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A priest in white dhoti and white head-turban, with a red tilak on the forehead and rudraksha mala beads, sits before a brick-built homa fire pit at night. He holds an offering of sticks or herbs toward the bright flames, with steel bowls of offerings and marigold garlands on the brick base. Behind him is a painted backdrop of palm trees and a blue sky, and a banner with large Tamil lettering and a fire graphic. A pink-draped structure with garlands stands at the right. The scene shows a homa ritual in progress.

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Night photograph of a homa fire ceremony on a square of stacked white bricks, with flames rising high and garlands of white and yellow flowers draped around the fire pit. A young man kneels at left, bare-chested, with a white dhoti, a white head cloth, rudraksha beads around his neck and an armband, offering material from a metal bowl into the fire. Metal vessels and bowls of flowers sit on the ground at lower left. Behind him a painted backdrop shows palm trees and a sea scene, and a banner with Tamil lettering is partly visible. On the right, a decorated pink-draped altar with flower garlands stands beside the fire. No other people are visible.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesNight homa at an outdoor temple in Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam style. A tall fire rises from a square fire pit built of stacked yellow-brick blocks decorated with flowers, rice and marigold garlands. A bearded priest on the right wears a white-and-green striped turban, a white dhoti and layered gold chains; he holds a small offering and sprinkles it over the flames. A bare-chested man beside him, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, sits behind a brass bowl. Other white-clad devotees sit in the background near a yellow-railed platform, and on the left a figure in orange and red sits beside a decorated kalasha-like arrangement of red and orange flowers.2017-05-02Night photograph of a homa fire pit lined with white brick and sand, with a tall flame rising from burning offerings in the centre. Two priests in white dhotis sit and tend the fire; the one at left wears an orange shawl and the one at centre wears a white head cloth and an orange cloth across his shoulder. Brass vessels, flower garlands and small offering plates sit beside the pit, and seated devotees in white are visible in the background under dim lights.2006-09-20January 30 20162016-01-30September 20 20062006-09-20September 20 20062006-09-20June 19 20162016-06-19December 31 20112011-12-31January 05 20182018-01-05October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies