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A fire ritual in progress: a woman in an orange saffron garment with a white and orange flower garland is pouring an offering into a flaming homa fire pit lined with white bricks and yellow flowers. Her hands hold a long metal ladle-like vessel above the flames. Behind her, seated men wear orange shawls over white clothes; one young man on the left has a white forehead mark and hands pressed in prayer, and an older man on the right wears glasses, a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle. A bright orange cloth hangs in the background beside brass ceremonial staffs and a trident.

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Photograph of a homa or fire ritual inside a white-walled hall. A central figure in saffron-orange cloth wears a white flower garland with green and white stripes and a long rudraksha mala, and gestures with raised hands toward a square fire pit of white bricks decorated with yellow flowers. Two seated attendants in white kurtas and orange shawls sit to the left, one with a forehead tilak, and a man in white stands with a long staff near an orange-and-gold curtain. A microphone stands beside the central figure. Brass lamps and ritual vessels rest on the floor. a person appears as the central figure, identified by the long hair, orange ritual cloth, garland and mala.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A photo of a fire ritual (homa) at a brick fire pit ringed with yellow flowers and small metal vessels. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe, with long swept-back hair, red tilak, a white jasmine garland with tricolour ribbons, and a rudraksha mala, speaks into a microphone while holding a ceremonial item. Two young men to the left wear orange shawls over white kurtas; one has white tilak and both sit with hands folded. Behind, an older woman in orange and an attendant in white are seated, with orange drapes and ceremonial metal rods in the background. Probable Swamiji presiding as the officiant, with appearance-based cues of long hair, saffron robe, rudraksha and garland.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a ritual scene at a temple-style hall. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl over a red garment and a long garland of white flowers with rudraksha beads. He holds a flaming lamp in one hand and a bell in the other while speaking into a microphone. A young man on his left wears a white shirt, an orange shawl and a white forehead mark. Another seated young man at left wears an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. On the right, a bearded man in white clothes holds the microphone stand. Yellow flowers lie on a white altar in front, and bright orange curtains hang behind. A standing figure in white stands in the background.2007-12-25A photograph of a Hindu fire ritual inside a room with white walls and orange curtains. In the centre, a man with long hair wears an orange robe, a white and green flower garland, and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small ladle over a white brick fire-altar edged with yellow marigold petals. A microphone on a stand is in front of him, and a ceremonial staff stands at the right. Seated young men in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with tilak marks, sit behind and beside the altar; a man in white at right tends the ritual. This appears to be a homa at an ashram gathering. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, an orange robe, a rudraksha mala and a flower garland, so the central presenter is.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a homa at an ashram hall: a square fire pit built from white bricks decorated with yellow flower petals, with a bright flame rising from the centre. A central man in orange robes and a white flower garland holds up a flaming item, possibly a camphor flame, while others sit around him. Men in white kurtas and orange shawls sit on mats; one wears a rudraksha mala. Behind them hang orange curtains, a ceremonial trident and staff, and a standing man in white. Red and purple bunting is strung across the top of the wall. The central figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so he is described by role as a priest conducting the ritual.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25