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September 30 2007

A homa fire ritual is underway on a white-draped platform. A shaven-headed priest in orange robes with a saffron shawl, rudraksha beads and bangles sits cross-legged, holding an offering over a large blazing fire of stacked wood, with a bronze bowl and red roses and marigold garlands around it. Beside him, a bearded man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits attentively. A microphone, water bottles, a brass lamp and a kalasha stand in the background. The priest's appearance is consistent with the page's reference, but the cues are limited, so the identity remains uncertain.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap performs a fire ritual on a white-tiled platform decorated with yellow marigold and red rose garlands and petals. He sits cross-legged with eyes closed, hands joined near a small red flower, a rudraksha mala hanging across his chest and a white tilak on his forehead. A microphone stands before him; a brass bowl and a stack of wooden logs for a homa fire sit to his right, with a brass oil lamp and a tall bamboo pole behind. Two water bottles rest on the platform and a white draped chair stands in the background.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap sits cross-legged before a fire pit during a homa-style ritual, hands pressed together in prayer and a rudraksha-like bead bracelet visible on his wrist. The fire pit is built up with white tiers, stacked wood and a flame, surrounded by yellow and red flower garlands, pineapples, bananas, platters of fruit and sweets, and a brass kalasha-style lamp. A microphone stands at his left and water bottles sit near the fire. A white-draped seat stands behind him.

September 30 2007

Photograph of a fire ritual at night. A man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head cloth, with a tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, sits on a white platform holding a bowl of offerings and speaks into a microphone on a stand. Beside him a man in white clothes and a white shirt with a mala sits watching the flames. A blazing homa fire of stacked wooden logs burns in front of them, surrounded by red roses and yellow marigold garlands, with brass vessels, a kalasha and a lamp stand on the platform. Dim wall and grille in the background.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange head covering and a white tilak on his forehead performs a homa at a fire pit on a tiered white platform garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers. A rudraksha mala hangs at his chest, and a microphone stands at his side. Behind him, a white-draped chair sits in a dim hall. To the right, a tall brass lamp stand wrapped in yellow flower garlands rises beside a brass kalasha. A second person in white sits partly visible behind him. The fire burns brightly in the centre, with offering bowls on the platform. The scene reads as a homa or yagna ceremony. The man in saffron appears to be a person, with orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a head covering, seated centrally at the fire.

A photo of a fire ritual. A shaven-headed man sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, wearing an orange robe, a gold rudraksha-style necklace of beads and a white and red forehead marking, and speaks into a microphone while reaching toward a flame. Brass and silver bowls hold offerings and wood sticks sit by the fire. Seated behind him, two men in white clothes sit with folded hands, and a third man in a red and white shawl sits on a chair nearby. Flowers lie at the edge of the frame. The orange-robed man's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so he is described only by role as a ritual officiant.

September 30 2007

A photograph of a homa fire ritual in progress. A brick-built fire pit holds a bright flame, with marigold petals scattered on the bricks. A man with a shaved head, a tilak mark on his forehead, and an orange robe with a gold-beaded necklace feeds the fire with an offering. Around him, several seated men in white and orange-red shawls and devotees look on, with brass vessels and plates of offerings nearby. a person: the seated ritual officiant in orange robes and gold beads matches a possible in-person candidate, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity.

A homa fire is lit inside a square brick fire pit covered with white bricks and scattered orange marigold petals. A bald man in orange robes and a large gold necklace with a pendant feeds sticks into the flame with his right hand. Beside him a young man in white clothes with an orange shawl tends the offerings, and a steel bowl and plate of dried sticks and leaves sit nearby. Several boys and young people in white clothes and orange shawls sit on the floor behind them, and an older man in white stands at the doorway. The scene is an indoor fire ritual in a plain white-walled hall. Whether the robed man is the a person is uncertain, since the visible cues are only a shaved head and orange robes with a gold necklace.