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A photograph of a square brick-and-plaster homa fire pit with pink and white painted edges, sending up thick smoke. Burning sticks and embers sit inside the pit. Along the front steps, white painted zigzag patterns decorate a green-painted platform. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot and metal cups sit on a table in the background. No people are visible.

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A square brick fire pit lined with red and pink painted borders sits on a floor decorated with white zigzag lines. Smoke and flames rise from sticks and wood laid inside the pit. Brass vessels and metal pots are visible in the background. No people are visible in the frame.2017-09-07September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA close view of a brick-lined fire pit (homa kunda) with tall orange flames rising from it. Its rim is painted white and pink with chalk-style decorative lines, and it sits on a multicoloured cloth. A small brass spouted vessel with a red-wrapped handle stands at the left edge. In the blurred background are a white flower-covered offering tray and red-and-white striped pillars. No people are visible in the frame.2017-09-07 +2 copiesA square brick fire pit with burning wooden logs and sticks, flames rising in the center over grey ash. The brick rim is whitened with powder and decorated with orange and red kumkum or turmeric lines and scattered red and orange flower petals. No people are visible. The fire pit appears to be a homa or yagna altar. A small brass vessel is visible at the top left edge.2015-05-01April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a square fire pit with yellow-painted wooden or brick sides, with a tall flame rising from burning wood and smoke drifting upward. A small brass vessel with a handle sits at the upper right edge of the pit, and white powder lines are drawn on the rim. No people are visible in the frame.2014-11-25A square fire pit, a homa or yagna kunda, with a white-painted base decorated with orange and red circular motifs. Flames rise from wooden logs and a wooden stick lies across the burning fuel. Behind the pit, blurred figures in orange-red robes sit with brass vessels and offerings. At the lower left, a person's hand and dark hair are partly visible at the edge of the frame. No identifiable face is clearly visible among the seated figures, and no a person candidate can be confirmed from appearance.2013-04-29April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesClose view of a homa fire pit lined with yellow-painted brick, its edges decorated with white powder and scattered red flower petals. Bright orange flames rise from burning wood sticks at the centre, with smoke drifting upward. A blurred figure in white is visible at the top edge, but no clear person is in focus. The setting suggests a fire ritual, shown as a photograph of the yagna altar.2016-07-03April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesNovember 25 20142014-11-25