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A close photograph of a homa fire ritual. A white cloth bundle with red and yellow markings rests on a stack of red bricks while flames rise behind it. Beside the bricks are silver ritual vessels, a small oil lamp, dry twigs and leaves, and a silver vase garlanded with white flowers. Bananas and coconut halves lie among the offerings. A partly visible person in orange-saffron cloth with bare arm and a gold bangle sits at the left edge, performing the fire offering.

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A square brick fire pit with white-washed brick edges burns with bright orange flames at its centre, with thin dry sticks and reed-like twigs laid around the rim. Marigold flowers and green leaves are placed on the bricks and a coconut sits in a netted vessel at the front left. A brass bowl and a long wooden ladle rest on the left edge, and at the top, the hem of an orange robe and a white cloth canopy are visible.2007-10-21November 10 20112011-11-10January 11 20142014-01-11Close-up of a blazing fire rising from a brick-lined homa pit with scattered flowers and leaves on the bricks. A polished metal bowl sits to the left. Behind the fire, a blurred person in a red-orange garment wears a beaded necklace with a pendant, seated at the ritual fire. The scene suggests a homa or yagna offering.2011-11-10A homa fire burns inside a square pit built from stacked white-washed bricks, with orange marigold petals scattered on the bricks and bundles of dried grass laid across the top. A small brass bowl holding yellow liquid and a wooden ladle sit at the upper left, beside a wooden spoon. At the lower left, a yellow-green fruit with glossy green leaves rests in a brass vessel wrapped with straw. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the top left edge, while a white cloth canopy fills the background. No people are fully shown, and no identifiable a person figure appears in the frame.2007-10-21Close view of a homa fire built on stacked yellow-orange and reddish bricks, with bright orange flames rising from offerings wrapped in white cloth. A hand in a gold bangle holds a polished silver ceremonial vessel with a long handle and decorated lid, pouring or offering into the fire. A plain silver bowl sits on the bricks at right, and a red cloth lies on the ground at left. No people's faces are visible; only the hand and forearm of the officiant are shown.2014-01-11May 12 20132013-05-12A brick fire pit, a homa or yagna fire, burns at the centre of the frame. Flames rise from wood among a white cloth bundle placed on the bricks, with a copper vessel of liquid and a bowl of yellow flowers beside it. A standing figure in a saffron-orange garment is partly visible at the top, holding a long metal implement. Mango-yellow marigolds, banana bunches, orange fruit, rolled sticks and striped cloths decorate the surrounding ritual setup on a purple-and-pink cloth. No people are fully visible beyond the orange-clad figure, who is partly cropped.2019-01-05November 10 20112011-11-10A photograph of a homa fire pit built from red and whitewashed bricks, with tall orange flames rising from burning wood and offerings. Marigold petals are scattered around the brick edges, and a small yellow-green gourd sits at the lower right beside green leaves. Behind the fire, a white draped cloth covers a table bearing a brass tray with red cloth, flowers and a silver-toned kalasha. A brass lamp stands at the left edge and a bronze vessel rests on the left. No people are visible.2007-10-21September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire pit built from stacked brick and whitewashed bricks, with a bright flame burning inside on a bed of wood and ash. Orange marigold petals and flowers are scattered on the brick rim, and dry grass stalks are placed around the edge. At the upper left, the orange-robed edge of a garment and a brass bowl are visible, and at the lower left a green-leaved mango-leaf vessel topped with a coconut sits beside the pit. No people are visible in the frame.2007-10-21