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Close photo of a fire pit lined with yellow-ochre brick edging, where tall orange flames rise on the left. A person's hand, wearing a red and gold bangle, holds a bundle of dried straw or grass stalks over the fire. White granular offerings and scattered pink and red flower petals lie on the brick ledges around the pit. The background is soft and out of focus. This appears to be a homa or yagna fire offering.

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A close view of a fire ritual at a square stone fire pit. Tall flames rise from burning wood at the center, with offerings of rice and red and orange flower petals scattered on the stone edges. A bare arm, wearing a bangle and a dark bead bracelet, holds a bundle of straw or grass over the fire, and a brass vessel sits behind it. Yellow marigold garlands blur in the background. No face is visible, and no one can be confidently identified as a person. The scene is a homa or yagna.2016-09-09A close photograph of a Vedic fire ritual (homa) at a fire altar built from stacked ochre-yellow bricks. Bright flames rise on the right, with white rice-like grains and scattered red and pink flower petals on top of the bricks. Several hands reach in from the left, one holding a thin white cord stretched across the bricks, while others hold bundles of grass or kusha strands. A person in white ritual clothing stands behind, and a brass lamp stand and brass vessel appear at the edges. The setting is an outdoor or open-sided ritual space with turquoise and pink fabric-covered surfaces in the background.2016-07-02A close photograph of a homa fire ritual. A hand wearing a bangle, a thin black thread bracelet and a ring reaches toward tall orange flames. On a yellow-dusted brick fire pit lies a mound of white rice and grains, with thin metal sticks and a red-dusted offering nearby. Scattered grains and a black-and-red thread lie on the pit edge. The background is dark with blurred yellow and green surfaces. No people beyond the partially visible hand are shown.2018-03-12Close photograph of a brick-lined fire pit with a tall orange flame rising from its opening, scattered rose petals on the bricks, and a blurred dark-clothed arm and hand reaching in from the upper left. No faces are visible. Metal ritual objects sit faintly in the background at right.2014-05-10A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames rising around a ladle being poured into the fire by a figure whose arm and sleeve are partly visible in the blurred background. A brass bowl with ornate engraved rim sits at left. Yellow marigold garlands, red flowers and a white cloth wrap a central offering at the front of the pit. No person's face or full figure is clearly shown, and no a person candidate is visible.2016-08-14June 04 20182018-06-04 +1 copiesMarch 17 20192019-03-17A homa fire burns on a square brick fire pit, with flames rising high in the centre. A brass or silver bowl with engraved decorative bands sits on the left edge of the pit. The pit is decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands, red flower petals, and white cloth strips tied around it. A person's arm, wearing a red-and-gold thread wrist band, holds a long metal ladle or spoon pouring offerings into the fire. Blurred orange and white fabric is visible in the background. No people's faces are visible.2016-08-14April 19 20182018-04-19 +1 copiesMay 15 20162016-05-15July 03 20172017-07-03May 29 20182018-05-29 +2 copies