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A seated man in saffron-orange robes sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, performing a homa beside a small open fire of burning wood. He wears a gold-and-bead ceremonial necklace with a gold pendant and a red kumkum dot with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of devotees sits; a woman in a pink salwar kameez wears a rudraksha mala, a man at left wears a blue shirt with rudraksha beads, and others sit in the background. A brass vessel of offerings sits by the fire. A carved wooden chair with floral motifs sits behind him.

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A man with long swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged before a brick-lined fire pit with flames rising, hands pressed together in namaste and eyes lowered. He wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and wrapped at the waist, a red kumkum dot on his forehead and a heavy ornate gold necklace with a gold pendant. Behind the fire a brass bowl sits beside stacked wooden sticks. A crowd of devotees sits watching in the background, including a man in a blue shirt with a rudraksha mala, women in pink and salwar, and people in white. A wooden carved chair with floral motifs is visible behind him. Swamiji (probable): the man with long hair, saffron cloth, gold necklace and kumkum is the ceremony's central figure performing a homa.2006-05-22Outdoor photograph of a homa at the riverbank. A man seated cross-legged on a wooden throne with carved gold-accented panels wears an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant, eyes closed and hands joined over a flame. A brass bowl and fire pit with bricks sit in front. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in orange and white clothing, rudraksha malas and sandalwood tilak sit with eyes closed, including a woman in a pink salwar kameez and a bespectacled man in a blue shirt. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure, with long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklace and saffron shawl, presiding over the homa.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22Outdoor photo of a seated man with long dark hair wearing orange saffron robes draped over his shoulders, a heavy gold necklace with a gold pendant, and a tilak on his forehead, eyes closed, hands clasped in his lap before a flaming fire pit with a brass bowl of offerings in front. Behind him, a crowd of devotees sit with eyes closed; a man in a blue shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a woman in pink wears a rudraksha mala with a round pendant. A man in white dhoti with a tilak sits to the left. The man in orange appears to be a sannyasi performing a homa; Swamiji (probable), seated in the centre with long hair, saffron robes and a gold necklace, is in_person.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A seated man in long swept-back dark hair, orange saffron robes, a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant, and a red bindi sits cross-legged before a small fire of burning wood on a brick fire pit, hands held over the flame during a homa. Behind him a wooden chair with carved brass-inlaid panels, and to his right a silver trident rises beside silver and brass puja vessels, a brass bowl and a kalasha. Around him a dense crowd of devotees sits with eyes closed; one woman in a pink top wears a rudraksha mala, and men wear white and blue shirts, with tilaks on several foreheads.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A seated man in an orange saffron robe and ornate gold beaded necklace with a gold pendant sits before a brick-ringed fire pit, with flames rising and brass bowls and ritual vessels around him. He has long dark hair and a sandalwood-and-kumkum forehead mark. Behind him, a crowd of devotees sits in rows, many with eyes closed; a man in white with a red-bordered shawl and a woman in a pink top with a rudraksha mala are visible. A copper trident stands at the right edge. a person cues: long swept hair, saffron robe and gold beaded necklace, seated at the homa as the presiding figure.2006-05-22