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A homa fire ceremony in an outdoor courtyard. A shirtless priest with a yellow waist cloth, a purple sash and a yellow head wrap sits before a fire pit built into a raised yellow and white platform decorated with red flower garlands and banana leaves. Behind the fire, two men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas and a woman in a purple sari sit at a table laid with coconuts, bananas, bowls and a kolam of rice flour and flower petals. A large crowd of men in white clothes sits on the ground watching, and a pale yellow tent canopy stands in the background.

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August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09A homa ceremony in an outdoor courtyard beside a fire pit lined with orange-painted brick and draped with red and white flower garlands. Flames rise from the pit. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti with a pink silk shawl and a yellow turban sits at the right, with a silver bowl and garlanded kalasha offerings before him. Rows of seated men in white shirts and white dhotis face the fire, several with rudraksha malas. A microphone stands at the pit's edge, and a gold-coloured vehicle with a white canopy stands behind the crowd. No clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance, so the priest is described by role.2015-08-09Outdoor homa at a brick fire pit on bare earth, with a fire burning inside a white-brick square decorated with yellow flowers. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit before the fire; the man in front holds a ladle and pours offerings. Behind them, a row of white-clad women and men sit on the ground, some holding brass items and a dhoop-like object. Brass plates of offerings, fruit and red-wrapped packets lie to the left, and on the right a tiered display of coconuts in woven baskets rests among potted green plants. Spectators in saris and white clothing fill the background. The people in the foreground are priests or devotees; no person is identified as a person.2010-07-24A homa fire is burning in a sunken fire pit on a red floor inside a decorated temple hall, with a flower-tiered offering platform and coconuts and fruits to the right. Several priests in white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand at the fire; the central priest in a maroon turban pours from a brass vessel with a flower garland, while others hold offerings. Umbrellas with ornate canopies and marigold garlands decorate the hall, and a few onlookers in orange and white sit at the edges. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so this is a ritual scene with priests and devotees.2018-04-14Outdoor ritual homa in a garden with a large crowd seated on mats. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and pink headband pours offerings into a wooden fire pit with flames, with baskets of rice and bowls of yellow flowers beside it. Another priest in white and an orange shawl sits nearby, holding a microphone. Behind them, rows of devotees in white and orange clothing sit on mats, many wearing rudraksha malas. A gold-cushioned seat with a trident stands at left, and a tall ceremonial pillar with rings stands in the background among palm trees. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no candidate is named.2016-09-09Outdoor fire ritual under a canopy with a visible homa fire pit ringed by yellow-marigold and red flower garlands and offerings. A bare-chested priest in yellow dhoti and pink-and-gold shawl, with a gold headpiece, pours from a bowl into the flames. Behind, a man in a red turban and red-and-gold garland stands with palms joined in namaskar, flanked by many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas with tilak. Coconut palms and a fabric canopy frame the scene.2015-08-09February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesOutdoor homa at an open-air pavilion under a corrugated roof, with palm trees and a red wall behind. A golden square fire pit burns with flames, surrounded by yellow flower petals. Priests in white dhotis sit cross-legged; one bare-chested priest with a pink headband pours offerings, and another in orange cloth and a white shawl sits beside him. Behind them a large audience in white and saffron-coloured clothes sits on mats. Brass vessels, baskets of rice and fruit, and a kalasha-like arrangement sit on the floor.2016-09-09Night photograph of a large outdoor homa (fire ritual) at an ashram. A priest seated at the front, with a pink-red turban and bare chest, holds a long ritual implement over a brick fire pit where flames rise, surrounded by offerings of bananas, fruits, flowers and marigold garlands. Many other men in white dhotis, some bare-chested and some in white shirts, stand and sit around the rows of fire pits and offering trays. A steel pail of wooden sticks sits in the foreground. The cluster of men stands at roughly the 21-100 range.2017-03-11April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copies