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Night-time homa at an outdoor Hindu ritual space with a fire pit set in a yellow wooden platform, flames rising and smoke drifting through the scene. A man in a rust-red dhoti with orange borders and a marigold garland holds a tray of red offerings. Behind them, another white-clad attendant and a figure in a white dhoti stand near a gold-trimmed structure. A bronze lamp stands at the front of the fire pit, with brass vessels and oil lamps around it. An orange cushioned chair and a patterned cloth table cover sit at the edges.

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A night homa fire ceremony in a temple-style courtyard. A large flame rises from a marble-edged fire pit decorated with flower petals and a copper-coloured bowl. A man in a white dhoti and cream turban, with gold-coloured beads around his neck, holds a brass tray of red offerings over the fire. A second man in white with gold beads stands at left holding another tray of red offerings. A figure in white kneels at the pit's edge, and three more people in white stand with palms pressed together in the background. Brass oil lamps and a silver-framed deity murti with garlands sit at right beside fruit and a purple cloth, under strings of lights and banana-leaf decorations.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesA photograph of a fire ritual at night. A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white sandalwood mark on his arm pours offerings from a silver bowl into a flaming fire pit (homa). Beside him a second man in a white dhoti with gold border stands watching. Smoke rises across the frame, and gold-decorated altar elements and a framed picture of a deity are visible behind, with flowers and brass vessels at the base of the fire pit.2015-06-02October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a fire ritual at night. A large rectangular homa fire pit blazes in the centre, bordered by rangoli-style flower petals. A person in a white dhoti-style garment and a cream turban stands at the left, holding a brass plate of red flowers or petals over the fire. Other men in white ritual clothes with gold and rudraksha-style necklaces kneel or stand with hands folded in prayer, and one kneels at the left holding a plate of red offerings. A table at right holds fruit, brass lamps, bowls and a decorated deity murti draped in flowers, and a lit oil lamp stands nearby. Strings of lights and banana leaf decorations hang in the background.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 02 20142014-10-02October 11 20142014-10-11October 02 20142014-10-02October 11 20142014-10-11A night-time homa at an outdoor ashram setting. A large fire burns in a rectangular brick fire pit in the centre, with a bronze homa vessel and flower petals scattered on its raised platform. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold beads stands in the foreground, while to the left a young man in white with a yellow-gold turban, gold necklaces and bangles holds a brass tray of red offerings. Other white-clad priests with gold neck beads stand behind, some with palms pressed together. On the right are a purple-draped table with fruit, brass lamps, and a deity murti adorned with white flower garlands and a green silk cloth. Strings of lights and leaf garlands decorate the background.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 02 20142014-10-02Night-time homa at a fire pit in a temple setting. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with maroon-and-white check borders and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a silver plate of burning offerings over a brass vessel. Behind him a younger man in white with beaded necklace tends the fire with a ladle. Several other people in white sit or lie on the floor, and a gold-trimmed seat and cushions are visible in the background. Flames rise from the fire and the platform is strewn with flower petals.2010-10-16