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A photo of a Vedic fire ritual (homa) at close range. A person in white clothes with a gold border sits on an orange cloth, wearing gold-toned bangles, and holds a bundle of dark dried stalks over a silver-rimmed plate of the same dark pieces. Beside it, a live fire burns inside a brick fire pit whose bricks are marked with white designs and yellow flowers. Silver bowls, a small silver vessel and a kalasha-style pot sit nearby. No face is visible, so the person cannot be identified.

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A close photo of a homa fire ritual. In the foreground, a person in white clothing with a gold-edged border holds a bundle of dried twigs and sprinkles dark dried leaves onto an ornate silver plate with a scalloped rim. Beside it sit a small silver bowl, a silver vessel and a gold-coloured pot. To the right, orange-stained bricks surround a blazing fire, with white markings painted on the bricks and small yellow flowers placed on them. The setting appears to be a fire ritual with offerings.2011-12-28March 29 20132013-03-29January 13 20182018-01-13December 28 20112011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28January 06 20182018-01-06December 23 20102010-12-23A homa fire burns inside a square brick fire pit decorated with yellow, purple, green and white powder designs. Two priests in white dhotis sit cross-legged behind the pit, partly visible at the top corners. A brass bowl holding liquid and a ladle sit on the left, a small brass vessel and a basket of dried sticks on the right, and a tray of pomegranates and flowers rests on a silver stand behind the fire. The scene is a fire ritual on a striped mat.2016-03-05 +1 copiesA close photograph of a bundle of dried grass or straw held in a hand at right, its tip burning with bright orange flames and trailing dark charred fibres. Below, a polished silver ritual tray holds a pile of black charred material with glowing embers. The blurred background shows orange-red cloth. Only the partial hand is visible; no faces are shown.2013-11-07September 21 20162016-09-21A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl sits cross-legged before a square homa fire pit built of ochre bricks decorated with white markings and yellow flowers. He holds a microphone stand in one hand and an open book in the other, a silver bowl of grains nearby, with a ceremonial copper-and-silver vessel and offering bowls on a tray to his left. Two decorated kalashas with yellow flowers and banana leaves sit at right beside a red-orange cloth backdrop. The scene shows a fire ritual in progress with an oil lamp at the pit's edge. No other people are visible.2011-12-28Close photograph of a homa fire pit built from yellow-ochre painted bricks with white stripes and scattered red flower petals. Orange flames rise from a bed of thin dry sticks and embers. In the lower right, a metal ladle sits in a bowl of orange-yellow liquid. No people are visible; the scene centres on the sacred fire and offerings.2011-12-14