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January 07 2015

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A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night. A priest in white clothing with a grey turban and rudraksha mala pours an offering from a bowl into a large flame rising from a yellow-edged fire pit. Another priest in white with a rudraksha mala sits behind him at a microphone, beside brass vessels and a metal pot. Garlands of marigolds appear at the right edge.2015-01-07November 20 20132013-11-20January 04 20152015-01-04February 09 20122012-02-09Two men sit before a homa fire pit built of stacked bricks topped with white powder, marigold petals and kumkum, with a bright flame rising from the wood. The man on the left in white dhoti and gold necklaces holds a stick and a folded white cloth; his bare chest bears white sacred markings. The man on the right wears an orange saffron robe with gold border, rudraksha beads and a tilak on his forehead, and feeds the fire with a small stick. A silver vessel and brass pot sit nearby, and a red wall forms the backdrop.2015-11-28A photograph of a homa fire ritual in progress at night. A large square fire pit with bright flames sits in the foreground. Four priests in saffron and orange dhotis sit around it; the figure at right in an orange turban and gold rudraksha-style necklaces reaches toward the fire with his arm, while a priest in the centre in white clothes and a white garland sits behind a microphone. A bowl of grain or offerings sits on the right beside the fire pit. Behind them, several people in white dress and saffron shawls sit in the dim background. No clear a person candidate is identifiable from appearance, so no probable identification is made.2016-02-07November 07 20132013-11-07October 27 20142014-10-27December 28 20112011-12-28A night homa fire ceremony in a temple-style courtyard. A large flame rises from a marble-edged fire pit decorated with flower petals and a copper-coloured bowl. A man in a white dhoti and cream turban, with gold-coloured beads around his neck, holds a brass tray of red offerings over the fire. A second man in white with gold beads stands at left holding another tray of red offerings. A figure in white kneels at the pit's edge, and three more people in white stand with palms pressed together in the background. Brass oil lamps and a silver-framed deity murti with garlands sit at right beside fruit and a purple cloth, under strings of lights and banana-leaf decorations.2010-10-16 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20122012-02-09A night-time homa at a wooden fire pit with a large, bright flame. A man in a white dhoti with a green turban pours offerings from a steel bowl into the fire. Around him, priests in white and orange-red cloths wear rudraksha malas, and one bald priest has a white tilak on his forehead. A green-clad figure stands at the right edge, and brass offerings and a plantain leaf sit nearby. No one is clearly identified as a person by appearance cues.2015-01-04