Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Night outdoor fire ritual on bare ground. A brick-lined square fire pit with a smoking fire is decorated with yellow and pink flower petals. Two kneeling figures in white clothes with orange shawls tend the fire; the one at right holds a ladle or tool over the smoke, and the one at left kneels beside a small brass bell. Behind them, a line of about ten women and a few men in white and cream clothing stand and hold small plates or books, one woman in a floral beige sari. An orange-robed figure stands at the far left edge. Smoke fills the right side. A lit doorway with bright colored lights is in the background. This looks like a homa or yagna with offerings.

More like this

Open the gallery
January 07 20082008-01-07A night photograph of a homa or fire ritual at an outdoor site. A square brick fire pit with a small flame and rising smoke sits in the foreground. Two women in white, one in a white shawl and one in a white sari with a gold border, hold small leaf plates of offerings toward the fire. Several other people in white garments stand and move in the background under a tent-like canopy, and a man in white stands at the pit's edge holding a long stick.2006-12-17Night fire ritual. Around it, about a dozen devotees in white kurtas and dhotis or white clothes wear red-and-white striped shawls and hold folded papers or offerings. Several stand with hands folded in prayer, while a woman in white kneels at the left edge and a man in white kneels at lower right placing items into the fire. Marigold flowers lie on the altar. The scene is lit by the flame and a bright floodlight above. No one in the scene is clearly identified as a person.2016-02-22 +1 copiesOutdoor fire ritual at dusk with a square homa pit lined with stones and smoking, edged with white chalk-drawn patterns. A man in white clothes with a blue lanyard bends over the pit, holding a small brass dish of offering. Behind him a woman in white with a white shawl stands with hands folded. On the right, a figure in white robes with maroon and cream borders stands at the pit's edge with a long rudraksha-style necklace, while a bald man in white with a mala looks on. Brass bowls, a plate of grain, and a tray of offerings sit on an orange cloth. A crowd of people in white and colourful clothes stands behind under palm trees and tin-roofed huts.2010-09-05Night-time homa at an outdoor brick fire pit, with a bright fire rising from the center. A line of women in white and cream sarees, some with red, green and orange borders, stand around the pit carrying brass plates and offerings of flowers and items toward the flames. A woman in the foreground wears a dark red blouse and a green-bordered saree, and another on the right wears a red bag over her shoulder and a pendant necklace. A white tent canopy and lit building stand behind them. Kolam designs decorate the brick edge of the pit.2006-12-17November 27 20052005-11-27May 18 20082008-05-18Night photograph of a homa fire pit lined with brick, with flames and smoke rising from burning wood and offerings. A line of women in white and cream saris stands at the pit; in the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border holds a metal bowl and pours offerings into the fire, while a young girl in white beside her does the same. Behind them more women in white file along the pit under a tented open-air space, and men in white clothes stand near the tent edge. Scattered petals and papers lie around the fire, and the scene is lit by ambient light from the tent.2006-12-17A photograph of a homa fire pit, a rectangular brick-style altar with a smoking trench, edged with white jasmine garlands and scattered pink and red flower petals. Behind it, devotees stand and kneel in white and cream clothing, several women in sarees with folded hands in prayer, while smoke drifts through the scene. A red and maroon backdrop hangs behind. The setting suggests a fire offering ritual, with no clearly identifiable presenter at the centre of the altar.2006-07-17Outdoor evening homa at a brick fire pit, with a bright fire burning inside the low rectangular brick enclosure. Several women in white and cream sarees stand in a line along the pit, holding small plates of offerings and flower petals that they are placing into the flames. One woman in a pink saree with a white blouse stands in the middle of the group, and a woman in a red-bordered white saree holds a metal plate at the right edge. Scattered petals and papers lie around the fire, with a white canopy and tent poles in the dim background.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copies