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A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual beneath large banyan tree roots. A seated man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe, holds a brass plate and a ladle-like spoon over a white brick fire pit where smoke rises. A microphone stands nearby on a stand, and a second man in white sits at the lower left handling offerings on a brass plate. Brass vessels, a small kalasha-style brass object, marigold petals and flower garlands surround the fire pit on a blue cloth. A probable Swamiji cue: long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, seated as the officiant of the homa, with the page noting a Sri Vidhya Homa.

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September 21 20062006-09-21Outdoor 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.2006-09-21September 21 20062006-09-21Outdoor homa ritual beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and sits on a low wooden stool before a white brick fire pit with glowing embers and marigold petals. A microphone on a stand is positioned nearby. Behind him an assistant in white clothing sits on a wooden chair. Brass vessels, a bowl of flowers and fruit, a brass kalasha-like pot, and a small brass lamp are arranged on a blue cloth. The person in orange is an appearance-based a person candidate given long hair and saffron clothing, while the fire pit and offerings indicate a homa ritual.2006-09-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe performs a homa beside a fire pit built of white bricks with flames rising from the centre and marigold petals scattered across the bricks. He holds a microphone on a stand near his face, hands pressed together in front of him, and wears a red tilak on his forehead. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders, and he sits on a carved wooden chair over a blue cloth. Brass vessels, a plate with flowers and fruit, and folded white cloths lie at his side on a sandy ground under large banyan trees.2006-09-21Outdoor fire ritual beneath a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots. A figure with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare torso wrapped in orange cloth kneels on a blue cloth, pouring an offering with a metal ladle into a fire built within a stacked white-brick fire pit. Brass vessels, a small golden kalasha-style pot, a lit wick, flowers and rows of clay lamps line the foreground. A microphone stand stands beside him. The figure has distinctive long hair and orange clothing, so the appearance cue is probable Swamiji, performing a homa at a fire pit.2006-09-21A photo of a homa fire ritual outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti-style wrap sits cross-legged on a woven mat, pouring an offering from a white-tipped ladle into a square fire pit built of white-washed bricks. Bright orange flames rise from the pit on the right. Around him are brass bowls, a brass pot, a small brass vessel, and scattered marigold petals and flowers on the bricks. A rudraksha mala hangs from his hand and a carved wooden seat with a round carved backrest is behind him. The man has long, dark, swept-back hair and appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by long swept-back hair and the bare-chested orange ritual wrap, seated for the fire offering.2006-09-21A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a vibhuti mark on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his torso, kneels beside a white brick fire pit and pours a ladle of liquid. Rising smoke fills the air. Marigold petals are scattered on the bricks, and a brass bowl, a silver tray of flowers and a small brass vessel sit nearby. Behind him, a young man in a dark shirt sits in front of a carved wooden throne with a round back. The ground is bare earth under a blue cloth, with a banyan tree in the background. The scene shows a homa fire ritual.2006-09-21A seated man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl performs a homa at a tiered fire altar of white bricks with a lit blaze, holding a long stick or ladle over a brass vessel. He has long dark hair, a red forehead mark, and sits on a carved wooden chair near a microphone stand. Marigold petals are scattered on the altar, with brass and silver puja vessels nearby on a blue cloth, and a large ban yan tree behind.2006-09-21A photograph of a homa ritual outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A seated man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth, holds his hand over a pyramid-shaped fire altar built of white bricks and decorated with marigold petals. Smoke rises from the altar. Around him are brass and silver vessels, a silver bowl, a red flower, a small golden kalasha on top of the altar, and white cloth on a blue mat. Ritual offerings are arranged on banana leaves in the foreground. Swamiji (probable) is indicated by the long swept-back hair and saffron clothing of the seated officiant performing the homa.2006-09-21A photograph of a man in an orange saffron wrap seated cross-legged outdoors on a blue cloth beside a white brick fire pit with a lit flame and marigold petals scattered on the bricks. He has long dark hair and a sacred mark on his forehead, and his hands are raised in front of him while he speaks into a handheld microphone on a metal stand. Brass bowls, a silver vessel and white cloths sit at his side, with bare-trunked banyan trees behind him. The fire pit suggests a homa ritual. Appearance-based cues of long hair and saffron clothing with ritual setting are consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) presiding over the homa.2006-09-21A person in an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged behind a square fire pit built of white bricks and strewn with marigold petals, pouring offerings with a long-handled ladle over rising smoke. A brass bowl sits beside the pit, with a steel plate of flowers and small containers on a blue cloth at the left. A second person in the background, partly visible, sits near a carved wooden seat with a microphone stand. The setting is an outdoor ground of dry earth, consistent with a homa ritual. The orange-robed person has long swept-back hair and a forehead mark, with bare shoulders; the shoulder cues are not enough to determine identity from appearance, so the figure is described by role as the officiant.2006-09-21