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A homa fire ceremony in progress. A brick-lined square fire pit burns brightly in the centre, with red flowers and white petals placed on its top layer and a large ornate brass vessel set above it. Two saffron-robed priests sit behind the pit: the one on the left wears round glasses, a rudraksha-style gold-beaded necklace and a red-banded head covering, while the one on the right wears a red head cloth, a gold-beaded mala and a large gold pendant, and gestures with his raised hand. Four people in white clothing sit on the left, tending small offerings and flames at smaller brick fire pits. A woman in a cream sari stands in the background beside tables holding jars, bags and trays.

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A homa is being performed under a covered pavilion. In the foreground a square brick fire pit with a flame is decorated with flowers and petals. Seated at the fire, a man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace leads the ritual, holding a ladle-like implement, with a bronze vessel nearby. Beside him, another man in orange and a white-robed priest assist. Rows of devotees in white clothes sit on mats behind the fire pit, while others in saris and kurtas watch. Coconuts wrapped in woven straw sit in the foreground, and a painted pillar with floral and elephant motifs stands at right. A camera on a tripod is visible near the seated congregation.2007-11-07December 30 20072007-12-30A homa fire pit lined with yellow brick, with flames rising from burning wood and offerings of seeds and red petals, is the centre of the scene. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at the fire and tends the flames with a ladle. Beside him, a man in a plain orange cloth and a purple shawl kneels and tends the fire, and a seated man in orange robes with a gold necklace and a gold garland watches. Behind them, priests in white dhotis and orange cloths attend a row of small white lamps and a brass lamp stand, and a shelf of carved deity and animal figures is visible on the right. A central figure in orange robes, with long grey hair, sits calmly with hands folded. The scene appears to be a ritual homa in progress at an outdoor setup with a colourful striped mat.2015-09-14A homa fire ritual in progress. A brick-lined fire pit holds flaming wood and ash at the bottom centre. A man in orange cloth sits cross-legged at the front right, pouring from a small vessel into the fire. Behind the fire, a seated man in a long orange robe with a bare upper body and a wide crimson-and-gold sash, adorned with a large gold pendant and a rudraksha-style necklace, sits with hands together. Beside him a man in a purple cloth and ochre dhoti is seated, and further back a man in white stands. On the right, brass lamps, a metal pot and rows of small white packets are arranged on shelves. Woven striped mats in red, green and blue cover the floor.2015-09-14A homa fire is lit inside a square brick fire pit covered with white bricks and scattered orange marigold petals. A bald man in orange robes and a large gold necklace with a pendant feeds sticks into the flame with his right hand. Beside him a young man in white clothes with an orange shawl tends the offerings, and a steel bowl and plate of dried sticks and leaves sit nearby. Several boys and young people in white clothes and orange shawls sit on the floor behind them, and an older man in white stands at the doorway. The scene is an indoor fire ritual in a plain white-walled hall. Whether the robed man is the a person is uncertain, since the visible cues are only a shaved head and orange robes with a gold necklace.2007-08-26September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesA homa ritual at a square fire pit lined with white brick and decorated with yellow flowers. A man in an orange shawl and a white garland sits at the front, feeding offerings into the pit with his hands, with a handheld microphone clipped near him. Around him, seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls, some wearing rudraksha malas, chant and watch on mats. Trays of flowers, fruit, bowls and dry wood sit on the floor, and a bright orange-yellow hanging cloth glows in the background. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be established from appearance alone, so he is described by role only.2007-12-25A photograph of a homa/yagna fire ritual in a hall. In the foreground a brick-lined fire pit with a burning fire and scattered marigold and rose petals sits beside a white-bricked raised platform. Two men in saffron/orange robes sit cross-legged at right; the nearer one holds a small steel vessel and a pinch of offerings, and a microphone stands before them. Behind the fire, rows of women in white, yellow and blue saris sit on low white brick platforms with small brass lamps and bowls. A bearded man in white stands at far right, and a brass kalasha-style lamp rests near the altar. The scene is dim and lit by oil lamps and fire.2007-12-30A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit set on an orange cloth in an indoor hall. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace and a red-orange sash, sits behind the fire with one arm extended over it and a microphone nearby. A younger priest in orange cloth sits at the upper right. Seated before the fire are a woman in an orange and green sari and several people in white clothes, including a man with a rudraksha-style mala, with hands folded. Steel pots with lids, plates of puffed bread, bowls of fruit and flower garlands surround the scene.2011-11-06August 01 20142014-08-01December 25 20072007-12-25August 26 20072007-08-26 +2 copies