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A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit inside a temple hall with carved wooden doorframes. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward, feeding offerings into the flames. Beside him a seated man in white with a golden-bordered cloth tends the fire. Several women in white saris with golden borders stand in the doorway; one in the foreground presses her palms together in prayer. Brass vessels, marigold garlands, fruit and flower offerings sit on banana leaves in front of the fire pit. No one is identified as a person.

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August 14 20162016-08-14August 14 20162016-08-14August 14 20162016-08-14August 05 20162016-08-05April 14 20182018-04-14October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesMay 12 20132013-05-12A homa fire ritual at night. Flames rise from a brick-lined fire pit where a priest in white dhoti with a striped border and a bare chest, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, feeds the fire with his hand. Another priest in white stands behind, holding a ladle-like vessel with a lit oil lamp. To the right, a silver ornate peetha throne is decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and flower petals, with brass vessels and a small brass lamp nearby. Smoke drifts across the scene. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.2018-01-06A homa fire ceremony in a red-walled hall. A priest seated at left, bare-chested with white dhoti, rudraksha-style garland and a pink-and-red turban, pours offerings with a long ladle into a brick fire pit. Two seated men beside the pit wear white dhotis and garlands, and marigold garlands and flowers decorate the altar. A standing figure in orange robes and a woman in a white sari stand in the doorway with others in white behind them. A brass vessel and a kalasha with flowers sit before the fire.2016-08-05April 14 20182018-04-14A homa fire ceremony inside a hall with white draped cloth overhead and a decorated shrine behind. A fire burns in a brick fire pit decorated with flowers and marigold garlands, with brass vessels and a plate beside it. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head sits at the fire, holding a flower-garlanded object, wearing an orange-red shawl. A man in white with an orange-red shawl stands with palms pressed together. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange-red shawls assist at the left, and a seated woman in a red-and-gold sari extends her hand toward the fire at lower right. Many seated devotees fill the background, and a deity murti sits in an arched shrine.2015-07-17July 17 20152015-07-17