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A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit built from stacked orange-yellow bricks, with dried sticks and red flower petals placed around the flames and white powder sprinkled on the bricks. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti sits behind the fire, his right hand extended over the pit while holding a bowl of liquid. To the right, a brass pedestal holds green banana leaves, white cloth strips, coconuts decorated with red flowers, and woven baskets of offerings. Brass vessels and a small metal cup sit in the foreground beside coconut halves. Colourful striped mats cover the ground above. The priest's face is not visible, so no a person candidate is established.

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July 04 20172017-07-04A homa fire ceremony in progress on a patterned striped cloth. A shirtless man in white dhoti with a red and gold head cloth, rudraksha and bead malas, stirs an offering with a wooden ladle over a brick fire pit where flames rise from logs. Coconuts, bananas, marigold and red flowers, and a brass kalasha with mango leaves and a coconut form the offerings beside him. A second man in white sits at the right edge. Behind, a red cushioned golden peetha throne stands empty. The scene is a ritual puja, not a portrait of a named person.2017-07-04 +1 copiesJanuary 30 20162016-01-30April 14 20182018-04-14September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA homa fire burns inside a square pit built of stacked orange-brown bricks, dressed with red flowers and white powder. Dry sticks rise above the flames. Around the pit are brass and silver vessels, a bowl of red chillies, bananas, halved coconuts, incense sticks and a kalasha-style pot on striped woven mats, with a ritual officiant partly visible in white cloth at upper right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2017-07-04 +2 copiesFebruary 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesJune 23 20172017-06-23A homa fire burns inside a square fire pit built from yellow-ochre brick-like blocks decorated with white lines and red flower petals. Flames rise from wood and offerings, with a brass bowl of ghee, a brass ladle, a silver bowl of red flower petals and a bowl of wooden sticks nearby. A brass bell stands at the front edge. Partially visible people in white clothes sit around the pit, one with an orange cloth draped over the shoulder. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2006-02-27A fire ritual photographed close up: a yagna or homa fire burns on a low stone platform in the foreground, with flames rising beside a row of offerings. A priest in a white dhoti with a red and blue-striped border bends forward, reaching toward the fire with a long ladle or stick; his bare upper body is visible. Behind the fire, a flower-covered altar holds lemons, red fruit and a cloth decorated with yellow marigolds and red petals, with yellow flower garlands spilling beside it. A dark carved wooden door or panel with ornate relief stands in the background. Only one person is visible in the scene, and the photo is not clearly identified as a person.2017-06-23May 29 20182018-05-29March 16 20172017-03-16