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Close-up photograph of a yellow-ochre stone fire pit with flames rising from its centre. Red flower petals and white powder or grains are scattered along the rim, and a thin twine or cord runs across the front. Blurred background shows a metal rod or staff and a figure in orange-red cloth. No clearly identifiable face is visible.

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March 17 20192019-03-17Close photo of a homa fire burning on a low yellow-ochre altar platform scattered with red and orange flower petals. Bright flames and smoke rise from wood sticks in the centre, with a small brass or bronze bowl at left. Blurred, out-of-focus figures and fire appear in the foreground and background, and a partially visible arm in dark clothing reaches toward the fire at upper right. No identifiable face is visible.2018-01-05April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesClose view of a square yellow-gold fire altar (homa kunda) with a large flame rising from its red-orange-lined interior. Its rim is decorated with green and pink flower-petal lines, scattered red flowers and white rice-flour borders. Blurred figures in white dhotis and an orange-robed person stand behind it, with a white and pink flower arrangement and a polished metal bowl at right. No faces are clearly visible.2017-08-22 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02April 19 20182018-04-19 +1 copiesFebruary 20 20162016-02-20 +2 copiesClose photograph of a brick-lined fire pit with a tall orange flame rising from its opening, scattered rose petals on the bricks, and a blurred dark-clothed arm and hand reaching in from the upper left. No faces are visible. Metal ritual objects sit faintly in the background at right.2014-05-10August 22 20172017-08-22January 30 20162016-01-30A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames rising around a ladle being poured into the fire by a figure whose arm and sleeve are partly visible in the blurred background. A brass bowl with ornate engraved rim sits at left. Yellow marigold garlands, red flowers and a white cloth wrap a central offering at the front of the pit. No person's face or full figure is clearly shown, and no a person candidate is visible.2016-08-14May 15 20162016-05-15