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A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red shawl sits cross-legged before a fire pit during a homa. She holds a steel plate and pours offering into the flames, which rise from brick-lined fire pit ringed with fruits, flowers and coconuts. Behind her a deity murti stands in a decorated shrine niche with garlands and a kalasha. A second woman in a patterned top is partly visible at the lower right. A microphone stand stands beside the homa area. Smoke fills the hall.

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October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A homa fire burns on a brick fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by flower-decorated offerings including coconuts, bananas, apples, mangoes and bowls of kumkum. A priest in white dhoti and an orange-red shawl sits on the left, tending the fire with a ladle, beside a microphone stand. Two young girls with dark hair sit at the right, watching. Behind, a wooden altar holds a garlanded deity murti and a kalasha on an orange-draped platform.2011-10-26A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall at night. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red shawl sits cross-legged before a blazing fire pit, holding a ritual vessel toward the flames, with a microphone stand beside her. Behind the fire, a tiered altar is decorated with yellow marigold garlands and piled with fruit, and a deity murti dressed in red and garlanded stands above it. Several seated people are visible at the edges of the frame, including a woman on the left and figures in the right foreground, all facing the fire. Lit oil lamps and offerings surround the homa area.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A homa fire ritual at a temple-style hall. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red shawl sits cross-legged before a blazing fire pit built of brick-like blocks topped with offerings of fruit, flowers and grains. She holds a plate near a microphone stand. Behind her, a tiered stage is decorated with yellow marigold garlands and displays of fruit and coconuts, with a deity murti dressed in green and a decorated altar above. Two seated devotees are visible at the right edge, and a partly visible person sits at the left. The ritual is performed by a priest-like participant; no one visible clearly matches a person candidate.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A homa fire ceremony in an indoor hall. A brick-built fire pit with a bright open flame sits centre frame, surrounded by flower garlands, lemons, apples, bananas and other fruit offerings arranged on the pit's edge. Two women sit cross-legged in white saris with orange-red shawls; the woman on the left has her palms pressed together in namaste, while the woman in the centre holds a ladle over a steel bowl and tends the offerings. Behind them, steps hold fruit, coconuts, marigold garlands and plates of offerings, and a decorated deity murti or altar stands on an orange-draped platform under a garland. Two young girls with braided hair sit at the lower right, watching the fire. A painted backdrop of trees hangs on the upper wall.2011-10-26A homa fire ceremony in an ashram hall. A woman in a white sari with an orange border sits cross-legged on a mat, feeding a brick fire altar built in tiers with a bright flame rising from it, while holding a ladle over a steel bowl. Her long hair is in a braid. Behind her, steps are arranged with fruit, coconuts, marigold garlands and flower-decorated offerings, and a deity murti stands under a canopy with an orange cloth. Two women in white and yellow blouses with long braids sit in the foreground, and a man in white sits at left with hands folded. Plates of grains and pulses surround the mat. No a person candidate is visible.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26