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A homa fire pit burns on the floor at night as a woman in an orange sari with gold border stands bent forward, holding a silver plate of offerings toward the flames. Behind her a seated crowd in orange and white watches, some with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a man in white dhoti with gold border and a shaved head films with a camera, beside a deity murti draped in flower garlands. Fruit, yellow sweets and a green cloth-covered altar sit in the foreground, with a microphone stand near the fire.

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A homa fire ritual at night on a stone-floored platform. A woman in an orange sari with a gold border leans forward and pours an offering from a silver plate into a rectangular fire pit with a bright flame. Nearby, a microphone is set beside the fire pit, with a bowl of fruit and small brass lamps arranged on a banana-leaf setting. Behind her, a seated audience in orange and white clothing watches and some people sit with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl stands beside a deity murti draped in flower garlands and a green-covered altar. Two men are visible at the top, one with a video camera. Roughly ten to fifteen people are visible.2012-07-11July 11 20122012-07-11September 09 20132013-09-09July 11 20122012-07-11July 12 20122012-07-12June 09 20092009-06-09Outdoor homa ceremony under a red and orange canopy decorated with green and yellow trim and banana leaves. A figure in orange robes with an orange head covering and a beaded necklace stands at right, holding a ladle over a rising fire in a square fire pit. Several women in orange saris sit with palms pressed together at the pit, and a man in a yellow shawl kneels in the lower right corner. Marigold and flower garlands circle the pit, with brass vessels, a brass kalasha and oil lamps on a white cloth. Behind them, a framed photograph of a woman in orange robes wearing a garland stands on an easel, with palm trees beyond.2009-09-25Night photo of an outdoor fire ritual on a raised yellow platform with a square fire pit filled with ash and surrounded by white and yellow flower garlands. A man in a flowing orange-saffron robe, with a shaved head, a beaded necklace and a long wooden staff, stands at the back holding a silver fire vessel aloft with flames rising from it. Around him, white-clad men and women sit and stand, some with hands joined, and a line of seated devotees fills the background under dim lamps. Coloured canopy umbrellas and smoke frame the scene. Other people wear white dhotis, saris and shawls, with orange stoles on some.2007-02-11June 09 20092009-06-09July 12 20122012-07-12Evening homa at an indoor ashram hall. A standing man in orange dhoti and orange shawl stands at left, holding a ceremonial item over a fire pit where a flame burns on a rectangular metal fire pit, with white smoke rising. In front of the fire, offerings of lemons, marigold-like flowers and kumkum-marked bowls sit on a banana leaf. Around 30 seated devotees in orange and saffron clothes, some with palms joined in anjali, sit on mats and a carpet. On the right, a large deity murti draped in orange and green cloth and white flower garlands stands beside the audience. Brass plates, oil lamps and a microphone sit in the foreground.2012-07-11Night-time homa at an outdoor fire pit lined with red brick and strewn with yellow flower petals. A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a shaved head, tripundra markings and a beaded necklace, stands bent forward holding a brass bowl at the edge of the flames. Beside him a seated priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a shaved head and sandalwood markings, sits on a mat with a brass vessel and banana leaves. A tall brass oil lamp stands by the fire. Behind them about twenty seated devotees sit on white chairs and mats in orange, maroon, yellow and white garments, some with hands in anjali, and a tripod-mounted camera stands at left.2010-12-16