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A night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site: a large tiered square stone fire pit with a bright flame burns at the centre. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a kalasha or offering vessel in hand, stands behind the fire, with another white-clad attendant beside him. A figure in orange-red garments stands at the right edge. Rows of seated devotees sit in the background with steel vessels on the left, a small oil lamp and garlands of flowers and fruit on a white cloth at right.

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December 31 20112011-12-31October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 31 20112011-12-31A night-time homa fire ritual in an open courtyard. A large square brick fire pit with stepped stone edges blazes at centre, flames rising high. A priest in white dhoti and a white head wrap, with a gold necklace, stands at the pit feeding it with a long ladle. Beside him a man in white dhoti with a beaded mala holds a brass plate of offerings. Another attendant in white stands further back, and seated devotees in white fill the left background. In the foreground lower left, a bald person in white sits facing the fire. Scattered flower petals line the stone platform, with brass oil lamps and a garlanded brass vessel at lower right. A round carved wooden shield-like panel stands behind the pit, and yellow-green leaf garlands hang overhead.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA night fire ritual at a square stone homa pit blazing high with flames, scattered with marigold petals. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, lifts a flaming vessel overhead. Behind him a second white-clad priest with a mala stands with hands folded, and a third at right holds a brass tray. Seated devotees in white clothes watch from the left in the dark, and a carved wooden disc and a small oil lamp appear at the edges, with strings of pennant leaves overhead.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 31 20112011-12-31October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph taken at night of a homa fire ceremony outdoors. A large flame rises from a square stone fire pit in the centre. Three priests stand behind the fire: the central one in white clothing with a light-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a rudraksha-style mala necklace, the figure on the left wears a saffron-orange turban and white garment with beaded necklaces, and the figure on the right in white with a red-striped cloth holds a vessel. A seated audience in white clothes watches from the left, and a standing person with hands folded stands at the far right. Offerings, brass plates, oil lamps and a decorated round wooden plaque lie near the fire, with a garland of flowers and yellow leaf festoons strung overhead.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA night homa fire rises from a stepped stone fire pit in an open courtyard strung with leafy banana-leaf garlands. Two priests stand at the fire: the nearer one wears a white dhoti and a saffron-yellow turban, carries a brass plate of offerings, and wears a beaded rudraksha-style mala; the other, bald and bare-chested, wears a white dhoti and mala and holds offerings over the flames. A seated priest in white with a mala is in the lower left foreground. Round brass kalasha pots, brass lamps, flower petals and a large carved wooden drum-shaped disc sit around the fire. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing watch from the left, and more people stand in the background.2010-10-16 +1 copies