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A photograph of a homa ritual at a temple setting. In the foreground a stone fire pit holds burning wood and yellow turmeric-covered offerings. Standing at right, a bearded man with long dark hair, bare-chested, wears an orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala, a gold chain and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead; he pours grains from a brass plate into the fire. Behind him stands a second attendant in a white dhoti with a gold border and a striped shawl, and a third man in a white turban and orange cloth. Behind them, red-draped tiered platforms hold yellow and orange offerings in brass plates, with an ornate brass lamp and a golden deity murti on the left. Swamiji (probable) is identified by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace on the man pouring the offering.

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