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Night outdoor fire ritual. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a red cushion before a brick-lined homa fire pit blazing with flames, offering something into the fire with one hand. Behind them, two standing figures wear white dhoti-style clothing, and a white-draped table holds a garland of multicoloured flowers and a brass vessel. Dark background, rocks around the pit.

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A night-time fire ritual at a sandy outdoor site. A person in an orange saffron robe over a red top sits on a carved wooden seat with a red cushion, long dark hair falling loose, and drops an orange fruit into a small brick fire pit with lit wood and flames. A bronze bowl with a long handle sits beside the fire, and a white-clothed attendant in a white dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a silver tray of oranges, apples and red fruit at left. Two other standing figures in light clothes stand behind. Scattered firewood and small offering items lie on the ground.2006-05-07May 07 20062006-05-07July 20 20052005-07-202004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02A photograph of an evening homa at an outdoor fire altar built of white-painted bricks. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange sannyasi wrap, sits on the left holding a silver plate with a burning flame and offerings above the square fire pit. Brass vessels, a ladle, a small kumkum-marked bowl and a silver kalasha-style cup stand on the altar. Behind, several people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on mats in the dusk, some holding papers.2006-09-21A seated figure in an orange robe holds a brass plate of burning camphor flame over a homa fire pit built of white brick. The fire inside the square brick pit burns brightly on a dark outdoor ground beneath a large tree. The person wears a red tilak on the forehead, and offerings and a small bowl lie to the left. A corner of a dark blue cloth and a small woven mat are visible. Appearance suggests a person in an orange robe performing homa with a fire aarti plate; the figure is a ritual participant, not a deity murti.2006-09-21Night fire ritual, a homa at a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames and smoke. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the left holds a silver vessel over the fire. Seated at right on an ornate silver-backed chair with leopard-print cushion is a man in an orange shawl over a maroon-red robe, wearing a white flower garland and a red-orange tilak on his forehead, hands joined in his lap. Behind him, priests in red-orange and white garments stand, and a woman in orange-red sari with hands folded stands nearby. A silver bowl sits on the brick edge, and a silver ceremonial staff with a fringed canopy rises at right.2014-08-01Outdoor homa at dusk beneath a large banyan tree. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap, sits on the left in front of a brick-lined fire pit and tends a tall flame with a ladle and offerings, a person by the long hair and orange clothing. Behind the pit, rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls face the fire on blue and white striped mats. Brass vessels, a bowl of orange and yellow offerings and a small kalasha sit near the pit, and a white-draped table stands in the background.2006-09-212004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02July 20 20052005-07-20Outdoor fire ritual at dusk beneath a large tree. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe sits cross-legged beside a square fire pit built of white bricks, with flames rising from the centre and marigold petals scattered on the bricks. Two assistants flank him: one in white with an orange shawl holding a long staff, and another in white kneeling behind with a metal stand. Brass vessels, a silver cup, plates of offerings and a bundle of sticks lie on a cloth in front. A person in orange is partly visible at the lower right. The scene is a homa with offerings.2006-09-21Outdoor fire ritual at dusk. A brick-lined homa fire pit burns brightly in the foreground, with marigold petals scattered on the bricks and small brass bowls of offerings nearby. A person in a saffron-orange robe with a red forehead mark sits cross-legged behind the fire, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a small ladle-like ritual implement in the other. Beside them, a second person in white clothes with an orange shawl sits behind a microphone stand. Two people are visible in the scene, with bare ground and dark foliage behind them. The saffron-robed figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2006-09-21