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A night-time homa at an open-air ashram site. A square white fire pit with ash sits centre frame, with kumkum-marked sadhus in saffron robes and rudraksha malas seated around it. A bald priest at right in saffron reads from an open book at a microphone, and a robed figure beside him holds a ritual vessel. Several women in orange and rust saris sit with folded hands on the left and foreground. Brass vessels, a lamp, flower petals and two coconuts in white lattice holders sit on a red cloth at lower right.

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Night outdoor homa at an ashram with a rectangular white fire pit where a wood fire burns and smoke rises. Five saffron-robed priests sit behind the pit with rudraksha malas; the one at right holds an open book and a small framed picture of a deity, and a brass bowl sits on the ledge. In the foreground, women in orange and gold-bordered saris sit with their backs to the camera. A coconut and leaf offering rests on the right edge, and a small lamp glows beside the pit.2013-04-29April 29 20132013-04-29April 29 20132013-04-29Night-time outdoor homa at a fire pit built of white-tiled steps, with flames and smoke rising. Five shaved-headed priests in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit at the fire; the rightmost reads from an open book held near a microphone, and a small offering bowl sits on the platform. Three women in red and orange saris with gold borders sit on a mat in the foreground, their backs turned, and two more women sit at the left edge. A small brass-and-glass oil lamp and a potted plant stand at right on a red cloth. Dark trees form the background.2013-04-29April 29 20132013-04-29April 29 20132013-04-29August 01 20142014-08-01Outdoor fire ritual under a pandal of banana trunks and white plastic chairs. A square fire pit with a white stone border and dark central fire sits in the foreground, with yellow flower petals scattered around it. Several devotees in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on mats, some with palms pressed together and others holding ritual implements; a woman with a long braid sits in the foreground facing the fire. A man in orange and a dark beard at the back centre sits with hands folded. Men in white clothes with yellow shawls kneel to the right, and a brass plate of offerings rests nearby. This appears to be a homa or chandi homa, a fire offering ritual.2009-09-26Night ritual by a brick fire pit (homa) with a bright flame burning inside. Seated around it are robed devotees in orange and maroon clothing with gold-bordered cloth, several with shaved heads and white tilak marks, plus women in red saris with rudraksha malas. A person in an orange cloth seated on a raised silver-framed seat at the back, behind the fire, sits with hands in a ritual posture; a person candidate appears with orange robes and a rudraksha mala, but the face and presentation are not distinctive enough to confirm. Bowls of offerings and a silver lamp stand near the fire, and decorated poles with flower garlands line the background.2014-08-01March 18 20132013-03-18Night-time homa ritual photographed from behind several seated devotees in orange and maroon robes. At the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a gold necklace, with a sandalwood-coloured forehead mark, extends his hand toward a seated figure in white with a yellow shawl. Other priests in orange and white sit around a low ritual fire area with yellow flowers and brass vessels. Women with long hair sit in the foreground in orange and white saris. Potted banana plants and white plastic chairs fill the background. The page's a person flag is not visible enough to confirm any candidate's identity.2009-09-26 +1 copiesAugust 01 20142014-08-01