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Outdoor homa ceremony at night beside a square brick fire pit with flames rising from it. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with coloured striped borders and gold necklaces stand and kneel around it. One priest in the centre, wearing a red-and-white head cloth, pours from a metal vessel. Behind them a silver-framed object and tiered arrangements of yellow and red flower garlands rest on a silver stand, with brass pots on a table at the back. The page-based identity cue does not show a qualifying candidate here, so the people are described by role only.

A homa fire ritual in a temple-like hall with a gold-framed throne and deity murti garlanded in marigolds in the background. A priest bare-chested in white dhoti with a golden shoulder cloth bends over a blue-draped fire pit, feeding flames from a brick hearth, while a kalasha with mango leaves and marigold garlands sits on a raised platform. Several devotees stand behind in saffron and gold dhotis and shawls, one holding a brass vessel, others with hands folded. Offerings of flowers and fruit lie on trays nearby.

September 19 2015

Night ritual inside a tent with a fire pit (homa/yagna) on a golden-yellow tiered platform decorated with flower petals and marigold garlands. Smoke rises from a small flame at the centre. Several priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, tend the fire and offerings; one stands at right with a silver bowl and a red-and-purple cloth. Behind them a golden shrine or palanquin, a silver deity figure, and brass vessels and a ceremonial implement sit on striped mats. Bright stage lights and hanging drapes frame the scene.

2017-09-26 +1 copies

A homa fire ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with red carpeting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and a purple waist cloth, with a white sacred thread over his shoulder and tilak markings, holds a ritual implement over a square fire pit where flames rise from a dark mound of burnt offerings, with scattered rice grains around the pit. Behind him a seated priest with a shaved head and folded hands watches, and tall brass oil lamps stand beside a golden deity shrine adorned with flower garlands. Fruit offerings including bananas and sliced coconut sit on platters nearby.

2020-03-16 +2 copies

July 04 2016

2016-07-04 +1 copies

July 16 2015

A night homa ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with a red carpet. A fire burns in a clay fire pit in the foreground, with a priest in white dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala seated beside it, stirring an offering with a long ladle from a metal bowl. Behind the fire stands a golden palanquin-style altar holding a deity murti garlanded with red and white flowers, flanked by tall brass oil lamps. Green banana leaves with offerings and flower-decorated trays are arranged on the floor. A man in white dhoti sits at the back right beside a drum, and another priest in white stands at the left edge. Nothing in the frame clearly identifies a person candidate.

2020-03-15 +1 copies

July 17 2015

A photograph of a sacred fire ritual inside a richly decorated Hindu temple hall with pink and silver shrine alcoves holding deity murtis. A large blazing homa fire rises from a stacked brick fire pit topped with a tiered ornate golden altar, decorated with red flowers. On the left, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a saffron-coloured shawl and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, beside a standing man in white dhoti with a saffron sash and a yellow-brown headwrap seated near him. On the right, a young man in white dhoti and purple-striped sash bends forward tending the fire. Seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch in the background, and green mats cover the floor.