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Night outdoor homa in progress at a fire pit. A man seated on an ornate metal peetha at right, wearing a red-maroon garment with green-gold border and a long red rudraksha mala, speaks into a microphone while gesturing. Around the fire pit, many seated participants in white and saffron-red cloth, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas and tilak, sit on colourful striped mats. Brass vessels, plates of fruit and food, and a kalasha-style pot lie on the mats. Red pillars and a red wall stand behind them in the dark.

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April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28Evening fire ritual at an outdoor pavilion strung with coloured lights. A yellow-painted square homa fire pit blazes in the foreground with flowers and offerings on a plate nearby. Seated behind a microphone on a wooden ornate seat, a man with long dark hair, a red vibhuti mark on his forehead, a red-and-gold shawl and a beaded necklace chants with his hands joined. A second man in white dhoti and shawl speaks into a microphone at right. Around the fire, a row of seated participants in red and orange robes and rudraksha malas, many with shaved heads, listen attentively. This appears to be a homa ceremony.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28March 16 20172017-03-16A seated man in a red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, with a red rudraksha-style mala and a red tilak, pours an offering from a long ladle into a fire pit at a homa. Around the sacred fire, several shaved-headed men in saffron and white ritual clothes sit on the floor behind offering plates of grains, spices and sweets. A brass bowl and a steel tray stand on a metal seat; a water bottle sits at the right edge. Red pillars and a dim hall frame the scene.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28A photograph of a homa ritual at an indoor hall. A bearded man with long dark hair, bare-chested and with a red tilak on his forehead, sits cross-legged on a colourful cloth before a fire pit, holding a microphone and gesturing with one hand while speaking. He wears a red coral bead necklace and a white dhoti with a pink-orange cloth. Smoke rises from the fire pit at left, with brass vessels, fruit, flowers and kalasha offerings nearby. Behind him, rows of seated white-clad participants in the hall watch, and red pillars frame the room.2017-03-16A photo of an outdoor homa at night under a corrugated metal roof strung with multicoloured fairy lights. A bearded man with long swept-back hair sits cross-legged on a raised yellow platform before a blazing fire pit, wearing a red garment with a green-and-gold border and a red-and-orange shawl, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck. Offerings and a microphone stand are at the platform's edge. Behind, several seated people in white and pale clothing watch. The appearance-based candidate, Swamiji (probable), is the figure at the fire, identified by long swept-back hair, a red-and-orange shawl and rudraksha malas.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28