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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised circular mound at the centre of a ring-shaped fire pit, with burning logs and ash around its edge. Long dark hair falls to the shoulders and a red tilak marks the forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits beside him. Around the fire, several people in white clothing sit or stand, and smoke drifts across the open ground, with white structures in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, seated at the centre of the homa.

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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a raised wooden platform within a ring of fire pit. Flames burn at the edges of a circular trench filled with ash and embers, smoke drifting across the scene. Behind him a brass kalasha-style vessel rests on the ground, and a stone structure with a white base and a garlanded deity murti stands in the background among palm trees. Several people in white ritual clothing sit around the homa area, some in the smoke. The setting is an open-air homa or yagna ground.2010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13A person in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised mound of earth inside a circular fire pit, with small flames and smouldering wood around the edge and a brass kalasha-like vessel placed before him. Smoke rises from the ground. In the background, several men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with orange and yellow cloths over their shoulders, stand and tend the fire, one holding a long stick. A seated man in white with a yellow sash sits to the left beside small plates, and a white stepped structure stands at the upper left. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2010-06-13Outdoor fire ritual at a temple grounds under a grey, smoky sky. A young man in saffron-orange robes with a long wavy hairstyle and beaded rudraksha mala sits cross-legged before a circular fire pit, a brass pot beside him, while several other participants in white garments and yellow shawls sit around smaller fire pits. Smoke drifts across the scene; a black Shiva linga with a flower garland stands on a white pedestal at right, and carved stone figures stand in the background. The setting suggests a homa or yagna.2010-06-13A photograph of a Pancha-Tapas, or five-fire penance, held outdoors on bare reddish earth. A young man in a flowing saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged at the centre on a raised mound inside a ring of smouldering ash and charred logs, eyes closed in meditation. Around him, several people in white clothes sit in similar fire rings, with yellow shawls and a purple head covering visible; smoke drifts across the scene and a few partially burned logs lie on the ground. a person is named on the page, but the central figure's appearance is not clearly consistent with the ornate cues needed for a confident identification, so the figure is described by role as a meditating devotee in orange robes.2010-06-13A photograph of a ritual scene outdoors on bare earth. In the foreground a man with short dark hair and a red forehead mark sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap, wearing an orange kurta and orange dhoti with an orange shawl across the shoulder. He sits on a circular raised mound of earth ringed by ash-filled fire pits, with smoke rising around him. Behind him, another seated person in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits by a similar pit, and more white-clad participants are visible in the background and at the upper left near the edges of the frame.2010-06-13July 20 20102010-07-20