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A homa fire ritual at night. A priest with bare upper body, orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, rudraksha bracelet and a long beaded necklace pours grains from a metal vessel into a blazing fire pit. Next to him a second priest in an orange-red dhoti holds a brass plate. Bananas and garlands of yellow and white flowers with red roses lie near the flames. Sparks rise from the fire, and gold-framed panels stand in the background.

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March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02March 02 20212021-03-02A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a decorated shrine. A bare-chested priest with an orange turban, white sacred markings on his chest and arms, a rudraksha-style beaded cord and a zebra-striped waist cloth feeds bundles of grass or sticks into a flaming fire pit lined with stones. Behind him stand a golden lamp stand with oil lamps, a large brown clay pot, a wooden veena-like instrument, yellow and red marigold garlands and a deity murti draped in flowers. Gold and silver draped cloth covers the upper background. No other people are visible.2021-01-19A photograph of a fire ritual before a dark stone deity murti of a bull-mounted figure in red and gold drapery, set within an ornate gold-framed doorway. A fire blazes at lower right, surrounded by yellow and white flower garlands. Two men stand at left in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps; the nearer man, bearded and bare-chested, holds a red-wrapped offering tray aloft, while the second, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala, holds his hands together. Oil lamps and a green cloth appear at the base of the murti.2021-03-02A fire ritual at a temple shrine. A bare-backed priest with a tied orange headband and a striped yellow-and-black dhoti stands at a large flame, holding a brass tray of green offerings over the fire. Bananas and cut fruit are heaped on the stone fire pit. Behind him a veena, a stringed instrument, leans against the altar, and a richly decorated deity murti with flower garlands rises in the background. Tall gold oil lamps with flames flank the scene, and an orange-robed attendant stands at the left edge. Possible homa or yagna offering.2021-01-19January 19 20212021-01-19A photograph of a ritual fire with tall orange flames rising behind a draped figure. A priest with bare upper body and white markings on his arm and chest holds a silver ladle or vessel of offering toward the fire from the left. The seated figure wears a red cloth and is decorated with garlands of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds, and bananas lie in the foreground at right. The golden decorations of a shrine are visible in the background. No face of the seated figure is clearly shown, so no identity is asserted.2021-03-02A photograph of a fire ritual. Large flames rise on the right side of the frame beside a heap of marigold and rose garlands. On the left, a bare arm raised high holds a brass tray with offerings, wrapped in a rudraksha bracelet and marked with white ash stripes. The figure wears an orange-red cloth at the waist. Red drapes and a blurred deity murti stand in the background.2021-03-02