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A small tiled room with a brick fire pit (homa) at the center, where a flame burns with flower petals and offerings scattered around it. A shaved-headed man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind the fire, with a sacred ash mark. Around him, seated on the floor, are several young girls and a boy in white with a forehead mark, some with long braids, one in a blue top, one in a green sari, all facing the fire with hands folded or holding offerings. An elderly woman in a red sari sits in the background by a doorway. On the right, a wooden table holds a brass lamp, flowers and a kalasha-like vessel beneath a framed portrait of a seated guru and a large deity print on the wall, decorated with marigold garlands. Shelves on the wall hold framed pictures and a radio. The image is a photograph.

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2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA homa is performed indoors in a small room with a white wall and a wooden door. A framed photograph of a seated, garlanded man in orange robes is displayed on a white-draped altar behind the fire, which is built from stacked yellow-wrapped blocks decorated with pink flowers. Two women in white clothing kneel at the fire, one feeding it from a steel vessel while the other tends it. Seated devotees on the floor, including a man in a white shirt, a woman in a green-yellow saree with folded hands, and a young girl in teal, watch the ritual. Metal bowls hold rice, flowers and dried leaves, and brass oil lamps stand beside the altar.Indoor puja in a small room with pale green walls. In the foreground a woman in white sits behind a low brick fire pit with lit oil lamps and burning offerings, while a line of women and girls in saris and braided hair sit on the floor with leaf plates and dishes. Framed photographs hang on the upper left wall, and a wall calendar and clock are visible. A woman in a red sari sits in the doorway at the back. A young child sits in the lower foreground. The fire pit and offerings suggest a homa-style ritual, but no clear a person candidate is identifiable by appearance.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesIndoor photo of a seated group during a fire ritual in a plain tent-like hall. A small fire burns in a flat-topped brick pit in front of a white-draped altar. Above the altar hangs a framed painting of a seated, ornately robed deity figure, flanked by two brass oil lamps. In the foreground, a row of devotees sits on a green mat, including women in orange, magenta and pink saris and a girl in a yellow top with braids. On the left, a woman in a white sari with a gold border sits beside the fire pit, and a man in a striped shirt stands nearby. A man in white clothes at the right sits with palms pressed together in prayer. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ceremony in a plain whitewashed room. Two women in white saris with gold borders kneel on a white cloth beside a small brick fire pit, where a bright flame burns. One woman in a white sari tends the fire while others sit nearby. On the left, a table draped with white cloth holds a framed picture of a deity in a red-orange garment, flanked by two brass lamps and fruit. Seated devotees along the right wall include a woman in a brown sari, a woman in a blue sari, a child, and a man in a white shirt and white trousers. Metal plates, coconut shells, and pink flower petals lie on the floor in the foreground.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual in a simple room with blue walls. A shaved-headed priest in white clothing and an orange shawl, seated at left, extends his hand over a brick fire pit holding a burning flame. Nearby, a man in white kneels with hands pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with red blouse sits beside him, also with palms joined. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a brass vessel rest on the ground around the fire. A framed picture of a deity murti hangs on the wall above a white-draped altar with a brass kalasha and a lamp. Several people are visible at the right edge, including a man in a white shirt holding a camera.2007-09-17A photograph of a small bare-walled room with a homa fire burning on a low brick-built fire pit on the floor. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits cross-legged at the fire, tending it with a ladle and offerings. Around her, six people sit on white cloth: an older woman in a blue-patterned white sari, a young woman with a long braid, a girl in a pink top, a small child in a yellow top, and an older man in a white shirt viewed from behind. Behind them a white-draped table holds a framed picture of a deity-like figure in orange, garlanded with flowers, flanked by two brass oil lamps. Fruit is set before the picture. The fire is a homa and the setting is a ritual gathering.2009-10-10