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Evening outdoor fire ritual at a brick-lined homa pit surrounded by flower petals and a green mat. A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a flaming lamp over the pit, with a kalasha and brass vessels in front. Seated rows of devotees on white plastic chairs watch: women in white and red-bordered saris, a woman in an ochre shawl, a man in white with folded hands, and a child in orange. Smoke rises in the lamplight.

A photograph of a homa or yagna at an outdoor-style fire pit lined with brick, with bright flames rising from stacked wood. A man with a shaved head and white tilak markings on his forehead and arms sits cross-legged in an orange-red robe, holding a long wooden stick toward the fire. He wears a gold necklace and a bracelet, and a microphone stands beside him. Nearby are silver bowls, a brass oil lamp and small offering vessels on an orange cloth. Seated devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, with garland flowers at the edge, sit on blue and striped mats behind him. a person: the seated ritual leader wears orange robes, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style neck mala.

Outdoor homa ceremony under palm trees. A fire burns in a raised stone fire pit at center, with devotees in orange and saffron robes seated on a striped rug tending the flames and offering items. A seated man in orange garments and a rudraksha-style mala sits in a red armchair on the left, a gold-trimmed red throne-like seat, watching the ritual. Behind, a crowd of onlookers in white and mixed colours stands and sits. On the right, a red draped altar table holds white-covered pots, yellow flowers, and orange-topped kalasha vessels. A child in red and orange sits near the fire. Camera equipment is visible at left.

November 06 2011

A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual at night. A man in a rust-orange robe and orange turban sits cross-legged before a square brick fire pit with bright flames, with his hands over the fire. He wears a long layered gold beaded necklace and a large ornate gold pendant, and his long dreadlock-like hair falls over his shoulders. Behind him, a seated group of devotees in white and orange clothing, some wearing rudraksha malas, watch quietly. Silver and brass bowls, a brass bowl near the fire, lamps and a stack of offerings sit on the grass in front, and a blue-draped table stands at right.

December 16 2010

Outdoor riverside ritual on a stone ghat beside a wide river. A bare-chested priest with orange-red headwear and body ash sits at right tending a small fire on a stack of yellow bricks, with brass bowls, a kalasha-style pot, flowers and offerings around him. Seated before him are about six people: a woman in white with long dark hair and hands clasped, a woman in white beside her, a seated woman in maroon with a rudraksha-style mala, and a man in grey. Two rafters paddle a small boat on the water behind. This appears to be a homa or yagna at the riverbank.

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August 29 2014

A homa being performed at a brick-lined fire pit decorated with yellow and red flower petals. A shaven-headed man in saffron robes and a multi-strand rudraksha-style bead necklace with a gold pendant feeds the flames with a ladle-like vessel, smoke rising around him. Beside him, a younger man in white clothing with a yellow shawl sits on the floor among brass pots, a kalasha-style vessel, bowls and trays. Behind, brass lamps stand near a pink and green cloth with garlands, and a brass plate holds offerings. The setting is a tiled ritual space with a pale floor.

A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual on a riverside platform covered with orange cloth. In the foreground, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair and orange saffron robes sits cross-legged beside a rectangular metal fire pit with bright flames, pouring or offering an item into the fire from a small vessel. Wearing a rudraksha-style mala and orange robes, another seated orange-clad man assists nearby. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange garments, some with hands folded, sit on the platform. Silver vessels, a bowl of green fruit, and a plate of marigold petals lie on the cloth, and a microphone stand is visible at right. Riverside rocks and orange flags are in the background. The figure with long hair and orange robes matches appearance cues for Swamiji (probable), seated and performing the fire offering.