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Outdoor photo of a seated figure in an orange sannyasi cloth with long dark swept hair and a small forehead mark, sitting on a wooden seat before a low square fire pit of white bricks. Brass vessels, a silver pot and a small brass kalasha-style vessel sit on the brick platform beside a microphone stand. Around the pit, a crowd of about a dozen people sits on the ground wearing white garments with orange shawls, seen from behind. Large banyan trees with aerial roots and a open book on a stand frame the scene. Appearance-based cues of long swept-back hair and orange clothing mark a probable Swamiji (probable) presiding over a homa, seated on the wooden seat with the ritual vessels nearby.

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Outdoor homa ritual on bare earth under large banyan trees. A man with long dark hair and an orange shawl stands at the centre, gesturing with one hand, next to a microphone stand and a brass bowl. Before him a square altar of white bricks holds brass vessels, a small kalasha-like pot and white offerings. Around the altar sit rows of devotees: women and girls in white saris and white garments with orange shawls, long braids visible, plus a few men in white and orange. Two standing men in white and orange shawls flank the central figure. Striped mats and a blue cloth cover the ground. The central figure has long hair, an orange wrap and distinctive presentation, consistent with the page's a person label, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2006-09-21Outdoor homa ritual under large banyan trees with aerial roots. A white brick fire altar stands on a blue mat, with a golden kalasha and brass vessels beside it. A long-haired man in orange robes sits behind the altar, speaking into a microphone, while a young man in orange and white sits beside him. Other orange-clad and white-clad figures sit on mats in front, some holding books or trays. Camera operators and video equipment stand at the edges of the frame. Roughly two dozen people are visible, mostly seated devotees in white dhotis and saris with orange shawls.2006-09-21Outdoor homa ritual under trees with white smoke rising. A woman with long dark hair in an orange sari sits on a low wooden seat at a brick-lined fire pit, one arm extended toward the flames, and a microphone on a stand is in front of her. Orange flower petals are scattered on the white bricks, and a silver ritual vessel and a brass bowl sit by the pit. Seated devotees in white clothing with orange shawls face the fire, and a cameraman in white stands on a tripod behind the smoke. Another man in an orange shawl sits at right on a wooden chair.2006-09-21Outdoor homa ceremony held under a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A square fire pit of white bricks sits on a blue tarpaulin at the centre, with bowls of offerings, flower petals and a kalasha nearby. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged behind the fire pit, beside a second person in white. Around them a large group of devotees sits on the ground in white dhoti-style clothing with orange shawls, many with long braids. A camera on a tripod is visible at the left edge, and a metal pole stands at the right.2006-09-21Outdoors under a large spreading tree, a group of devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sits on the ground around a homa setup. A central figure in an orange robe with long dark hair sits on a raised seat behind a white brick fire altar, gesturing with one hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. A second person in white with an orange shawl sits beside him, and a brass kalasha and ritual vessels lie on a blue mat at the altar's side. Dried leaves are spread on the ground to the left. Students in white and a child in pink sit in the foreground, and a camera on a tripod faces the altar. The figure in orange with long hair is a person candidate, seated and teaching at the homa.2006-09-21A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual beneath a large spreading tree. A long-haired man in orange robes sits cross-legged at the far side of a fire pit built from stacked white bricks, with a bronze-coloured offering vessel nearby. Beside him, a man in white with an orange shawl tends the rite. Around the pit, about twenty devotees sit on the ground in white clothes with orange shawls, several women with braided hair among them, while a red deity murti sits at the lower left corner. The ground is swept dirt with a patterned low table and a blue mat.2006-09-21Outdoor ritual scene beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and a dark hollow in its trunk. A man with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits on a low wooden seat behind a white brick homa fire pit, his hands resting on his knees, with a microphone stand nearby. Beside him, a younger man in white clothing with an orange shawl sits on a blue cloth. The brick pit holds a brass kalasha-like vessel, a small oil lamp, marigold petals, and brass bowls with offerings. The sitter is an appearance-based a person candidate, identified by long swept hair and saffron clothing, shown in person.2006-09-21Outdoor photograph at an ashram under a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A woman with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron wrap sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat on a raised platform, speaking into a microphone. Beside her, a tall bamboo-like pole wrapped in colourful rainbow-striped garland stands near a seated figure in white with gold ornaments. Around them, a group of men and women in white clothes sit on the ground in a seated audience, several wearing name badges. A red-painted rock or shrine base with yellow and red floral garlands is at the right edge, and a small brown stringed instrument rests against the platform. The wider setting includes trees and onlookers standing in the background.2006-07-23Outdoor photo under a large spreading tree at an open-air gathering. A figure with long dark hair in a white garment with a yellow shawl sits on the ground at the right, facing a brick fire pit with a bright flame, a microphone stand beside them and brass bowls and flower offerings nearby. A seated audience of many people in white clothes and rudraksha malas faces them on the sand, with several saffron-robed figures in orange among them. At left, a raised white-draped seat is decorated with green leaves and flowers. Ritual kolam designs are drawn on the ground, and a hanging bell hangs from a branch.2005-01-24Outdoor ritual photograph of a homa or yagna. A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a blue cloth at right, wearing an orange shawl over bare shoulders, his hand extended over a brass bowl of liquid and rows of small clay dishes with offerings. A microphone on a silver stand is in front of him. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit on the ground, one holding a notebook. A standing man in white clothes is partly visible at the left edge beside a white brick platform with marigold petals. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure has long swept-back hair and a saffron shawl with bare upper body, consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji at this event.2006-09-21Outdoor ritual homa at an open-air site beneath large trees. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange shawl and with a red-white tilak on the forehead, sits behind a white brick fire altar and speaks into a microphone on a stand. Beside him, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a blue cloth, hands folded. Brass bowls, a silver goblet, and small offering dishes are arranged on the blue mat. Several rows of small clay dishes filled with items sit in the foreground, and rows of seated listeners in orange and white, seen from behind, face the altar. Other figures in orange and white sit at the left and rear.2006-09-21Outdoor homa ritual under trees with smoke rising. In the foreground, a figure with long swept-back dark hair wearing an orange-saffron wrap is seated before a white brick fire pit decorated with orange marigold petals, a silver ritual vessel and a brass bowl. The figure gestures with one arm toward a microphone on a stand. Behind, a row of seated devotees in white and orange-saffron clothing sit in rows, and a cameraman in white with a tripod-mounted camera stands at the back. A young man in orange and white sits at the right edge beside the microphone stand.2006-09-21