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Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard beside a red-walled building and green foliage. A man seated on an ornate silver-framed seat wears a white-and-black patterned headband, rudraksha malas, a red-orange dhoti and shawl, and a pendant; he is. Two shirtless priests in orange and red cloths kneel at a yellow-stone fire pit with flames and smoke, one holding a cloth bundle and offering material into the fire. Rows of small brass bowls with offerings sit at the pit's edge, and a silver-decorated deity murti stands on a white pedestal at right.

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Outdoor ritual scene beside a red-walled building and green foliage. A man seated on a silver-white carved chair wears a red-orange dhoti and shawl, rudraksha malas, gold pendant, leopard-print headband, and bracelets; he is the central figure and has a probable Swamiji appearance with long hair and distinctive ornaments, so this is an in-person candidate. Three men kneel at the left: one bare-chested with a garland, one in an orange headcloth, and one in red cloth, with bowls and metal cups before them. A small sacred fire burns in a yellow-tiled rectangular pit, and a fire also burns beside the seated man. A white carved shrine or murti stands at right beside a microphone stand.2017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual at a garden setting. A seated man in a rust-red robe with rudraksha malas and a crown-like white headpiece sits on a raised white seat behind a microphone stand, watching the fire. Two young assistants in the foreground kneel and reach toward a small fire and steel bowls of offerings; one wears an orange head cloth and orange cloth, the other a red cloth. A square stone fire pit with burning wood and a white ornate shrine-like altar stand beside them, with a red building and green foliage behind.2017-08-31September 21 20162016-09-21A photograph of a seated man in a maroon-red robe and a patterned white headband, with a rudraksha mala and gold pendant necklace, holding a silver staff, beside a large open fire in a stone-lined pit decorated with flower petals. Flames and smoke rise from burning wood and cow-dung cakes. Nearby stand a silver lamp stand with oil lamps and a silver deity murti on an ornate silver pedestal, with a brass kalasha vessel at the lower left. A homa being performed in an outdoor setting. a person: the seated man wears rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments and is presiding over the fire ritual as the central figure. A second person in orange clothing is partly visible at the left edge.2017-08-31Outdoor homa at a red-walled temple entrance with a carved wooden door. A bare-chested priest in a green turban with a vibhuti line on his forehead holds a ladle over a copper bowl, and a flame rises from a fire pit built of stacked yellow-brown blocks decorated with yellow and purple flower petals. Beside him a younger man in an orange shawl and white dhoti, wearing a gold bead garland, sits cross-legged. Red and yellow flowers and a pomegranate lie at the edge of the fire, with a glass jar of honey at the lower left.2016-03-05 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31April 19 20182018-04-19 +1 copiesApril 30 20152015-04-30July 17 20132013-07-17August 25 20172017-08-25Outdoor fire ritual under a canopy with a visible homa fire pit ringed by yellow-marigold and red flower garlands and offerings. A bare-chested priest in yellow dhoti and pink-and-gold shawl, with a gold headpiece, pours from a bowl into the flames. Behind, a man in a red turban and red-and-gold garland stands with palms joined in namaskar, flanked by many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas with tilak. Coconut palms and a fabric canopy frame the scene.2015-08-09