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May 26 20152015-05-26 +1 copiesA homa fire burns in a wooden fire pit at an outdoor temple courtyard with red-and-white painted walls and banana plants behind. Two priests sit cross-legged: the foreground priest, bare-chested with a red head cloth and white dhoti, feeds offerings into the flames with a stick, while a second man in an orange shawl sits beside him. Marigold and rose petals and a brass vessel surround the fire pit, and brass ritual pots sit at the lower left.2016-11-23Outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit built of white bricks and decorated with yellow and orange marigold petals. Two young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged at the fire. The man on the right, wearing a yellow shawl and a small lapel microphone, holds a ladle over the flames. The man beside him wears a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala. A brass bowl sits at the left edge of the pit. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and blue sits and watches, including women in white and a woman in a blue sari. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person; the visible participants appear to be ritual assistants or devotees.2010-07-24September 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copiesMay 26 20152015-05-26February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA homa fire ritual in progress. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold-and-green cloth wrap and a yellow turban-style headwrap, wearing a gold beaded necklace, holds a ritual stick over a brass bowl. Beside him a younger man with a green-bordered cloth and rudraksha-style beaded string offers into the flames. A large fire burns on a bed of yellow bricks sprinkled with white powder and pink flower petals. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes with red shawls and vibhuti tilak on their foreheads watch and participate.2016-07-02September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesOctober 19 20152015-10-19February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesMarch 05 20162016-03-05 +2 copies