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A homa is performed indoors in front of a brick-built fire pit with a flame. A shaved-headed priest in a red-orange dhoti with a long gold bead necklace sits cross-legged before it, holding offering material, with a silver bowl of grains and a brass vessel beside him. Behind him, a seated figure in red-orange robes with a red-beaded necklace sits on a gold-trimmed chair with a red cushion, and two attendants in white dhotis with gold borders and white turbans with flower garlands bow toward him. A photographer with a camera stands in the background, and a few partially visible people sit in the foreground.

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May 12 20132013-05-12March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16Photograph of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor ashram setting. A shirtless priest in a yellow head-wrap and white dhoti, with yellow sash and wire-rimmed glasses, pours an offering from a silver vessel into a fire pit built of coloured bricks with burning wood and scattered petals. Behind him, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes, gold necklaces and armbands sits on a gold throne beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy, with a white forehead marking and eyes closed. Two attendants stand nearby, one in orange with rudraksha mala, and flower garlands and a tray of marigolds lie on the right. Stone wall in background.2017-03-16 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16A night fire ritual. A large square fire pit lined with white flower-dotted borders burns brightly in the foreground. Behind it, a figure with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold-ornamented throne with red cushions, hands pressed together in namaste. Two bare-chested young men in white dhotis with patterned borders stand at left, one pouring from a small metal vessel, the other holding a long rudraksha mala. At right, a man in a yellow-orange turban and saffron shawl sits with a small flame and offerings. Flower garlands, bananas and a silver tray lie on the mats, and an electric fan and metal railings are visible behind.2017-08-02A standing man in saffron-orange sannyasi robes with gold border, wearing a long pink, white and green flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, carries a silver plate. Beside him a shaven-headed young man in orange robes bends over silver vessels on a metal tray, and a man in white with a tilak and mala assists. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with orange shawls, watch. In the foreground are silver bowls and a kalasha-type vessel. At the right, a yagna fire burns in a brick fire pit beside marigold and red flowers, and a painted temple pillar with colourful figures stands at the back. Teal walls and maroon curtains form the backdrop.2013-05-17A homa fire ritual at an outdoor ashram setting. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, bare-chested with long dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, rudraksha and gold necklaces, and a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, sits with hands joined in prayer. A bearded man in white dhoti with gold borders and red-tinted glasses sits on a striped mat beside him. In front, a man in a white dhoti and yellow-orange headband leans over a square brick fire pit with a burning flame and scattered flower petals. A large golden umbrella with colourful tassels shades the throne. Two women in orange and rust saris stand in the background against a stone wall. The throne-seated figure's appearance is consistent with the a person candidate.2017-03-16April 24 20122012-04-24April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies