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A homa fire burns in a brick-built stone fire pit on a striped mat in an indoor hall with a brick wall. Five priests sit around it: shirtless men in white dhotis, one wearing a purple and white head cloth, another in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads at the right foreground. A brass vessel of grain and fruit offerings lies at the left. A woman in a white sari with a red border walks through a carved wooden doorway toward the fire, followed by a few people in white. Above the doorway, a sign lists prohibited items including photography, video camera and audio recording, marked strictly prohibited. Garlands, flowers and banana-leaf offerings are arranged around the pit.

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April 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a brick-walled hall with a wooden doorway. A square brick fire pit with a burning flame sits at center, surrounded by banana, flowers, green leaves, brass pots and a kalasha-style vessel. Five men in white dhotis sit cross-legged on striped mats; one wears a purple turban and another a saffron-orange shawl, while one stands bare-chested with a sacred thread. Two more men stand in the doorway. A bilingual sign on the left lists Photography, Video Camera, Mobile Camera and Audio Recording as strictly prohibited. Six to seven visible people.2017-04-03A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a brick-walled hall with a carved wooden doorway. A brick fire pit with a bright flame sits on a striped cloth, surrounded by brass vessels, banana leaves, fruit, flowers and marigold garlands. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, sit around the fire, one pouring from a brass pot and another in an orange shawl seated at the lower right. A woman in white stands near the fire, and more white-clad men stand in the doorway. A printed sign on the left lists photography and video restrictions.2017-04-03A homa fire burns in a square brick fire pit on a striped woven mat in an ashram hall, with flower garlands, fruit, bananas and vessels arranged around it. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and shoulder cloth, with a headband, kneels at the front and tends the fire. Another seated man in white cloth sits to the left beside brass lamps, and a man in white cloth bends over offerings near a doorway. Two women in white saris and one woman in an orange sari stand at the entrance beneath a wall sign listing prohibited photography, video and audio recording. Nothing in the image identifies a specific person as a person.2017-02-22A homa fire burns on a yellow-brick altar at the centre of a room with brick walls, sitting on a striped rug. Several priests sit around it in white dhotis, one wearing a blue-and-purple head cloth and another in an orange shawl, adding offerings to the flames. Fruit, flowers, a brass bowl and a kalasha are arranged on banana leaves nearby. In the background, children in white dhotis walk through a doorway. A sign on the left lists prohibited items such as cameras and mobile phones.2017-04-03A homa fire burns in a low brick-walled ritual hall, with a square fire pit of offerings in the centre surrounded by oranges, marigolds, red flowers and a plate of fruit. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink headwrap sits cross-legged in the foreground, tending the fire with a ladle. Behind him a priest in white with a sash sits on a striped rug. Near the doorway at the back, several women stand in white saris and one in an orange sari, with pale garlands, holding plates and looking toward the entrance. A woman in orange with tilak on the right sits among flower-decorated brass pots. A bilingual sign on the left lists photography, video and audio recording as strictly prohibited.2017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22A homa fire ritual in a brick-walled hall with a dark wooden doorway behind. A priest seated at left, bare-chested with a pink and orange headcloth and white dhoti, pours offerings with a ladle into a square fire pit of flames. Two women in white and a woman in orange stand near the doorway. Another white-clad man sits by the fire, and devotees sit on striped mats with brass vessels, marigold garlands and banana offerings. A sign on the wall lists prohibited items including cameras. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2017-02-22March 15 20172017-03-15A photograph inside a stone-walled hall showing a homa fire burning in a brick fire pit at the centre, surrounded by orange fruits, red flower offerings and garlands. Several priests in white dhotis sit on striped woven mats: the bare-chested priest in the foreground wears a red head cloth and beaded necklaces and holds a ladle, while others tend the fire and offerings. Near the open wooden doorway, a woman in a red sari and a woman in a white sari stand, and a man in white bends forward at the threshold while other devotees stand behind. A sign on the left wall lists prohibited items including photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording. Visible people number about ten.2017-02-22A homa fire pit sits at the centre of a room with brick walls and a dark wooden doorway, with orange-yellow flames rising from a square altar. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a pink headcloth sits at the front holding a long metal ladle, and a man in white sits to the right of the fire. Behind, a woman in an orange sari and several women in white saris stand in the doorway, one stepping forward with hands folded. Flowers, oranges, fruit, brass plates and yellow flower arrangements surround the fire on striped woven mats. A sign on the left lists photography, video and audio recording as prohibited. A person in orange sits at the far right near the wall.2017-02-22