holding a plate of yellow and orange flowers. A second man in a white shirt sits at the right edge. Behind them, a group of devotees in white and red garlands sit at smaller fire pits, with a child in a grey jacket at left and a woman in a red sari near the centre. Offerings of flowers, leaves and coconut are scattered around the pits.2006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26Devotees in white ritual clothes sit on the ground around a brick-lined fire pit where a flame burns, with smoke rising. Offerings are arranged on brass plates, including a plate of flowers and fruit, and a brass ladle rests on the brick edge. A middle-aged man in white with spectacles and a shawl sits beside a woman in a white sari with a gold border and jasmine garland, both seated near the fire. A man at left in sunglasses and a rudraksha-style mala wears white, and other people wear white with flower garlands, some in red. The setting appears to be an open-air homa or yagna.2006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26