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A man in white kurta and dhoti with a yellow shawl sits on a carved wooden seat, pouring an offering from a wooden ladle into a brick fire pit. The brick homa altar is decorated with red roses, yellow marigolds and pink flowers, with darbha grass laid around the edges and flames rising from the centre. A brass bowl and a metal vessel sit nearby, and potted plants stand in the courtyard behind him.

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June 07 20102010-06-07A man in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl sits on a carved wooden seat, performing a fire ritual. He holds a brass plate and feeds the flames of a brick-lined fire pit (homa/yagna) decorated with red roses, yellow and pink flowers, and strewn grass. Smoke rises from the fire. A brass bowl, a metal vessel and a wooden box sit nearby, and potted plants stand in the courtyard behind.2010-06-07A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border kneels at a square homa fire pit, feeding offerings into flames with a long metal ladle. He wears a gold necklace and a white tilaka on his forehead. Silver pots and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the stone ledge, with green plants and a red-and-white striped wall behind him. Other people are partly visible at the left. This is a fire ritual scene. The priest's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2011-12-17Outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit built of white bricks and decorated with yellow and orange marigold petals. Two young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged at the fire. The man on the right, wearing a yellow shawl and a small lapel microphone, holds a ladle over the flames. The man beside him wears a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala. A brass bowl sits at the left edge of the pit. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and blue sits and watches, including women in white and a woman in a blue sari. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person; the visible participants appear to be ritual assistants or devotees.2010-07-24A priest in white ceremonial dhoti and shawl with a yellow border, wearing a gold-beaded necklace and a white vibhuti forehead mark, sits beside a smoking fire pit (homa kunda) and gestures over it with one hand while holding a small paper. In front of him are silver bowls of red and green offerings, a silver bowl of rice or grain, a silver lamp, a kalasha and a red flower garland. Behind the fire pit, a deity shrine area with a wooden carved backrest and potted plants is visible. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance; he is a priest performing a homa.2011-10-29December 28 20112011-12-28A young man with short hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a white shawl over his shoulder, kneels at a black stone fire pit beside a deity murti. He holds a ladle and pours or tends a flame and smoke rising from the pit. Silver bowls, brass kalasha pots, yellow and red flower garlands, a brass oil lamp and fruit offerings surround the pit. Potted plants and a red-and-white striped wall are behind him, and a blue-skinned deity with a yellow garment and flower garland stands at right. This appears to be a homa or puja at a temple shrine. One person is visible.2011-10-27A shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a gold-bead necklace and gold armlets, sits cross-legged beside a square homa fire pit and holds a metal ladle or spoon over the flames for an offering. Brass plates of flowers and offerings sit at his left, and a silver bowl rests on the pit's edge. Behind him a man in a white shirt and maroon lungi holds a notebook, and a drummer and other seated devotees appear in the background against an orange wall and green plants.2011-12-17A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold bead necklace and a green-and-gold silk cloth held on his lap sits cross-legged before a brick fire pit with burning wood during a homa. He reads from an open book beside a microphone stand, a brass bowl of yellow liquid and a silver ladle near the fire, and a potted palm and brass pot behind him. Marigold petals decorate the bricks. Sacred ash marks are on his forehead.2011-12-28A photograph of an outdoor homa at a ground-level brick fire pit built of white bricks and decorated with yellow and red flowers. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl pours or stirs from a brass bowl with a ladle, seated at the pit. Beside him another man in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Behind them a woman in white and a woman in blue-and-white sit on the sand, with a red wall and bamboo fence in the background. Silver bowls holding yellow marigold flowers and small offerings lie in front.2010-07-24A homa fire burns inside a square pit built of white bricks, with marigold petals and red flowers scattered around its edges. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl kneels on a wooden seat and pours liquid from a brown wooden ladle toward the flames. Behind him, another man in white stands near a second brick fire structure, with smoke rising. On the left stands a cream upholstered armchair on an orange cloth, and in the foreground are a brass vessel, a metal kalasha-style pot, brass bowls, orange-and-red offering plates with flowers, and a basket of coconut and leaves.2010-07-24October 27 20112011-10-27