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A photograph of a ritual fire ceremony at an ashram doorway. In the foreground left, a man in orange robes with a gold-bead necklace and white forehead markings tends a fire, with a bright flame and wood visible at the lower left. Beside him, a second man in orange with a beaded necklace sits near a patterned mat holding small blue bowls. At the lower right, a seated figure in orange with a necklace holds a white plate of bowls. A girl in white clothing with a red headband kneels at a decorated floor mat with coloured powder designs, oranges and flower offerings. Behind her, shirtless boys in white dhotis with sacred threads and a woman in a white sari with a gold border stand in the carved wooden doorway.

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A photograph of a homa fire ritual indoors on a striped mat, with a wooden-log fire burning in a square pit at left. A young man in orange robes and a beaded necklace tends the fire with a ladle, while another orange-robed youth sits nearby. A standing boy in a white dhoti and bare chest, with white markings on his body, stands at the doorway beside an older man in white dhoti and orange shawl. Brass vessels, a plate of offerings and bowls with flowers and fruit sit on the floor, and a decorated tray stands by the door. The people wear orange and white ritual clothing with tilak and sacred ash markings.2017-02-15February 15 20172017-02-15A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an interior room with a brick wall and carved wooden doors. A fire burns in a wooden fire pit built from stacked logs with labeled pieces on the front. Seated around it on striped mats, several men in saffron-orange cloth wear rudraksha beads and sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads; one tends the fire with a ladle and another holds a metal bowl. A decorated tray with rangoli-style kumkum and flower designs, small cups and a kalasha-like offering sits nearby. In the background, children in white dhotis and white garments stand at the doorway, and a bare-chested adult with a white forehead mark is visible at the top. Two seated people in foreground have long dark hair.2017-02-15February 15 20172017-02-15A homa fire ritual in a stone-walled room with carved wooden doors. In the foreground a fire burns in a wooden fire pit beside brass vessels and a plate of green leaves. Several shaved-headed young men wearing orange cloth and beaded necklaces sit on striped mats around the fire, one tending it with a long ladle, and another reaching toward a tray of offerings decorated with coloured powder. Boys in white dhotis with white body markings stand in the doorway, and a long-haired seated participant in orange sits at right. Six or so people are visible in total.2017-02-15February 15 20172017-02-15February 15 20172017-02-15March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesMarch 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesNovember 26 20172017-11-26November 26 20172017-11-26November 26 20172017-11-26