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A photograph of an outdoor homa ceremony on bare earth beneath trees. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark wears an orange saffron robe and sits on a carved wooden chair in front of a low square fire pit built of white bricks decorated with marigold petals. He holds a ladle over a brass bowl and a silver ritual vessel rests before him, with a small brass bell and a brass kalasha nearby. A microphone on a stand is positioned at his side. Behind him a young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl plays a metal instrument, and another figure in white stands further back. A mat, a folded cloth and a few brass vessels lie on the ground to the left. The man's appearance (long hair, orange robe, distinctive ritual setting) is consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, so this is a probable identification.

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A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair sits on a wooden chair at an outdoor homa fire pit lined with white-painted brick. The figure holds a brass bowl and a silver ladle over the fire altar, with marigold petals scattered on the bricks. A microphone on a stand stands beside, and a second person in white clothing and an orange cloth on the left holds a long wooden staff. Brass pots, a small brass lamp, a red flower and bundles of sticks lie on the blue mat. The description carries a person cue: the robe is saffron and the hair is long and swept back, and the figure is leading the ritual. The scene is an outdoor fire ritual.2006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony on bare ground with a square fire pit built of white bricks. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits and gestures with one hand toward the pit, a microphone on a stand in front of him. Two young male assistants flank him, both wearing white dhotis and saffron shawls. Brass bowls, a ladle, a plate of white offerings, a kalasha-like vessel and marigold garlands are arranged on a blue tarpaulin. A tree trunk and dry earth form the background.2006-09-21A seated figure in an orange saffron wrap sits in front of a fire pit lined with white bricks during a homa ritual outdoors. He has long swept-back dark hair and is offering items with his hands into a brass vessel placed on the brick edge, with marigold petals scattered nearby. A microphone stands at his side. Behind him, a second man in white clothes and an orange scarf holds a long wooden staff, and a silver pot and bundled sticks sit on the ground in front. The setting is sandy ground with large tree trunks in the background and smoke rising at right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long swept-back hair and saffron ceremonial clothing while performing the homa, consistent with the page's event title.2006-09-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe seated on a wooden chair during a homa ritual outdoors on bare red earth beside tree roots. He wears a tilak on his forehead, holds a brass vessel and a spoon over a square fire pit built of white bricks, and a microphone on a stand is positioned in front of him. A man in white clothes and an orange shawl sits to the left. Oil lamps, a silver kalasha and brass dishes sit on a blue cloth in the foreground. The description of the seated man as a person rests on the long swept hair and saffron robe.2006-09-21Outdoor homa at a white-brick fire pit under a tree. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels at left, tending smoke rising from the pit. Centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe sits on a carved wooden seat before a microphone stand, holding a brass plate of offerings toward the fire. Another man in white with an orange shawl sits at right. A silver ritual vessel with a spout sits on the brick edge, with orange marigold petals scattered around the pit and a small brass lamp at lower right. A mat and cloth bundle lie behind. Visible people: four.2006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ritual on bare earth under trees. A white-brick fire pit square stands in the foreground with a silver ritual implement and brass bowls nearby. A seated man in orange robes with long swept-back hair points with one arm toward the fire pit while speaking into a microphone on a stand; a small bowl of white crystals sits on his lap and a wooden chair with carved back is behind him. A younger man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels at the pit tending the fire with a brass vessel beside him, while a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at left and another person sits in the background. A green-and-white mat lies on the ground and brass pots are set on a cloth.2006-09-21September 21 20062006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor homa ceremony beside a brick fire pit built of white bricks, decorated with yellow marigold petals. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with long, swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark sits cross-legged before a handheld microphone on a stand, gesturing with one hand. Two young men in white shirts and orange shawls sit behind him; one holds a tall wooden staff or ritual rod upright and the other adjusts the microphone. Two more young men in orange shawls sit in the foreground facing the fire pit. Brass vessels, a brass lamp and a tray of offerings lie on a blue cloth at the left. Large trees and bare red earth form the backdrop.2006-09-21A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual beneath large banyan trees on bare earth. A central figure with long dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead sits in an orange saffron robe, holding a ladle-like ritual spoon over a white-brick fire altar scattered with marigold petals. Two young men in white dhotis and orange shawls kneel behind, one holding a long wooden staff upright. Brass vessels, a silver bowl, a kalasha-like pot, banana-leaf-style plates of offerings and a blue cloth cover the ground. A microphone stand stands nearby. The scene is an ashram-style sacred fire ceremony.2006-09-21Outdoor homa ritual under a large tree on bare earth. A seated man in a saffron-orange wrap, with long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead, sits behind a white brick fire-pit square and adds white offerings from a brass bowl. A standing young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl ties or arranges strings, and a brass kalasha-like vessel and brass bowls sit on a cloth. Two more men in white sit in the background, and a partly visible person stands at the right edge. A microphone stand and a brass drum-like instrument are nearby.2006-09-21Outdoors on a sandy ground, a homa fire pit built of white bricks is decorated with marigold petals and sits beside a silver-handled ceremonial ladle and a gold tiered kalasha-like object. A man in saffron/orange robes sits cross-legged on a carved wooden seat with a microphone on a stand, reading from a small book held in his hands, with a brass bowl and small bowls of offerings nearby. Another person in white clothes and an orange shawl sits behind to the left by a tripod-mounted camera, and a figure in white sits near a trident on a green and red striped mat. Stacked wood sticks and a brass lamp lie on the blue cloth around the ritual area.2006-09-21A photograph of an outdoor homa fire ritual. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, bare-shouldered with a white tilak on his forehead, sits cross-legged on a blue cloth at the edge of a square fire pit built from white bricks. Flames rise from the pit, and marigold petals are scattered over the bricks. He leans forward to pour from a small brass vessel into a bowl. Behind him, a second man in white with dark hair holds a metal rod. A brass plate of flowers and offerings lies in front, and a large banyan tree with aerial roots stands in the background.2006-09-21