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A photograph of an empty homa vedi, a square fire pit built from stacked red and white painted bricks on bare sandy ground. Small yellow flowers are scattered on the bricks, and a few sticks lie across the top of the pit. Behind it stands a salmon-pink building with red-framed windows, and a faint circular logo appears at the upper left. No people are visible in the scene.

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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.2010-08-08A photograph of an outdoor square brick fire pit on bare dirt ground, built from red and white painted bricks in a rectangular stack. Small yellow flower petals are scattered on the bricks and ground. Behind it stands a tall orange-red building with several windows framed in dark red. No people are visible. The setting suggests a homa vedi, a ritual fire pit.2010-08-08Outdoor homa fire pit built from reddish brick in a square, with a small smoking fire of wood in the centre. The brick rim is dusted with white powder and sprinkled with red and orange flower petals, and a thin string runs around the base. Behind it, a blue table holds brass bowls, a small brass vessel, a bundle of grass and a red cloth, with red cables on the ground. No people are visible in the frame.2015-05-01A photograph of a square fire pit built from whitewashed bricks on a tiled floor, with the interior of the pit containing reddish bricks and a few stones. Blue tarpaulin and cut-off white cloth are visible at the edges, and a partial shadow falls across the front of the structure. No people are clearly visible apart from a partially visible figure in white at the right edge and a foot at the lower left. The brickwork appears to be a prepared fire altar, consistent with a homa or yagna setup, though this is not explicitly shown.2006-10-19January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesMay 07 20062006-05-07January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesOctober 19 20062006-10-19A photograph of a square stepped brick structure built on bare, reddish-brown earth, resembling a fire pit or altar base. White-painted bricks are stacked in tiers around a shallow rectangular well at the top, with a red hibiscus-type flower placed on the step at the centre and another on a lower step. A brick bears the painted numeral 188. Sparse grass grows at the edges of the ground. No people are visible.2006-08-28A square brick fire pit with burning wooden logs and sticks, flames rising in the center over grey ash. The brick rim is whitened with powder and decorated with orange and red kumkum or turmeric lines and scattered red and orange flower petals. No people are visible. The fire pit appears to be a homa or yagna altar. A small brass vessel is visible at the top left edge.2015-05-01September 03 20072007-09-03A fire-altar construction of stacked white rectangular bricks decorated with orange and magenta flowers, dried grass blades and small white blossoms. A flame burns in a recessed brick fire pit at the top centre, and brass vessels and coconut shell cups sit at the upper left. No people are visible; this resembles a homa/yagna fire altar prepared for ritual use.