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Night-time homa at an outdoor stone-walled doorway. A fire burns in a square brick fire pit decorated with red flowers, its flames and smoke rising. Three shirtless men in white dhotis sit on striped woven mats: one in the centre wears a red head cloth and tends the fire, another on the left sits cross-legged, and a seated woman in white sits behind. A standing man in white dhoti with a yellow border and a bare chest stands in the doorway with hands folded. Around the fire are plates of fruit, green leaves, banana, marigold and jasmine garlands, brass oil lamps and lit candles. A bright golden deity murti sits at the left edge. No one visible wears saffron robes or a crown.

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Night-time homa at an outdoor stone-walled courtyard. A brick fire pit blazes with flames and smoke at centre, surrounded by marigold and red flower garlands, fruit, bowls, brass oil lamps and candles. A shirtless man in a red-orange turban sits cross-legged behind the fire, with a second bare-chested man seated to his left and a woman in white seated behind. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl at right tends the offerings. Colourful striped mats cover the floor and a golden deity figure appears at left edge.2017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22Photograph of a fire ritual, homa or yagna, inside a stone-walled hall with rough brick and stone blocks. Several priests sit on the floor around brick-lined fire pits where flames rise, with bowls of offerings, leafy green stems, marigold-like flowers, a basket of sticks and brass vessels nearby. The priest in the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body with a tilak on his forehead. A bare-chested priest on the right wears a yellow head cloth and white dhoti. Attendants in white and orange garments tend the fires and handle offerings in the background.2016-10-16October 16 20162016-10-16A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit at the centre of a stone-walled hall, surrounded by marigold garlands and brass vessels. A bare-chested man with a white dhoti and orange shawl, with a tilak on his forehead, sits cross-legged before the fire. Around him, priests in white dhotis and orange clothing tend the ritual, one holding a brass pot and another feeding offerings into the flames. A second fire burns in the background, and a woven basket of sticks and offering materials sits at right. Copyright overlay text appears on the image.2016-10-16A homa fire ritual inside a brick-walled hall. A shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders sits at a square brick fire pit where large flames rise, with marigold garlands and offerings arranged around it. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a yellow head band sits on the right beside a second fire pit, and other white-clad men attend in the background. A man in an orange head wrap on the left holds a brass bowl near the fire. Copper pots, banana-leaf plates and bundles of sticks lie on the floor.2016-10-16A homa fire ritual at night in a courtyard. A central fire blazes in a brick fire pit, and a priest bare-chested in a white dhoti with a red turban pours offerings into it from a brass vessel. Around the pit are marigold garlands, bowls of fruit, apples, brass vessels and kalasha pots draped in cloth. Several men sit on mats in white dhotis and rudraksha malas, and one man in saffron clothing is at the right edge. A man in the foreground with his back to the camera wears a rudraksha mala. Floral decorations and fruit offerings cover the ground around the fire.2016-08-05October 16 20162016-10-16A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a dim brick-walled room. A fire burns in a rectangular brick fire pit surrounded by flower garlands, fruit and offering plates. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a red cloth over his shoulder kneels and feeds the flames from a bowl, while another priest in white dhoti stands behind with hands joined in prayer. A man with a red turban and rudraksha-style beads sits at left holding a ladle over the fire, and a bare-chested young man with a tilak sits at right. Brass vessels and leaves lie on the floor.2016-10-16Evening fire ritual in an open brick-walled courtyard. A large square homa fire pit with a bright flame sits at centre, surrounded by garlands of yellow and orange flowers, bowls of offerings, fruit and green leaves. A priest in white dhoti with a bare upper body and a red-orange headcloth sits at the left and tends the fire with a ladle. Another priest in a white dhoti and orange sash sits behind the fire pit, with a second fire and more ritual participants visible in the background. A woman with glasses and a flower garland sits at the right. Several other people in white dhotis are seated or standing in the background.2016-10-16June 19 20162016-06-19