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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.

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Night photograph of a homa fire ritual. A large flame rises from a fire pit on a low platform in the foreground, with a seated figure in orange-saffron robes behind it, partly obscured by the fire. A microphone stand stands to the right and a small electric fan is visible at left. Small offerings and brass items sit on the platform. A dark background surrounds the scene.

October 06 2013

A man seated on an ornate red and gold throne performs a fire ritual at night, with his palms pressed together in namaste before a large flame. He is bare-chested with a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold-trimmed yellow cloth draped at his waist. In front of him a brass bowl rests on a golden platform beside the fire, with a dark textured cloth and an oil lamp at the left edge. Garlands of yellow flowers hang at the upper right beside an orange curtain.

A standing man in an orange-saffron drape, with shoulder-length wavy dark hair and a bare upper torso, holds a small silver ritual bowl or lamp in one hand and gestures with the other near a flame. Beside him, a fire or lamp burns on a metal stand, and seated figures in orange and white clothing sit on the floor behind a wooden railing. Behind them are a blank white easel board and a dimly lit stage with framed decorations. The scene suggests a ritual or fire ceremony in an indoor hall at night.

A photograph of a homa fire ritual outdoors beside a large tree. A figure with long swept-back dark hair and a forehead tilak wears an orange saffron robe and sits on a low wooden stool before a square fire pit built from white-painted bricks. Tall orange flames rise from the pit, which is decorated with marigold petals. Brass bowls, a small brass lamp, a pink flower and a silver tray with offerings sit near the pit, and a microphone stands in front of the figure. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, a tilak and orange saffron robe, cues consistent with the page's claim of Swamiji conducting the Sri Vidhya homa.

August 17 2006

Night photograph of a fire ritual lit in warm orange tones. A young man with short dark hair sits cross-legged on the ground in front of a fire of burning logs, wearing a saffron-orange robe with a wrap and hands folded in his lap. Behind him, standing figures in orange and ochre robes are partly visible, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Small flames flicker at the left edge and bottom left. The setting is dark outdoors with scattered wood. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the seated young man is a devotee participant.

A close photograph of a homa fire rising from a dark rectangular fire pit with dry grass blades scattered around its edges. Behind the flames, a seated person in white clothing with a light-coloured shawl sits cross-legged; a red-brown hand holds a dark prayer bead mala at the right edge. The orange flames and glowing embers are the central focus against the dark background.