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A photograph of a homa fire pit lined with brick-coloured earth, with a tall flame rising from the centre. Small white and red powder markings, rice grains and scattered flower petals decorate the rim. A brass vessel holding yellow liquid sits at the left edge, and a gold lamp stand is visible behind. In the background, a red cloth covers the floor, and a deity murti is decorated with white and red garlands and yellow flowers. Green banana leaves and fruit rest on a tray at right. No people are visible.2020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15Photo 11728685Close view of a square yellow-gold fire altar (homa kunda) with a large flame rising from its red-orange-lined interior. Its rim is decorated with green and pink flower-petal lines, scattered red flowers and white rice-flour borders. Blurred figures in white dhotis and an orange-robed person stand behind it, with a white and pink flower arrangement and a polished metal bowl at right. No faces are clearly visible.2017-08-22 +1 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesFebruary 20 20162016-02-20 +2 copiesApril 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02A homa fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames rising around a ladle being poured into the fire by a figure whose arm and sleeve are partly visible in the blurred background. A brass bowl with ornate engraved rim sits at left. Yellow marigold garlands, red flowers and a white cloth wrap a central offering at the front of the pit. No person's face or full figure is clearly shown, and no a person candidate is visible.2016-08-14A photograph of a homa fire burning on a square fire pit built from yellow-brown bricks, with tall orange flames rising from the centre. White rice-like grains and scattered flower petals, some red and pink, cover the bricks around the fire. A hand holding a brass bowl of liquid, a brass vessel, appears at the left edge, and a blurred figure in a purple and red garment is visible in the background. No people are clearly identifiable; the visible hands and clothing belong to a partially shown participant in the homa.2016-01-02November 10 20112011-11-10A close view of a wooden-framed fire pit for a homa, with a tall flame rising from a pile of dry sticks and twigs, smoke curling upward. In the blurred background, several people in orange and saffron robes sit behind the fire, and a silver bowl with offerings sits beside the pit. Small oil lamps glow at the right edge.2015-01-07 +1 copies