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Smoky ritual scene at a homa or yagna fire. A man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a patterned headwrap and a long beaded mala with a large gold pendant, kneels at a flaming fire-altar and reaches toward it with his right arm. Beside him a woman in a rust-brown sari with a long white beaded necklace and a bindi sits near a large dark bronze bowl with flames, holding a ladle. In front of them lie silver ritual vessels, a small bronze figure, a brass lamp, and offerings. Behind, several onlookers stand and sit, including a woman in a blue sari and a man in white. A purple and blue ribbon-patterned banner with a gold emblem hangs on a pole at the back, and a silver-toned seat is partly visible at right.

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October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08Smoky ritual scene at night with a fire lit in a small brass lamp and a large black metal vessel at left. A man in a leopard-print headband, saffron cloth and a long wooden bead mala pours from a small vessel toward the flame. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange wrap and a bead necklace kneels near brass pots and small silver containers. Several other men in orange robes stand behind them. Silver statues of deities and a silver throne-like back are arranged on a colourful striped cloth in front. The scene suggests a puja or homa with offerings. a person candidate appearance is uncertain given the page claim, so identity is marked unsure.2017-10-08Photograph of a ritual scene inside a temple hall. A man with a patterned leopard-print headband with a silver crescent ornament sits cross-legged on a striped mat, wearing an orange-red saffron garment and a heavy gold necklace, and tends a flame in a carved stone bowl with his hand. Behind him, a standing man in a red-orange robe wears a long rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, and a bare-chested man with a mala kneels in the smoke. Silver ritual vessels, lamps with flames, polished silver platters and a silver peetha-like stand fill the foreground, with more devotees seated in the background.2017-10-08March 03 20182018-03-03A ritual scene in which a seated priest in saffron-orange robes, with a gold necklace and bare upper body partly visible, tends a flame over brass and silver ritual vessels and a kalasha-like pot on a striped cloth. Behind him, a shirtless man with long hair and a rudraksha mala leans forward with his hands on the cloth, and a row of seated devotees in orange and red turbans and robes sits on the floor. A large smoking fire or incense lamp is in the foreground.2017-10-08March 03 20182018-03-03A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban and red-brown robe with rudraksha malas sits cross-legged beside a small burning fire pit and wooden ritual apparatus, his hand over the offerings. To his right, a bare-chested young man in orange cloth with white body markings tends the flame. Behind them stand garlanded deity murtis and a decorated altar, with silver kalasha vessels and lamps set on a patterned mat in the foreground. Marigold garlands hang across the stone pillars.2018-03-03A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace tends a fire in a stone bowl during a ritual, his hand reaching toward flames. He wears a leopard-print turban with a crescent ornament, and gold bangles on his arms. Behind him, a woman in a maroon sari and beaded necklace stands with hands together, and a man in orange kneels at the left. Silver kalasha pots and an oil lamp sit on a striped cloth, with deity murti in white in the foreground. Devotees sit in the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears saffron robes, a leopard-print turban with a crescent ornament and a long gold necklace, matching the page's Swamiji reference, so he is labelled as probable in appearance only. The photo is a homa or yagna scene with fire and offerings.2017-10-08January 31 20182018-01-31March 03 20182018-03-03