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Outdoor homa ritual at a sandy ground with smoke rising through trees. Many seated participants in white dhotis and shirts, some in saffron/orange shawls, sit around scorched fire pits with burnt wood. A standing figure with long dark hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange-saffron cloth wrap, faces the scene at right, appearing to oversee the practice; this figure shows distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, so Swamiji (probable) as the presiding figure directing the homa. A red-and-white striped shrine structure and a green bin sit in the background.

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Outdoor photograph of a homa or fire-ritual session on bare sandy ground at an ashram, with multiple circular fire pits of burnt sticks arranged across the yard. Several seated participants in white clothes with orange sashes sit around the pits, some with long braided hair. A standing woman in an orange robe stands centre-left, and a figure in white robes kneels near the centre. Smoke rises amid green trees, with a red-and-white striped boundary wall and a white cloth canopy behind. No figure is confidently identifiable as a person from appearance cues.2006-08-18Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram ground with a sandy floor and smoke rising from several ring-shaped fire pits covered in charred wood. Many seated participants wear white dhotis and white shirts, while one seated figure in the foreground wears a saffron/orange robe and sits inside a fire ring. A standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks at left, and another man in white dhoti and white top stands at right holding a long stick. A red and white striped wall and dense green trees form the background, consistent with a homa or yagna gathering.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor ritual at an open sandy ground. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange draped robe and bare feet, walks while holding a dark wooden staff in his right hand. Around him, many participants sit cross-legged in white clothing inside circular rings of smouldering firewood, forming a fire-ritual arrangement. Some seated figures wear saffron cloth. Behind them stands a low wall with red and white stripes, and dense green trees, with smoke rising in the background.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a monastic training ritual at an ashram ground. Smoke and small fires burn on the sandy earth at left, where a white-clad attendant tends them. A group of about fifteen people in white dhotis and kurtas stands and walks in a loose cluster, while several men in saffron-orange robes stand and sit at right, one seated on a low white ledge near a small offering table with a water bottle. Trees and a striped red-and-white low wall form the backdrop. No one is clearly identifiable as a specific figure from appearance alone, so no a person candidate is asserted.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a smoky fire-ritual site with scattered burnt wood and embers on bare sandy ground, backed by palm trees and a white stepped structure. A barefoot figure with long dark hair and bare back, wearing an orange wrap, stands at centre facing away. Several people in white clothes and orange shawls sit or kneel on mats around the fire area, while a figure in white stands near the steps at left. The scene appears to be a homa or fire-based ritual during a training convention. A young person in an orange shawl sits at lower right.2006-08-18August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor ritual scene at an open sandy ground surrounded by palm and leafy trees under an overcast sky. Several people sit cross-legged on the sand in white clothes and saffron-orange robes, arranged around circular patterns of burnt ash and scorched earth from fire rites, with thin smoke drifting through the air. A standing figure in a saffron-orange wrap stands in the middle distance, and a person in white with a bead necklace sits in the foreground near the right. Simple huts, a white cloth, and scattered wood and bundles appear at the right and left edges.2006-08-18Outdoor photograph of a monastic training convention on sandy ground in front of a dense green tree line, with smoke rising from several small square fire pits arranged across the field. Many people in white and saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged in rows at the pits. A figure in white stands near the centre with a long staff or rod. In the foreground at left, a bare-backed person with long dark hair sits on a white-draped chair beside a tree trunk. At right, a woman in a white sari with a red bag sits among the seated group. A red-and-white striped boundary wall runs across the background. The page's excerpt describes this as Day 6 of a monastic training convention at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi.2006-08-18A photograph of an outdoor fire-ritual ground with dusty earth and smoke rising from scorched circular fire pits. Several seated participants in white clothing with saffron-orange shawls sit around the pits, some with long braids, while others in white stand near a striped red-and-white shrine structure and steps under palm trees. In the foreground a figure with curly dark hair and a bare back sits facing away from the camera, wearing an orange cloth. A woman with a long braid sits near a red bag. No one is clearly identifiable as a specific individual from appearance, and the scene shows a homa-style fire ritual setting with participants in ritual dress.2006-08-18Outdoor ritual scene on a sandy ground at a monastic training convention, with smoke rising from a fire pit at left and burning logs visible. Roughly a dozen people in plain white dhotis and kurtas stand and walk in a loose group, while two seated figures in saffron-orange robes sit on a low white ledge at right beside a water bottle and white cushion. A white-clad attendant carries an object near the fire. Green trees frame the upper left and a young sapling stands at right, with a white-and-red boundary wall behind.2006-08-18