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March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesMarch 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesAugust 05 20162016-08-05February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesFebruary 27 20162016-02-27 +2 copiesA homa fire burns inside a brick fire pit on a floor covered with striped cloth, surrounded by flower garlands in pink and yellow and small brass bowls and vessels. Four men sit around the fire. The central man wears a purple turban, bare-torso with white ash markings and a gold necklace, and a saffron-orange shawl, holding a steel bowl. Behind him, two men wear white dhotis and white marks, with garlands, and one wears glasses. A decorated offering table on the right holds pomegranates, flowers and a rangoli-style design. The scene is at an open-air red-walled courtyard. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance.2016-03-28Night photograph of a homa at an open-air ritual space. A fire burns in a rectangular fire pit at centre-left, with brick-like blocks around it. A woman in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a plantain-leaf offering. Beside her, a figure in orange with a mala and forehead markings sits near a brass plate. A young person in orange kneels and holds a small item near a decorated tray with fruit, flowers, a kalasha-like cone and red garlands. On the right, two boys stand bare-chested in white dhoti-style cloth, one bending toward the tray. Seated devotees in white clothing and white headwraps fill the background, and a potted plant sits at left.2017-02-15January 30 20162016-01-30July 08 20172017-07-08April 10 20162016-04-10November 26 20172017-11-26November 06 20112011-11-06