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September 05 20152015-09-05September 05 20152015-09-05A homa fire ceremony in a red-walled hall. A priest seated at left, bare-chested with white dhoti, rudraksha-style garland and a pink-and-red turban, pours offerings with a long ladle into a brick fire pit. Two seated men beside the pit wear white dhotis and garlands, and marigold garlands and flowers decorate the altar. A standing figure in orange robes and a woman in a white sari stand in the doorway with others in white behind them. A brass vessel and a kalasha with flowers sit before the fire.2016-08-05A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit on a striped mat outside a red-walled temple entrance. Several priests in white dhotis sit around it; one wears a green turban and another a yellow shawl, with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and sacred ash marks on their bodies. Two women in white saris stand at the doorway with hands folded in prayer. Plates of flowers, fruit, coconuts, kalasha-style offerings and brass vessels surround the fire, with brass lamps at the right edge.2016-03-05 +1 copiesApril 26 20172017-04-26February 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesJune 19 20162016-06-19A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple-like hall with dark red walls and carved wooden doorframes. A large flame rises from a brick-built fire pit at centre, surrounded by flower garlands, fruits, a brass vessel and a kalasha with a white cloth. A priest on the left wears a pink-and-gold turban, bare chest, rudraksha-style beaded garland and white dhoti, holding a ladle. Two young men sit on the right, one bare-chested with a white dhoti and garland, the other in a white dhoti with an orange garland. Standing in the doorway, a man in white kurta and dhoti with hands in añjali mudra faces the fire, while a man in orange dhoti stands beside him. Offerings and a brass plate with fruits and flowers lie in the foreground. Four people are visible plus a partly seen figure at the doorway, making several people in total.2016-08-05 +1 copiesA homa fire burns in a brick fire pit on a floor covered with striped mats, while three priests sit cross-legged around it. The priest at left wears a pink and purple turban, bare-chested with orange-beaded necklaces, and tends the fire with a basket of offerings. Two priests at right, one with white sacred ash marks on the forehead and rudraksha necklaces, sit bare-chested in white dhotis and tend the flames. Behind them, several people in white and orange garments stand in a doorway with carved wooden frames. Marigold garlands, brass vessels and a basket of offerings surround the fire.2016-08-05Interior of a red-walled hall during a fire ritual. Large flames rise from a homa fire pit in the foreground, and a second fire burns on a metal tray near a priest in a green-and-white headcloth. Two priests sit cross-legged with bare upper bodies and white dhotis; one wears a rudraksha-style necklace. A woman in a bright red sari stands by a wooden doorway, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the left. Trays of flower petals, marigold garlands, brass vessels and kalasha pots lie on the floor, with white sacks stacked behind. No a person candidate is visible.2016-06-19February 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesJanuary 30 20162016-01-30