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May 20 20142014-05-20May 20 20142014-05-20Night photograph of a homa fire ritual at the Kumbh Mela. A brick-lined fire pit blazes in the foreground with a tall flame. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit on mats behind it. The seated man at centre has curly hair and a red tilak, wears a saffron wrap and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, and holds a mala in his hands while tending the fire. The man at right wears an orange turban, a saffron robe and a heavy ceremonial gold necklace, and sits with hands folded. Behind them a crowd of devotees in orange and white sits watching, and brass plates of offerings lie on the mat. a person appears to be the man at centre, identified by his distinctive hair, saffron wrap, mala and ceremonial gold necklace cues, presiding over the homa.March 03 20182018-03-03May 20 20142014-05-20May 20 20142014-05-20October 27 20142014-10-27May 20 20142014-05-20April 03 20162016-04-03September 04 20122012-09-04December 16 20102010-12-16August 01 20142014-08-01