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An outdoor homa in a sunken square yellow-ochre fire pit lined with brick, with a small fire burning inside. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls sit around it; the foreground priest on the right wears a rudraksha mala and red tilak and places red flowers or fruit onto a tray of brass vessels and bananas. Behind them, a large group of devotees in saffron and orange robes sits on mats and cloth in a courtyard, with a stone Nandi statue on a red pedestal in the background. Brass lamps and a kalasha-style vessel sit at the edges, with banana leaves and fruit as offerings. This is a fire ritual being performed, and a person candidate is not clearly identifiable from appearance.

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An outdoor homa fire ritual in an ashram courtyard. A square yellow-painted fire pit lined with brick holds smoldering embers. Four men in white dhoti and shawls, with rudraksha malas and sacred ash markings on their arms and foreheads, sit in front. The man at right, wearing red-framed glasses, pours offerings from a steel vessel onto a banana leaf of fruits, pots and small bowls. Behind them, rows of devotees in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas sit on mats, many with a red-and-white garland. Brass lamps, a bell and a coconut sit at the edges. A tripod camera and a bronze statue stand in the background.2014-10-02A square stone homa fire pit with burning logs and smoke is the main subject, with young boys and men in orange and red robes and white sacred ash markings tending the fire. A young man in white dhoti and a tall beige headwrap, with rudraksha mala beads, pours offerings from a steel bowl into the flames. Other ritual attendants in orange and red sit beside silver bowls, yellow marigold flowers and fruit offerings. Behind them a seated audience in white and colourful clothing watches the ritual under a red-roofed shelter. No identifiable a person candidate with compatible cues is clearly visible.2013-09-09August 29 20142014-08-29September 09 20132013-09-09A night-time fire ritual, a homa, at an outdoor square-brick fire pit lined in gold-painted border. A large flame rises from the pit. Four priests in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and white tilak marks sit on the ground, and one in saffron/orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a ladle at the pit edge; a young assistant in a white dhoti with a red-pink headcloth pours from a copper vessel. Brass pots, steel bowls of grains and yellow flowers surround the fire. Seated devotees in white and red shawls watch from plastic chairs behind, around 20 visible.2014-10-11Photograph of a homa at an outdoor temple courtyard. A square fire pit with a flaming wooden fire sits on a yellow-ochre platform decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flower petals. A bearded priest in orange dhoti and a red-and-gold shawl, wearing a red beaded mala and gold necklace, sits on the right holding a ladle and offering over a silver plate; a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti kneels beside him. In the foreground a figure with a cowrie-shell necklace holds a brass plate of offerings. Behind, a seated assembly of devotees in white, orange and red clothes sits on colourful striped mats, with a red shrine and a black stone deity murti with garland in the background. Trays of fruit, brass bowls and banana leaves rest on the right.2016-02-16 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20162016-09-09November 20 20132013-11-20December 14 20112011-12-14A homa ritual at a brick fire pit filled with ash and offerings. A figure in orange robes with long swept-back grey hair and a forehead tilak sits cross-legged at the centre, hands raised in blessing gesture. Beside him a young man in an orange dhoti wears a purple shawl. A priest in orange and gold stands at right holding a brass lamp, and a man in orange at the lower right holds a ritual vessel. Behind them, people in white dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces assist, and a shelf holds small clay lamps and ritual objects. The scene is a Hindu fire ceremony.2015-09-14October 05 20172017-10-05 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14