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Outdoor fire ritual at a red-and-white striped temple-style platform beside banana leaves. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red-and-orange turban and a rudraksha-style mala pours an offering or pours from a long ladle into a fire burning in a yellow wooden fire pit decorated with marigold and flower petals. Beside him a second man in an orange cloth and beads tends the fire. Brass vessels, flower baskets and a silver tray sit nearby. This is a homa or yagna fire ritual during a bhumi puja.

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A homa fire burns in a wooden fire pit at an outdoor temple courtyard with red-and-white painted walls and banana plants behind. Two priests sit cross-legged: the foreground priest, bare-chested with a red head cloth and white dhoti, feeds offerings into the flames with a stick, while a second man in an orange shawl sits beside him. Marigold and rose petals and a brass vessel surround the fire pit, and brass ritual pots sit at the lower left.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23December 12 20162016-12-12November 23 20162016-11-23A homa fire burns in a gold-trimmed square fire pit at a temple ritual, with marigold garlands and pink flower petals around its rim and coconuts and fruit in the foreground. A shirtless man with a yellow-orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits behind the fire, gazing into the flames. To the right, a man in a red-and-orange turban and striped green shawl with a gold chain sits and tends offerings, while a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl leans over from behind. Several seated men in white dhotis wait in the background, and ornate golden shrines with deity murtis and red and purple drapery fill the setting.2017-09-26November 23 20162016-11-23July 19 20132013-07-19September 09 20162016-09-09October 03 20142014-10-03January 30 20162016-01-30October 03 20142014-10-03A photograph of a homa at an outdoor fire pit built from wooden planks. A young man in white ritual dress sits cross-legged at the left, wearing a red and white turban, thin-rimmed glasses, a dark rudraksha mala across the chest and brown armbands. Tall flames rise from the fire pit beside a copper bowl, a silver ritual vessel rests on the wood, and a brass lamp stands at the right. A yellow vehicle and green foliage appear in the background.2014-10-03