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April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesApril 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesApril 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesApril 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesA brick-lined square homa fire pit with a yellow-painted wooden frame is burning brightly, with flames rising and offerings of green leaves and dried plant material inside. A priest wearing saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead bracelet holds a long-handled ladle near the fire on the left. Around the pit are brass and silver vessels, a bowl of yellow liquid, a brass cup, scattered rice grains, flower garlands, and a sprinkling of white powder on the frame. Fruits and small brass pots sit on purple and red cloth in the background. No other people are visible.2014-08-29January 02 20162016-01-02A homa fire ritual on a striped cloth outdoors. A fire burns inside a square pit of yellow-painted bricks decorated with white lines and scattered grains. Two priests in orange-red robes sit at the pit; one, with white ash markings on the arm, pours a ladle of oil or ghee into the flames from a silver bowl, while another in orange clothes and beaded necklaces holds a bowl nearby. A silver ritual vessel and a small leafy plant sit at the lower left, with dry sticks beside the pit. No clear face-based identification is made; the figures are described by role and dress only.2018-04-26 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20182018-01-21A square wooden homa fire pit with tall orange flames rising from its centre. A brass ladle sits on the rim of the fire and a small brass lamp with a flame stands on the left edge; white ash marks dot the wooden steps. Behind is a red-and-white painted wall and green foliage. A partially visible person in a white dhoti sits at the left edge with bangled wrist, performing the fire ritual.2014-10-03A homa fire burns in a yellow brick fire pit decorated with pink and white flowers. A bare-chested priest kneels at left, with white ceremonial markings on his arm and white-and-striped dhoti, pouring liquid offering from a brass ladle into the fire. Brass vessels and a brass pot sit in front, with a garlanded kalasha of yellow marigolds and red flowers behind. Smoke rises. Two other participants are partially visible at the top right.2018-01-06A square yellow-painted brick fire pit, decorated with white rangoli-style flower motifs centred with red dots, holds a blazing fire of wood logs and small white offering pieces. Tall orange flames rise above the pit. Behind it, a person in red-orange cloth stands partly visible at the top edge, and metal vessels, a kalasha-like pot and small brass containers sit on a stone ledge at left. This appears to be a homa or yagna fire ritual setting. No clearly identifiable people are fully visible.2018-01-01 +1 copiesMay 29 20182018-05-29 +1 copies