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Night photograph of a fire ritual at a brick-lined homa pit edged with green and yellow flower garlands. A small flame burns in the centre of the pit, with crossed wooden sticks laid over the bricks. A bearded man with long hair tied up leans over the pit, bare-chested with rudraksha malas hanging on his chest, holding a metal vessel near the fire, with a microphone stand beside him. Several seated people in dark and white clothing sit blurred in the background, and smoke drifts through the scene.

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December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11A night-time homa at a fire pit bordered with yellow and green flower garlands. A bearded man seated at right, bare-chested with a dark rudraksha mala and ornamental gold-toned necklace, holds marigold garlands and speaks into a microphone on a stand. Behind him, several people in white shirts with red lanyards sit in rows and watch. Flames rise from the central fire, a metal bowl sits beside it, and blue-tinted smoke drifts across the scene.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16Night-time homa at a brick fire pit bordered with yellow marigold garlands, a bright flame rising from the pit with smoke drifting upward. A bare-chested man in an orange-saffron cloth sits at right holding a small lit lamp or ritual vessel, with a red rudraksha mala and gold necklace, a beard and a tilak on his forehead, speaking into a microphone. Beside the fire, a man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace sits cross-legged and speaks into a microphone. Behind them, a seated audience of men in white clothes and orange-red lanyards pressed palms together, with a bluish haze from the smoke over the scene.2015-12-11Night photograph of a fire ritual in progress. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala raises a metal kalasha-style vessel with a lit flame in his right hand while seated behind a low brick-edged fire pit with a burning flame. Green and yellow flower garlands line the pit's edge, and a small steel bowl sits beside it. A handheld microphone on a stand is at right. Seated rows of attendees in white shirts and red lanyards watch in the dark background, some holding phones. Another seated figure in dark clothing sits at left. The scene suggests a homa or fire offering.2015-12-11