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A square brick fire pit (homa kunda) lined with red bricks and edged in yellow-painted concrete blazes at the centre of the frame, with flames rising from burning logs. In the foreground a large silver bowl holds yellow liquid with a ladle, and a small silver vessel with a lid sits on the left. On the right, a person in white clothing with a bangled wrist pours grain from a steel bowl, while a person in a red sari sits on the left. Rose petals and scattered flowers lie on the floor, and a pink silk cloth hangs in the background. The scene shows a homa ritual in progress; no clearly identifiable figure is visible in full.

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A square yellow-painted fire pit for a homa, with a brick-lined interior holding burning flames, a yellow cloth bundle, scattered white grains or rice, and brown nuts or seeds. A silver bowl with a ladle sits at the upper left beside a small brass lamp. At the top edge, the bare feet and white dhoti hems of standing ritual participants are visible, with a metal vessel nearby. No people's faces are shown.2014-10-11April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesAugust 29 20142014-08-29A photograph of a homa fire burning in a square brick fire pit with a wooden frame edged in pink and white powder patterns. Yellow marigold flowers and scattered white rice grains decorate the rim, and a brass bowl of liquid and a small brass vessel sit nearby. Parts of seated people in white clothes with yellow cloth are visible at the top edge, but no full face or figure is shown. Hands and fabric at the top are partially cropped, so the people are not counted as clearly visible.2016-12-05A square homa fire pit lined with greenish-brown stone and dusted with white and red flower petals blazes at its center, with a silver bowl of liquid held over the flames. Around the pit sit small silver bowls of colored offerings, a silver cup, incense sticks and a pink flower, while a dark-red-robed person sits at the lower left and another seated figure is partly visible at the top. Silver oil lamps and a silver platform stand in the background, and a smoking earthen vessel of burning cowdung sits to the left, consistent with the page's account of Aushada purification using cowdung smoke and heat. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2017-08-31A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit lined with yellow-painted border, with ash, papers and small wood pieces in the flames. A person in an orange-red garment and white arm markings on the left reaches in with a long-handled ladle to add offerings. Silver bowls with lids, a bowl of yellow food, fruit, a small oil lamp and a brass vessel surround the pit. Behind, a seated group in purple cloth and a flower vase appear. Only the partially visible hand and arm of one person are shown.2014-08-29A square yellow-painted fire pit lined with red brick holds a burning bundle of straw and kindling, with ash and charred offerings around it. A priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth sits at the left edge, his hand and bangled wrist visible beside brass and copper kalasha vessels, flower petals and oil lamps. This appears to be a homa or yagna fire ritual. The scene is an active ritual fire, not a portrait of a person.2014-10-27A photograph of a fire ritual: a square wooden homa pit with a bright open flame rising from a brass bowl set in its centre, surrounded by small silver bowls of colourful powders, turmeric pieces, flowers and green leaves arranged along its edge. Silver lamps stand behind it on a striped cloth. At left, a person in an orange-saffron robe tends the offerings, and a second robed figure sits in the background. Smoke rises from a fire at upper left and a silver vessel sits in the foreground.2017-08-31A square brick fire pit, its rim painted yellow-orange, holds a burning homa fire with flames rising around a yellow cloth bundle. Scattered white grains, coconut-like pieces and ash surround the fire. A silver bowl of white material sits at the top left, with a brass lamp and small metal vessels nearby. Partial figures in red-orange and gold-bordered white garments sit at the edges, and a silver elephant-shaped vessel appears at the left. This appears to be a Ganapathy homa ritual setting, with no clearly visible face identifiable as a candidate for a person.2014-10-11A photograph of a homa fire burning in a brick-edged fire pit on a layered stone base, with white ritual lines painted on the stonework. Behind it stand a garlanded kalasha with marigold and red flower garlands and an ornate gold-coloured altar or box. Metal vessels, a brass lamp, a plate of flowers and a bowl of offerings sit on the table beside the fire. At the right edge, a seated priest in an orange-saffron cloth is partly visible, with one hand reaching toward the vessels. Banana leaves lie in the foreground.2012-01-08A homa fire burns in a yellow-edged square fire pit on a wooden floor. A brass bowl filled with yellow liquid sits at the right with a ladle resting in it. Behind the pit, the lower edge of an orange-and-gold garment and a microphone on a stand are visible, along with brass ritual implements, a small oil lamp, and scattered yellow flowers. No people are fully visible in the frame.2012-10-16A photograph of a homa fire burning in a square yellow-painted fire pit decorated with white star and crescent moon motifs. Tall orange flames rise from the wood and embers. Behind the pit, partly visible, are the hands and arms of a seated person wearing a red and orange garment and bangles, with a brass vessel and oil lamp beside the fire and a basket of offering materials at right. No clearly visible faces; the pit and fire dominate the frame.2016-02-07