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A photograph of a homa fire ritual inside a white stone temple hall with carved pillars wrapped in coloured cloth. A white stone fire pit is decorated with pink flowers, with a brass bowl, a small silver vessel and a brass pot in front. Four people sit on the floor behind it: a young man in orange, a man in a white shirt and orange dhoti with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a yellow sari with bangles, and a girl in red. A partly visible person sits at the edge, and a child in a red dress sits at the right. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

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2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA homa fire is burning inside a fire pit built of white stone blocks, decorated with pink flowers. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a yellow sari sit on the left and centre, while two girls in red and a boy in a checked shirt sit nearby. A young priest in orange robes sits in the right foreground, holding a ritual implement and near a brass plate of offerings. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat and framed photographs hang on the pillared hall wall.A homa performed on a white stone fire pit built in tiers, with pink and red flower petals scattered over the stones and small brass vessels and a copper cup set on the platform. A young priest in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange shawl sits at the right, holding a ladle and tending the fire, with thin smoke rising. Opposite him, a man in a white shirt sits behind a brass lamp and a flower-decorated tray, beside a woman in a mustard-yellow sari and a woman in a red sari. Several children sit in the background under a hall with white pillars and a hanging decorative strand.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA seated family group performs a homa at a fire pit built from white stone blocks inside a white-pillared temple hall with a golden deity murti platform on the right. A man in a white shirt and yellow dhoti sits at left beside a brass aarti lamp and a tray of flowers. A woman in a yellow sari sits beside him, and several children in casual clothes, one in a green shirt, sit or kneel around the fire. Pink flowers are scattered on the stone blocks, and a brass vessel and a silver cup rest near the flames. Framed painted pictures hang along the upper wall, and yellow-and-red cloth decorates a pillar. A person at right pours a ladle offering into the fire.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA photograph of a covered temple hall with white pillars and a dark polished floor, where a small brick-lined fire pit holds a bright homa flame. Several women in saris, one in a pink-and-orange sari and one in a yellow-and-green sari, stand and kneel around the fire, with plates of bananas, flowers and brass vessels on mats. A man in a yellow shirt stands at left by a framed picture and a deity murti, and a child in white watches. Pillars with striped decorations and a small yellow flower bag sit in the foreground. Visible people number about nine. No a person candidate is visible.2010-01-01February 11 20062006-02-11December 26 20062006-12-26A photograph of a homa or yagna ritual outdoors under an open shelter with a sandy floor. In the foreground, a family sits cross-legged before a brick-lined fire pit holding burning wood and a brass plate of flowers, fruit and offerings. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a lanyard badge sits beside a woman in a red and gold silk sari with gold bangles, and a young girl in a grey top and patterned skirt sits at left. Behind them, many devotees in white dhotis and saris with gold borders stand and sit around other brick fire pits, some holding brass vessels and spoons. Other devotees wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas.2006-12-26