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A brick fire pit for a homa is burning with a bright orange flame at its center. A metal bowl with a ladle holds offerings of yellow-tinged items near the top-left, and a person in an orange-red robe sits behind the fire pit, with hands visible at the top edge. Around the pit are coconuts, bananas, apples, a pineapple, a bundle of dried twigs, banana leaves, white flowers, a covered silver vessel, a kalasha and brass dishes, with a white flower garland at right.

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Close-up of a blazing fire rising from a brick-lined homa pit with scattered flowers and leaves on the bricks. A polished metal bowl sits to the left. Behind the fire, a blurred person in a red-orange garment wears a beaded necklace with a pendant, seated at the ritual fire. The scene suggests a homa or yagna offering.2011-11-10December 25 20132013-12-25A homa fire burns inside a square pit built from stacked white-washed bricks, with orange marigold petals scattered on the bricks and bundles of dried grass laid across the top. A small brass bowl holding yellow liquid and a wooden ladle sit at the upper left, beside a wooden spoon. At the lower left, a yellow-green fruit with glossy green leaves rests in a brass vessel wrapped with straw. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the top left edge, while a white cloth canopy fills the background. No people are fully shown, and no identifiable a person figure appears in the frame.2007-10-21May 12 20132013-05-12A close photograph of a homa fire ritual. A white cloth bundle with red and yellow markings rests on a stack of red bricks while flames rise behind it. Beside the bricks are silver ritual vessels, a small oil lamp, dry twigs and leaves, and a silver vase garlanded with white flowers. Bananas and coconut halves lie among the offerings. A partly visible person in orange-saffron cloth with bare arm and a gold bangle sits at the left edge, performing the fire offering.2013-12-25A photograph of a homa fire pit built from stacked brick and whitewashed bricks, with a bright flame burning inside on a bed of wood and ash. Orange marigold petals and flowers are scattered on the brick rim, and dry grass stalks are placed around the edge. At the upper left, the orange-robed edge of a garment and a brass bowl are visible, and at the lower left a green-leaved mango-leaf vessel topped with a coconut sits beside the pit. No people are visible in the frame.2007-10-21A square brick fire pit with white-washed brick edges burns with bright orange flames at its centre, with thin dry sticks and reed-like twigs laid around the rim. Marigold flowers and green leaves are placed on the bricks and a coconut sits in a netted vessel at the front left. A brass bowl and a long wooden ladle rest on the left edge, and at the top, the hem of an orange robe and a white cloth canopy are visible.2007-10-21Close-up photograph of a homa fire ritual. A bright flame rises from a brick-lined fire pit with white flower offerings scattered on the bricks. A polished silver bowl at left pours a pale yellow liquid into the fire. Behind, a person in orange-red clothing wears a long beaded necklace with a large ornate gold pendant; only the arms and torso are partly visible. A faint bird logo sits at the top left corner.2011-11-10A photograph of a Rudra homa at night. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, sit on a raised wooden platform. The foreground priest, shaven-headed with a tilak, holds a ladle over a brick fire pit with a glowing fire, surrounded by yellow-green offerings and banana leaves. Fruits and coconuts rest on leaves nearby, and brass vessels and a gold-trimmed container stand to the side. Behind them, seated devotees watch from behind a rope barrier, including a woman in a pink-and-white top with long hair and a man in white.2011-12-08 +1 copiesMay 12 20132013-05-12A photograph of a homa being performed indoors on a pale floor. A yellow brick fire pit holds a bright flame, with fruit bowls, flower offerings and small brass vessels arranged nearby. A priest in orange robes and a gold necklace kneels at right, feeding the fire with a long stick. Seated behind him in rows are devotees in orange and white clothing. Several other seated devotees, some in white, fill the background.2008-03-22November 10 20112011-11-10