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A photograph of a homa in progress inside a hall lit by strings of warm lights. A seated priest in an orange-saffron robe and a decorated cap or crown holds a flat metal dish over a large square fire pit built from white bricks, decorated with yellow flowers. Flames and sparks rise from the pit. Nearby stand brass and silver ritual vessels, a spoon, a small offering bowl and a tray. In the background a small deity murti sits on a red cloth beneath lights. The scene shows a fire ritual, not a festival procession.

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October 18 20072007-10-18A seated priest in saffron-orange robes and a patterned cap performs a homa at a stepped fire pit built from white bricks decorated with yellow flowers. He holds a flaming ritual plate in both hands above a metal bowl and ladle near the pit, with brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and offerings on the floor around him. Strings of yellow lights and a small shrine appear in the background of an evening hall.2007-10-18October 18 20072007-10-18October 18 20072007-10-18Night homa at a brick-lined fire pit, with a priest seated on the left in a rust-brown wrap and a dark patterned head covering, holding a brass plate of burning offerings aloft. Flames rise from the square brick pit on the right, decorated with yellow flower petals and a small offering bowl. Brass oil lamps and small pots sit on the floor, with string lights and a shelf of framed items behind. Partially visible white-clad figure at the left edge.2007-10-18October 12 20072007-10-12A photograph of a fire ritual, a homa, in a hall. At the centre, a priest in saffron-orange robes and a tall patterned cap sits behind a square fire pit of white bricks, feeding a flame with an offering from a metal ladle. Beside him, a young assistant in white clothes sits cross-legged near brass oil lamps, a bowl and pink lotus flowers. On the right, a woman in a white top and yellow sari with an orange shawl sits behind a brass lamp. Behind them, a shelf display holds rows of small painted clay figurines, and red clay animal figures stand near a green garland-decorated base. Strings of lights run along the back.2007-10-16A homa fire pit built of white brick-like blocks, with burning wood and orange flames at its centre, decorated with small yellow and red flowers. A man in orange robes and a tall patterned conical headdress stands at right, holding a silver vessel and an offering over the fire. Behind him, a row of young boys in white clothes sit cross-legged on mats, some holding ritual items. Brass pots line the floor at left, a brass lamp and small deity murti and fruit offerings sit on the right, and a laptop is visible at far left.2007-10-15A seated priest in an orange saffron robe and a tall, ornately embroidered crown with a white tilak on his forehead pours ghee from a metal ladle-like vessel onto a homa fire pit. The square fire pit is lined with white-painted bricks, decorated with yellow and orange flowers and a sprig of grass, and contains wood sticks on sand. Behind him a brass vessel, flower garlands and a bunch of incense sticks sit on the floor, and another man in white clothes with a red shawl sits in the background near a window.2007-10-12A photo of a homa fire ritual in a brick-lined fire pit at night. A priest in an orange robe and an ornate beaded, tall cylindrical headdress with a white tilak on his forehead holds a long silver ladle over the flames, pouring from a copper vessel. The fire pit is lined with white bricks, decorated with yellow and pink flowers and sprinkled with turmeric-red dots, with sand and kindling burning inside. Behind him, a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala sits at the left edge, and another seated man in white with a red shawl appears in the upper background. Brass bowls, flowers and a bundled ritual object sit to the side. The scene is lit warmly against a dark background.2007-10-12October 15 20072007-10-15A seated man in an orange-saffron robe and a tall ornate crown with a patterned silver-and-black design performs a homa at a white brick fire pit with a small flame. He holds a brass plate in one hand, and pink flowers and red petals are scattered on the bricks. Brass vessels, a ladle and a small brass pot sit near the pit. In the background, another man in an orange wrap sits by a decorated altar with a deity murti and framed picture, and shelves of small figurines line the wall.2007-10-13