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A homa or yagna ritual at a golden wooden fire altar. Smoke rises from the fire pit on the left, and wooden sticks are laid across the altar. A brass ladle with a twisted handle pours liquid into brass bowls on the altar. A brass pot and a brass plate with offerings sit nearby, and a pile of herbs and green leaves lies in the foreground. A hand with a red thread wrist string holds the ladle, and another hand with a red thread rests on the plate. Blurred red-carpeted aisle and figures in green clothing appear in the background. No identifiable person is shown.

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A homa fire ritual in progress. A hand holding a long brass ladle pours ghee over a wooden fire pit with flames and smoke rising. Brass vessels, a brass tray with bananas and flowers, and red-and-white offerings sit on a wooden platform. A red thread is tied on the wrist of the ladle hand. Blurred seated devotees in green, pink and white clothing fill the background along a red carpet.2016-12-07A homa fire ritual at night. A smoking wooden fire pit with glowing embers sits on a wooden altar draped with white rice and marigold-like offerings. A priest's hand, wearing a red thread on the wrist, pours ghee from a long brass ladle into the flames, while a second brass vessel and a silver tray with fruit and grains sit nearby. Blurred devotees sit on a red carpet in the background, some in green and pink clothing. No identifiable face of a presiding figure is visible.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07Close view of a homa fire pit at a Vishesha Deeksha session. A hand holding a long-handled ladle pours liquid ghee into flames rising from a yellow-edged square fire pit. A small brass bowl sits on the rim, pink flowers and a red and white cloth lie beside it, and seated participants in white and orange blur in the background. Smoke drifts across the frame.2017-03-16November 23 20162016-11-23A homa fire ritual in progress. A fire burns in a yellow-edged rectangular fire pit with a blue-painted border and scattered white powder. A hand at right pours a thin stream of ghee or liquid from a brass ladle into the flames. At left, a bare forearm with a silver bracelet is raised toward the fire. Behind the pit, several seated participants in white ritual clothes and a few in orange or saffron garments sit near pink flower garlands and a brass bowl. Smoke rises through the scene.2017-03-16A brass ladle with a twisted handle is dipped into a brass bowl set on a stone or brick platform beside a flaming fire pit, with smoke rising. Marigold and pink flower petals are scattered on a yellow-wrapped wooden surface. A person in white ritual clothes with orange-bordered cloth is partially visible, seated and pouring liquid into the bowl for a homa-type fire ritual. No face is visible.2016-11-23December 07 20162016-12-07November 23 20162016-11-23A close photograph of a fire ritual at a yellow-painted altar. Flames rise sharply on the right side of the frame. In the foreground, a bronze or brass vessel of liquid sits beside a second brass bowl, and a hand holds a long wooden ladle with a carved, ribbed handle, pouring or stirring into the bowl. A bangle and a ring are visible on the wrist and fingers. The background is blurred red and maroon. No faces are visible.2017-12-10 +2 copiesA close photograph of a homa fire pit built from yellow-painted brick with small red kumkum marks on the top edges. Flames rise from the centre of the pit. A hand holding a long brass ladle with a ringed finger pours or stirs liquid from a brass bowl. A second brass bowl filled with yellow liquid sits on the brick ledge beside the fire. Behind the pit, a striped purple and green cloth covers the floor, with a grinding stone, a woven basket and small brass vessels visible. Only a hand and arm are visible; no full person is shown.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10