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A homa is performed in an open white pavilion with columns and ceiling fans. A man with long dark hair and wearing white clothes sits behind a small white brick fire pit, holding a ritual lamp and a small vessel while flames rise from the pit. A golden stepped pyramid-shaped shrine stands behind him. In front, plates of fruits, flowers, grains and vegetables are arranged on a dark floor, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and brass lamps nearby. Three seated people in casual clothes and a young assistant in white sit to the left. A microphone stands beside the priest. A printed sign partly visible behind him reads a short instruction in Telugu.

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A homa ritual in an open white pavilion with marble floor and carved white pillars. A priest in white robes with long dark hair sits behind a small brick fire pit where a flame burns, holding a ritual vessel, with a microphone stand beside him. A second man in white, wearing a lanyard, assists with brass vessels and an oil lamp. In front of the fire lie plates of fruit, flowers, grains and bowls of offerings, and dry sticks are stacked nearby. Six people sit on the left, including two women in green and orange saris, a girl in pink and a man in a grey shirt, watching the ritual. A golden stupa-shaped structure and green trees stand in the background.A homa is performed in an open white pavilion with white pillars and ceiling fans. A priest in white clothes and a red-cord necklace stands at a white brick fire pit with a bright flame, holding an offering near the fire, with a microphone stand beside him. A younger man in white sits cross-legged on the marble floor to the left, wearing a dark mala. Before them are trays of fruit, flowers, sweets, grains and vegetables, brass oil lamps, a steel vessel and a copper pot. Behind them stands a golden stepped pyramid structure, and green trees are visible outside.A photograph inside a white temple pavilion with pillars and a gold-tiered structure at left. A man in white robes and long swept-back hair stands at a brick fire pit, pouring offerings into a blazing flame. A younger person in white sits cross-legged at left beside a large pot and trays of fruit, flowers and food offerings. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel and a small deity murti with blue drapery sit on the polished floor. A notice reads 'Please keep silence'. Homa ritual fire ceremony.A photograph of a homa (fire ritual) in an open white pillared pavilion. A man in white clothes and a white shawl stands behind a low square fire pit built of white bricks, holding a ladle over the fire, with a microphone stand beside him. A younger person in white with a dark cord necklace sits on the left, tending the offerings. Trays of fruits, flowers, grains and vegetables with colourful offerings are spread across the glossy floor in front. Bronze lamps, a kalasha pot and brass vessels sit nearby, and a golden stepped stupa-like structure stands in the background among green trees. A deity murti in blue and gold sits at the right edge.A photograph of a homa at dusk in a temple hall with white pillars. A brick fire pit burns brightly in the centre. A woman in a gold-bordered sari sits on a wooden chair behind the fire. Nearby, a woman in white with folded hands sits on the floor, and a man in a red shirt sits beside her. Other devotees sit or stand around the fire, including a woman in a dark red sari on the right and two girls in red and pink. On the left, a woman in white with her back to the camera faces the fire. A decorated empty seat with red and white garlands and a framed portrait stands at left, beside a brass lamp. Brass plates of fruit, flowers and sweets sit in the foreground.A homa fire ritual at an open-air pavilion. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl, with a long gold-toned necklace of beads, sits at a square white fire pit with a flame burning inside and feeds offerings from a bowl with a ladle. Trays of fruit including pineapple, mangoes, bananas, red and tomatoes, plus flower garlands, marigolds and white blossoms, are arranged on white cloth in front. Seated women in white and pink clothes watch from the left, and a drummer in white sits at the right beside a drum. Red-painted buildings and green trees stand behind.2011-12-12Photograph of a homa ritual on a white-tiled fire pit with visible flames inside a white-pillared temple pavilion. A seated man with long dark hair in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing a yellow shawl, holds a brass bowl and pours or offers into the fire. Beside him another man in dark clothing sits and assists. A third figure with long hair in white clothing sits behind the fire pit with a small bowl. Offerings on a red patterned cloth include a yellow flower garland, a bundle wrapped in cloth, bananas, apples, oranges, a pineapple, sweets in a white box and brass plates. Brass oil lamps stand on the floor, and colourful striped pillar wraps decorate the background.2010-01-01Indoor temple homa in a white marble hall with a square brick fire pit burning at centre. A man in white clothing sits cross-legged beside the fire, and several people in white sit around the pit with brass thalis of bananas, coconuts, fruit and flowers. Two women in yellow and red saris sit with hands folded in prayer at right. A shrine behind holds a deity murti framed by an arched gold-and-red decorated canopy, flanked by two standing female figures in orange. A seated figure in orange on a red-draped throne-like seat appears in a framed image at right. Oil lamps and a second small flame burn on the floor.A photograph of a fire ritual in a white-pillared temple hall. A man in white clothes and glasses sits on a white seat at the left, holding a ladle over a square white brick fire pit with a lit flame; a microphone stands beside him. Behind the pit, a dark-skinned deity murti in an orange-saffron sari with a red garland stands on a platform, flanked by smaller golden-haloed figures in green, blue and red garments with flower garlands. Brass oil lamps stand around the pit. In the foreground, banana-leaf plates hold fruits, flowers, purple blossoms and yellow marigolds as offerings, with a brass vessel at left. Red curtains and green leaf festoons decorate the background.A homa is performed inside a white temple hall with a small brick fire pit burning in the centre. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged on the left, tending the fire, and a woman in white sits beside him. Three women in saris, one in red and gold and others in yellow and gold, kneel in front of the fire pit and offerings. Brass plates of fruit, bananas, coconuts, flowers and betel leaves are arranged on the floor. Behind them stand two orange-clad deity murtis flanking a shrine, and on the right a framed portrait draped with orange and red garlands sits on a throne-like seat with a brass lamp, showing a seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala.A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits before a square white fire pit (homa kunda) with a large flame rising from it. He wears a heavy gold necklace and a tilak on his forehead, and his right hand is raised in a mudra over the fire. Brass plates of yellow and orange marigold garlands, pineapples, red flowers and other offerings surround the fire pit, with a microphone stand beside it. Behind him, several seated men in white and pastel clothing observe, one playing a drum, and a potted banana plant and orange wall with white-and-red striped pillars form the courtyard backdrop.2011-12-12A photograph inside a white temple hall at dusk during a homa. A priest in white dhoti and shawl kneels at a square brick fire pit with a bright flame, extending his hand toward it. Opposite, a woman in a red sari and a man in white kurta and dhoti sit with hands folded in prayer. Behind them stand dark deity figures in saffron-orange drapery, and garlanded deity murtis sit on small yellow platforms. An empty wooden throne draped with red garlands and flowers stands in the background. Brass oil lamps, silver plates of fruit, flowers and offerings surround the scene, and a ceiling fan hangs above.2009-09-21