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A photograph of a homa fire burning in a square brick fire pit on a dark tiled floor. Behind it, several seated people in white shirts and dhotis, and a woman in a red and green sari, sit on patterned mats. To the right, a brass tray holds offerings of marigold garlands, fruit and vessels, with a brass oil lamp and a small flame nearby. A man in white clothing sits at the right edge, holding a brass ladle over the fire. Items of puja material and a small lamp are arranged around the pit.

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A homa fire burns in a square fire pit built of white-painted brick on a dark stone floor inside a temple hall. Flames rise strongly from the pit. Around it are brass plates of fruit including bananas, lemons, apples and a pineapple, a tall brass lamp stand, small brass pots and a brass kalasha-style vessel with a ladle. A folded white cloth with red-striped borders lies nearby, and a white cloth covers a low seat behind the pit. A small yellow-cloth table holds brass ritual items on the right. No people are visible.October 15 20102010-10-15Night photograph of a homa fire ritual. A large blazing fire burns in a stepped white stone fire pit decorated with red and yellow flower petals. Several men in white dhotis sit around the pit; one at right, with shaved head and gold necklaces, presses his palms together in prayer. A standing priest in a white dhoti and sacred thread stands at the back. Brass plates hold offerings, a brass kalasha-style pot, oil lamps burn on the right beside a tray of fruit and flowers, and a decorated altar with red and green draperies is visible. Several people are seen from behind in the foreground.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire burning in a rectangular brick fire pit at night, with tall flames rising from the centre. Two brass oil lamps stand on tall stands on the left and centre, and rows of small lamps or offerings sit on the floor in the foreground. In the background, two people in white clothes stand near the right edge, partly in shadow, and a figure in white stands to the left of the flames. The indoor setting is dim, with a purple logo in the upper left corner.2005-11-24A night-time homa at a temple hall. A rectangular fire pit of white bricks holds a tall flame. A priest in white dhoti and white shirt sits on a low white seat at the right, facing the fire with hands joined, while a younger assistant in white sits beside him. Standing devotees in casual clothes watch from the left, a man in an orange shirt stands at the right, and a woman in a red sari with a child stands at the far right. Brass vessels, a coconut, flower garlands and a brass oil lamp lie in the foreground, and a deity murti sits in a glass-fronted shrine at the upper right.October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA homa fire burns in a brick fire pit at the centre of the frame, with bright flames rising from the square altar. Around it, priests sit on the floor in white dhotis and orange cloths. A young priest in front, bare-chested with a tilak on his forehead and an orange shawl over his shoulder, tends the fire. Behind him, other priests with rudraksha malas sit before trays of marigold and yellow flower garlands and brass vessels. Pale stone-block walls and a corrugated roof frame the scene, and a standing woman in a white sari with orange border stands in the background. Offering sticks and a basket lie in the foreground.2016-10-16A homa fire ritual at night in a courtyard. A central fire blazes in a brick fire pit, and a priest bare-chested in a white dhoti with a red turban pours offerings into it from a brass vessel. Around the pit are marigold garlands, bowls of fruit, apples, brass vessels and kalasha pots draped in cloth. Several men sit on mats in white dhotis and rudraksha malas, and one man in saffron clothing is at the right edge. A man in the foreground with his back to the camera wears a rudraksha mala. Floral decorations and fruit offerings cover the ground around the fire.2016-08-05A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit at the centre of a stone-walled hall, surrounded by marigold garlands and brass vessels. A bare-chested man with a white dhoti and orange shawl, with a tilak on his forehead, sits cross-legged before the fire. Around him, priests in white dhotis and orange clothing tend the ritual, one holding a brass pot and another feeding offerings into the flames. A second fire burns in the background, and a woven basket of sticks and offering materials sits at right. Copyright overlay text appears on the image.2016-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesJuly 17 20132013-07-17