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A photograph of a homa or yagna fire ceremony in a temple hall with a wooden doorway behind. A brick fire pit burns brightly in the centre, surrounded by yellow marigold garlands, fruits, coconuts and a kalasha-like brass vessel on a striped woven mat. Four men in white dhotis with coloured borders stand around it; the one on the right, bare-chested with a blue headcloth, holds a silver ladle or vessel over the flames. Another bare-chested man in an orange cloth offers items at the doorway. On the left, two men stand with hands folded in prayer, one in a red-and-white shawl. A golden deity statue and a silver peetha-style seat decorated with flowers stand on the right. Smoke rises from the fire.

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September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa or fire ritual inside a temple hall with a dark doorway behind it. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis with coloured borders stand around a small fire pit with a flame and smoke rising. A yellow and green cloth is draped over one standing man, and another wears an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder with beads at his neck. The man on the right wears a blue head cloth and green shawl and holds a ritual item toward the fire. In the foreground, a kalasha-like vessel wrapped in yellow flowers and white ribbons sits on a woven mat beside brass vessels, fruits and rice. Yellow marigold garlands decorate the floor and pots. No one is clearly identified as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual indoors. A flame rises from a brass vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white flowers, with kalashas and floral offerings beside it. A bent-over priest in white dhoti with a blue and green head cloth and shoulder cloth tends the fire with his hand. Three other men stand behind, two bare-chested in white dhotis holding offerings, one wearing a yellow and green patterned cloth over his shoulder. A woman with her back to the camera wears a white sari with an orange border and holds offerings. Mats in red and patterned colours cover the floor.2017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual in a stone-walled interior. At the centre a fire burns in a decorated yellow-and-red pit surrounded by marigold garlands, with smoke rising. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a pink turban sits and tends the fire, while another seated man in a saffron wrap and a standing man in white dhoti with an orange-striped shawl assist. A man in a yellow shawl with rudraksha mala sits at right. Behind them a white-clad priest with a sacred thread stands in a doorway with a mala. Banana leaves hold fruit, brass vessels and flower offerings lie on a striped mat, and a wicker basket of sticks rests nearby. Several people are visible in the background.2017-04-26A homa fire ceremony at a heavy wooden door with brass studs in a brick-walled room. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a yellow-and-red cloth around his waist and a yellow head cloth pours liquid from a brass vessel near the door. Another priest in a pink-and-white dhoti holds a brass bowl over a brick fire altar stacked with yellow bricks, where a flame burns amid marigold garlands, fruit, flowers and offerings. A man in a yellow dhoti kneels at the altar. On the right, two men in orange and white stand with folded hands, one wearing glasses and a rudraksha-style gold necklace. Smoke rises from the fire pit.2017-04-06September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual in front of a red-washed temple doorway with carved wooden doors and incense smoke. In the foreground a priest with a red turban, bare chest with white ash markings, white dhoti and a garland of yellow flowers sits before a small fire burning on a brick fire pit, while a second priest in an orange cloth sits on the right beside offerings of apples, marigolds and kalasha pots. Behind, a man in white kurta with a red shawl stands with hands folded in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with red border holds a brass plate of flowers. A small brass vessel and marigold garlands surround the altar.2016-02-20 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copies