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Top-down photo of a homa fire pit built from yellow-ochre painted bricks decorated with white kolam-style floral and paisley motifs and yellow flower accents. Dry grass strands are tied around the structure. Inside the square pit are grey ash and charred wooden sticks arranged in a crossed pattern. A brass bowl with reddish-brown liquid and a dark wooden ladle rests at the right side of the pit. No people are visible.

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A homa fire pit built of turmeric-coated mud bricks decorated with white kolam-style lines and yellow marigold flowers. Dry sticks are stacked in the central opening. A priest in white dhoti and a striped shawl sits behind, holding an open book, with a brass bowl of yellow liquid and a ladle at left. Silver kalasha pots and green leaves are visible at upper right. No person's face or full body is shown clearly enough to identify anyone.2011-12-28December 23 20102010-12-23December 23 20102010-12-23July 19 20132013-07-19A square fire pit (homa kunda) built from yellow-ochre painted bricks, each marked with white dots and red kumkum spots, filled with dry wooden sticks ready for a sacred fire. Behind it sit small silver kalasha-style vessels and a brass bowl with a garland of yellow flowers. No people are visible in the scene.2018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 05 20192019-01-05December 28 20112011-12-28A brick-built homa fire pit decorated with yellow, red and green powder designs and scattered marigold petals, burning with bright flames and smoke. A seated figure in a yellow shawl and white garment tends the fire at the back, with brass bowls, a silver tray of offerings and a bundle of sticks nearby. The image is a photograph of a fire ritual.2015-07-18A square yellow-ochre fire pit (homa kunda) with a raised stepped base is burning with bright orange flames and smoke. Its rim is strung with yellow marigold garlands and pink and purple flower petals, and small dots of kumkum or vibhuti are set at the corners. Painted white geometric yantra-like designs decorate the lower steps and ground. Blurred in the background, a person in an orange-and-green sari sits beside silver ritual vessels and a silver lamp stand. No faces are visible in the frame.2016-02-16 +1 copiesClose view of a homa fire pit built from orange-yellow bricks decorated with white painted patterns and marigold flowers. Bright orange flames and smoke rise from dry wood and sticks inside the pit. Thin straw-like grass blades lie across the bricks. At the upper left a copper vessel with a long dark handle sits near the edge, and a white-clad person's lower garment is partly visible at the top. No faces are visible.2010-12-23A photo of a homa fire burning inside a square fire pit built of reddish brick, with the brick rim dusted in white powder and scattered with red petals. Flames and glowing embers rise from ash and wood pieces. To the left stands a polished silver bowl holding ghee, with a ladle resting in it, and a small brass lamp with a flame sits at the lower left. No people are visible; the scene is a ritual fire offering.2015-07-20A close-up photograph of a fire ritual with a flaming pile of cinnamon-coloured wooden sticks burning in a shallow metal vessel. Nearby, a silver bowl holds yellow liquid with a long silver ladle resting in it, and yellow-and-white painted blocks. Striped cloth in red, green and blue forms the background, with a small pink floral offering at the left edge. The scene resembles a homa or yagna fire offering, with no people visible.2018-06-04 +2 copies