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October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11A photograph of a homa ceremony under a canopy decorated with orange, green and yellow fabric and banana leaves. A standing priest in saffron robes and a saffron head covering, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala, holds a metal tray with a flame and looks upward. Seated ritual participants in orange and saffron clothing sit behind a square fire pit covered with flowers and offerings. In the foreground, two devotees in white and yellow kneel with palms joined. Brass kalasha pots wrapped in woven netting, bowls of food and flowers, and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure garlanded with flowers sit nearby.2009-09-25 +1 copiesDecember 10 20072007-12-10Night ritual at an outdoor homa or fire-offering site under a decorated canopy of green and orange festoons and banana leaves. A man in saffron-orange robes with a hood-like head covering and layered beaded necklaces stands at right, holding a silver plate of flaming camphor or offering fire aloft. Seated devotees in orange and maroon garments press palms together around a square homa pit with brass vessels, marigold petals and yellow flowers. Smoke rises at left, and a garlanded deity murti sits in the background at right. Several people in white with yellow shawls kneel at lower right.2009-09-25October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20172017-09-24A photograph of a homa ritual inside a decorated pavilion with orange and green paper streamers overhead and banana plants at the sides. Smoke rises from a square fire pit lined with marigold garlands and brass bowls. A figure in orange robes with a long gold-bead necklace holds a round metal plate or ladle over the fire. Seated at the pit on the left, several people in orange clothing sit with hands joined in prayer. In the foreground, two young people in white and yellow garments kneel with hands folded, and a book sits on a purple cloth. Brass kalasha pots wrapped in woven netting and decorated with flowers stand at the left, and a framed portrait garlanded with flowers hangs behind the fire pit.2009-09-25