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A priest in white dhoti and a blue shawl with a face mask performs a homa at a brick fire pit filled with burning embers and offerings. He holds a ladle and green-wrapped object over the fire. Behind him, a decorated altar with a green cloth holds a deity murti adorned with red and white garlands, a kalasha-style pot with conical tops, bananas and lemons. Framed black-and-white portraits hang on the yellow wall above. Scattered rose petals, brass lamps, plates of kumkum and vibhuti surround the fire pit. A seated person in green is partly visible at the lower left.

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November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A homa being performed in a temple room with a yellow wall. A priest with a bare chest, white dhoti with purple border, and a blue shawl stands at right, pouring from a ladle or stirring the fire in a brick-lined fire pit with burning flame. A woman in a green sari sits at left holding a microphone and a paper, reciting. Behind the fire pit is a decorated altar with a green cloth and a deity murti adorned with red flowers, brass oil lamps, kalasha pots and fruit. Framed black-and-white portraits hang on the wall above. Rose petals scatter the floor, with brass plates of offerings and kumkum nearby. Two people are visible.2021-11-14A homa fire burns in a brick-lined square pit on a grey floor, scattered with rose petals, lemons, brass vessels and a brass lamp stand. Behind it, a deity murti is dressed in red and gold and decorated with flowers on a green altar cloth. On the wall above are framed portraits in black and white, one labelled with a Sanskrit inscription. On the right, a standing priest in a white dhoti with a blue shawl raises his arms toward the altar. The scene shows a homa ceremony in progress.2021-11-14A priest performs a homa at a brick fire pit, pouring ghee or offering into flames with a long wooden ladle. He wears a blue silk shawl over a white dhoti with a patterned border, has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Red and pink rose petals and a small bowl of offering are arranged around the pit. Behind him stands an altar with garlanded deity murti, a green patterned cloth, a kalasha, and flower arrangements. One person is visible.2021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A priest in a white dhoti with a striped headband and rudraksha mala bends forward and waves a bundle of burning dried sticks over a ritual arrangement. Fruits, flowers, banana leaves, brass oil lamps and a kalasha-topped setup sit before a deity murti draped in a green cloth. Framed black-and-white portraits hang on the yellow wall behind. Smoke rises from a homa-style offering, indicating a fire ritual.2021-11-14A ritual puja in a yellow-walled room with a row of framed photographs on the back wall. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a blue and orange striped cloth stands at a green-draped altar, holding a large brass tray of offerings toward a decorated area. Another priest in a white dhoti stands behind him, and a woman in a yellow sari and yellow blouse arranges items on the altar. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, bowls of fruit, flowers, coconuts and a colourful rangoli-like design surround the altar, with smoke rising in the centre. A large portrait of a bearded saint in an orange turban and white garland is mounted on the left wall.2021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A photograph of a ritual homa in progress at a temple room with yellow walls and framed black-and-white portraits along the top wall. A man with swept-back grey hair, bare-chested, wearing a yellow dhoti with a striped and green-bordered shawl draped over his shoulder, stands at right raising a lit lamp in his right hand. Before him is a green-draped table with a decorated deity murti crowned with a red and gold headdress, flanked by conical kalasha pots with fruit and leaves. In front lies a bed of flower petals, bananas, oranges and coconut, with a fire pit burning at the bottom of the frame, a brass oil lamp at left, and offerings in steel trays scattered across the floor.2021-11-14