A photograph of an outdoor homa vedi, a rectangular fire pit built from stacked red and white painted bricks on bare dry ground. Small yellow flower offerings are scattered on the bricks and ground, and a little ash or burnt material sits inside the pit. A terracotta-coloured building with red-framed windows stands behind it. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an outdoor homa vedi, a rectangular fire pit built from stacked red and white painted bricks on bare dry ground. Small yellow flower offerings are scattered on the bricks and ground, and a little ash or burnt material sits inside the pit. A terracotta-coloured building with red-framed windows stands behind it. No people are visible.

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