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A night-time homa in a temple hall with a large open fire rising from a golden fire pit on a raised stone platform. Behind the flames a priest in red-orange cloth and a shawl sits on the platform, while another priest in white dhoti sits at right beside a golden deity murti garlanded with red and white flowers. Floor covered in red kumkum powder, with green leaves, flowers and kalasha-like pots with purple cloth at front left. Golden trident-shaped stands, oil lamps and brass vessels fill the hall, and framed portraits and pictures hang on the wall. A camera on a tripod is set up at left. A person in white sits at far left. Yellow and red marigold garlands decorate the offerings.

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March 15 20202020-03-15March 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesPhoto 11728703 +1 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesPhotograph of a homa fire ritual under a striped tent canopy decorated with colourful paper lanterns and fans. In the foreground, several brass kalasha pots wrapped in yellow marigold garlands, white cloth and green banana leaves sit on a red carpet, with bananas and white rice scattered beside them. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti sits at left facing the fire. A man in a pink turban and bare chest tends the flames of a fire pit on a wooden platform, while a young man in a white shawl stands at right. Behind them, a gilded ornamental shrine holds a deity murti decorated with white jasmine and orange flower garlands. Smoke rises from the fire.2016-12-02March 15 20202020-03-15 +3 copiesPhoto 11728684 +2 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15