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A priest in a white dhoti and cloth draped over the shoulder performs a homa at a rectangular fire pit. He holds a small pinch of white flower petals above a brass bowl containing a yellow fruit, flower petals and a green grass blade, and another brass vessel of offerings sits to his right. Blurred figures in red and white clothing sit in the background, and a microphone stand is visible at the upper right.

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April 23 20122012-04-23A photograph of a fire-pit homa at close range. In the foreground a rectangular stone-lined fire pit holds a small steel offering dish with a golden sweet, a sprig of green grass and white flowers. A priest in a white and red-striped dhoti with a sacred thread stands behind the pit, his hand raised over a glass bowl of offerings, with incense smoke rising. Blurred seated figures in red clothing sit in the background. The scene is a homa or yagna ritual.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05A homa fire pit in a dim setting with flames rising from a stone-edged rectangular pit and smoke drifting upward. In the foreground, a silver bowl with a ladle rests on the pit edge beside a small ornate silver vessel. At upper right, a bare arm and a white dhoti-clad priest hold an offering near the fire, and a steel bowl sits on the ledge. A blurred figure in white clothing sits behind, with a red-and-orange cloth bundle at right. Sparks and ash float in the air. No identifiable a person presence is visible.2012-04-24November 10 20112011-11-10December 05 20162016-12-05A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red shawl sits cross-legged before a fire pit during a homa. She holds a steel plate and pours offering into the flames, which rise from brick-lined fire pit ringed with fruits, flowers and coconuts. Behind her a deity murti stands in a decorated shrine niche with garlands and a kalasha. A second woman in a patterned top is partly visible at the lower right. A microphone stand stands beside the homa area. Smoke fills the hall.2011-10-26Close photo of a homa fire pit at night. Bright flames rise from the lower right of a stone-edged fire pit, with sparks and smoke drifting up. On the left a silver bowl with a long handle and a small silver elephant-shaped vessel sit on the pit's edge, and liquid streams from the bowl. A person's hand in a white sleeve pours or tosses offerings at the top right. Blurred in the background, a man with white head covering and an orange-red shawl and a younger person in white clothing sit watching the ritual.2012-04-24Close-up photograph of a homa or fire ritual. A priest in white dhoti with a red-and-white border reaches toward a brass vessel and a bright oil lamp with several flames. A pile of dried twigs or samidha sticks rests on a silver tray beside bananas, oranges and limes on a metal plate, with a yellow cloth nearby. Blurred orange and gold robes and metal vessels appear in the background.2012-04-23April 24 20122012-04-24