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A photograph of a homa ritual at a temple, with a fire blazing in a square fire pit in the lower right. A young man in an orange saffron cloth draped over his bare upper body pours liquid from a metal vessel toward the fire with both arms outstretched. Beside him sits a bare-chested priest in white dhoti, and a blue silk cloth covers a deity or altar behind them. A brass kalasha and an offering plate with bananas, leaves and a small copper vessel with a ladle sit on a white mat. Seated devotees in white and a seated man with folded hands are visible at the edges, and a brass lamp stands at the right.

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2001 - Glimpses From Various Programs2001-01-01November 07 20002000-11-07A homa being performed at a temple fire pit lined with orange and white tiles. A young man in an orange robe, wearing a red rudraksha mala and a white beaded necklace, sits cross-legged holding a ladle and a folded paper, facing the fire area. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis sit nearby, one wearing a long beaded necklace and the other with a sacred mark on his forehead. Behind them a man in a checked shirt and a man in white stand over a steel vessel, and another person in orange sits further back. A brass plate holds bananas, fruit, flowers and a small offering, and a bowl with liquid sits by the pit. Pink flowers and a garland frame the right foreground. Four people are visible.2001-01-01A photograph of a homa at a temple shrine. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a white dhoti, holds out a metal vessel toward a fire pit. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged nearby with hands joined in front of him. Behind them stands an ornate deity murti decorated with pink and red flower garlands, placed on a blue draped platform. Brass oil lamps stand beside the offerings, and a bowl of banana, fruit and coconut sits near the fire. A man in a white shirt and other devotees in saris watch from the background. The flames burn in the fire pit at lower right.2001-01-01A homa is performed at a temple. A square fire pit with white and terracotta-coloured borders holds a flame at lower left. Several seated men perform the ritual on a floor covered with straw and green leaves. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style bead necklace presses his palms together at left. Another bare-chested man in white dhoti sits centre, hands clasped. A bearded man in orange-saffron robes sits behind the fire pit. A man in an orange robe with a red-bead necklace sits right, holding a flower and a sheet of paper. Offerings of bananas, leaves and a brass vessel with a ladle sit near the pit, and pink and white flowers fill the right foreground. A standing man in a checked shirt holds a brass tray.2001-01-01A photograph of a temple homa in progress. A young man in orange saffron robes and a red rudraksha mala sits on the right, holding a brass plate with a burning flame aloft while chanting. Before him is a platter of offerings with bananas, betel leaves and fruit. In front, a sunken fire pit with a flame is surrounded by a metal ladle. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis sit with palms pressed together at left, and several men in white and checked shirts stand behind in a temple hall with a blue cloth and painted pillars.2001-01-012001 - Glimpses From Various Programs2001-01-01September 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copiesA photo of a Shiva Deeksha homa at a fire pit covered with marigolds and red flowers. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange turban and rudraksha mala pours an offering with a ladle over the flames. Beside him, a man in saffron-orange robes and a long gold-beaded mala sits with hands folded. Another priest with a bare chest and mala sits at the left edge. Brass vessels and a flower garland line the altar.2017-08-21A fire ritual in a temple hall. A standing priest in orange robes raises a flaming lamp high with both hands above a brick-lined fire pit. Beside him a kneeling assistant in orange holds a long-handled spoon, and a seated woman in a white sari with a gold border presses her palms together before a tray of fruit, bananas, sweets and flower garlands. Other orange-robed attendants and seated devotees stand and sit along the back wall, beneath a carved stone pillar and a hanging banana plant.2009-06-09A homa fire ritual in an indoor hall with a fire burning on a stack of yellow-painted bricks. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-red dhoti with a sacred thread and beaded neck garland sits at left, gripping grass bundles and feeding them toward the flames. Beside him, a younger priest in orange cloth with a white tilak on his forehead watches the fire. Behind them, several men in white kurtas, one wearing rudraksha beads, sit observing. Silver puja vessels, a metal tray and a brass oil lamp rest on the floor in the foreground, and a woman in white is partly visible at the right edge.2013-05-13A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in an open-air setting. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown saffron robe and a rudraksha mala sits on a striped cloth, using a long ladle to pour offerings into a brick-lined fire pit with tall flames. Silver bowls of grains and a small metal kalasha sit nearby. Two men in white clothing with red shawls sit at the left, partly visible, and a chair sits behind them. Sacred ash marks decorate the priest's forehead and arms.2013-03-31