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A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual beneath a large spreading banyan tree. A figure with long dark hair and an orange saffron robe sits on a wooden chair in front of a microphone, holding a small brass bowl in one raised hand and an open book in the other. Beside him, a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands at the fire pit. The fire pit is a square of white-painted bricks scattered with marigold petals and dotted with orange offerings, and a silver vessel sits at the edge. A brass kalasha-style finial appears in the lower right foreground. Smoke rises from the altar area.

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September 21 20062006-09-21Outdoor homa at a large shady tree. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead sits behind a white brick fire pit with a bright flame and marigold petals, holding a small plate and speaking into a microphone on a stand. A second man in a white shirt and orange shawl kneels at the fire's edge. A silver vessel and a gold kalasha-like object sit on the brick platform, with a round drum-like object behind the speaker.2006-09-21September 21 20062006-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20062006-09-21 +1 copiesA 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.2006-09-21September 21 20062006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual under a large spreading tree with thick branches and a hanging bell. A long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and a red bindi holds a round brass plate or tray in his raised right hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him a second man in white with an orange shawl sits at the altar, and a brass kalasha or stupa-shaped vessel stands on the altar edge beside marigold flowers. The setting suggests a homa or puja at an ashram.2006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor fire ritual beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body, sits on a wooden seat in front of a square brick fire altar (kunda) built from white bricks dotted with marigold petals. He holds a small object and a dark stick while smoke rises, and a microphone stand is nearby. A younger man in white clothes with an orange shawl sits to the left beside a water bottle and folded white cloths. On the blue mat in front are brass and silver ritual vessels, a silver cup, a small golden shrine-shaped vessel, a bowl of white powder, a pot with flowers, and rows of small clay oil lamps.2006-09-21September 21 20062006-09-21A 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 copiesSeptember 21 20062006-09-21 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2006-09-21