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July 20 2005

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A photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a open-sided hall with a thatched roof, hung with green mango-leaf garlands and colourful tassels. A small square brick fire pit with bright flames sits in the foreground, with brass pots and a bright orange-draped offering nearby. A man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands beside a white-draped seat, and a younger man in white kneels near him. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothing face the fire, many shown from behind, and a white-haired man in white sits at the front right. A black curtain forms the backdrop.2005-07-20July 20 20052005-07-20July 20 20052005-07-20February 15 20072007-02-15July 20 20052005-07-20July 20 20052005-07-20Indoor ritual hall with a bare concrete floor and white walls hung with a few framed photos and a banana-leaf canopy. A homa fire burns in a metal fire pit on an orange cloth at the right, where a man in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer beside a second seated man in white. Rows of brass oil lamps and small lit diyas are arranged on the floor, with brass plates of offerings in the foreground. Around twenty seated devotees in white and maroon clothes sit on mats at the left, and a large metal vessel with an orange cloth wrap stands in the centre foreground.2010-01-14A photograph of a homa ritual at a thatched-roofed hall. In the foreground, a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits at left, holding a long ladle over a brass vessel. Before them, a fire blazes in a yellow-tiled fire pit with flower petals on its edges. Behind, a row of seated devotees in white clothes with rudraksha malas watch the ritual, and a framed picture hangs on the wall above. Orange lattice windows line the background.2004-07-02February 21 20172017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21A night homa ritual under a decorated canopy with green, orange and blue festoons, banana leaves and mango-leaf strings. A standing figure in a saffron-orange robe with a hood and a long beaded mala holds a metal vessel with a burning flame in both hands. Seated around a low ceremonial platform are about ten people: women in orange and white with braided hair in the foreground, and men in white dhotis with yellow shawls, one with hands folded in añjali. Brass vessels and a tall brass oil lamp sit on the platform, and a garland of marigolds hangs at the left edge. Smoke rises through the lamplight.2009-09-26A homa fire ceremony in an open-air pavilion with a palm-lined garden behind. A fire burns in a raised white-and-gold rectangular fire pit as several young men and women in orange and red robes, some with rudraksha malas and white-painted foreheads, kneel and sit around it. A man in a white dhoti with a tall white turban kneels at the fire, holding an offering. A figure on the left wears a long orange-brown wrap and a rudraksha-style necklace and sits on a red upholstered throne with gold legs, facing the fire and gesturing. A kalasha pot with mango leaves and a coconut sits on a striped mat in the foreground. Seated devotees in white and green saris and orange robes watch in the background.2013-09-09