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A homa ritual is performed on a courtyard floor covered with striped cloths. A fire burns in a pit built from stacked yellow bricks, with offerings and bowls of fruit and food arranged nearby. A bare-chested priest wearing a red headband and a sacred thread kneels by the fire, tending it with a ladle. Behind him, a second man in white dhoti sits cross-legged near a decorated kalasha with red flower garlands. In the foreground, two seated men face the fire: one wears an orange cloth and a red rudraksha-style cord, the other a blue checked shawl over white dhoti. A large gold and red throne draped with marigold garlands stands empty at the back, and a figure in white stands near the doorway. A small offering of kalasha pots decorated with red and white cloth lines the right side.

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July 04 20172017-07-04February 27 20162016-02-27March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA ritual homa or puja on a covered terrace with a stone wall. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits on a striped cloth facing a fire pit of stacked yellow bricks with a small flame and offerings. Another priest in a yellow-cream dhoti with a red beaded mala sits with his back to the camera, and a man in a blue-and-white checked shawl sits at right. Behind them, a standing attendant in white clothes stands near a gold-and-red throne (peetha) decorated with red and orange flowers and a red cushion. A bearded man in a white shawl stands at upper left, and coconuts, brass vessels, flowers and kalasha pots surround the altar. A deity murti decorated with flowers stands at left.2017-07-04A homa fire ritual in a courtyard before a red-walled temple doorway. Four priests sit on striped mats around a brick fire pit with burning flames. The priest on the right wears an orange shawl and white dhoti with sacred ash lines on his forehead. A young priest on the left wears a green turban, gold-bead necklaces and bare chest with white ash marks, and holds a ladle. Another priest sits beside him. Behind them, three women in cream and white saris stand at the carved wooden doorway holding flower garlands. The ground is covered with marigold and rose garlands, brass kalasha pots, fruit, bowls of kumkum and vibhuti, and a silver lamp. Four people are visible, none identifiable as a person from appearance.2016-02-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesJuly 04 20172017-07-04March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesJuly 04 20172017-07-04 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesJanuary 09 20182018-01-09