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Outdoor ritual at an open-air homa platform: a white stepped fire pit on a white paved base emits thick smoke and has petals scattered on its steps. A tall standing figure in an orange-red robe with long dark hair holds a long wooden pole over the pit. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand nearby, one at the right holding a small object, while a tall copper-coloured pillar and coconut palms surround the scene under a bright sky. Brass bowls and plates with offerings sit on the platform, and a few people in white stand in the background. A sannyasi in the central red robe with long hair fits the appearance-based a person cues of long hair and distinctive clothing, but the image does not confirm identity.

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Outdoor homa or yagna at an open-air ritual area with palm trees and stone deity sculptures behind. A bare-chested man in a red-orange dhoti-style wrap and a pale headband stands barefoot, holding a long wooden stick over a white-edged fire pit from which smoke rises. Two people in orange robes stand nearby: one woman at left, half-turned and smiling, holds an object near the pit, and a man at right in orange with hands folded looks on. Brass vessels and scattered flower petals sit on the white platform at right, and a copper-topped white shrine structure stands in the background. Whether the central man is a person cannot be established from appearance, so the role is given instead.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15Outdoor photograph of a fire-offering ritual on a white square stone homa kunda with flames and smoke rising from its centre. A shaved-headed man in a red-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead band stands at the fire, hand extended over it. Two younger men in saffron-orange robes with maroon borders stand beside him; one holds a brass tray and the other stands with folded hands. Scattered red flower petals lie on the stone and an orange flower garland rests on the ground at right. Coconut palms, a stone wall, and a few onlookers, including a girl in pink and a woman in white, stand in the background, with carved stone figures at right and a campus map board at left.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15Outdoor photograph of a fire-offering ritual beside coconut palms. Thick white smoke rises from a rectangular stone fire pit with scattered flower petals on its edge. A bald-headed man in an orange-red unstitched cloth wears a long rudraksha mala and pours liquid from his cupped hands toward the fire. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes with a swept-back dark hairstyle holds a small brass bowl. A third man in orange stands at the right edge, and a few people are blurred in the background near parked white vehicles. The scene suggests a homa with offerings, but only what is visible is described here.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15Outdoor homa ritual in a sandy courtyard with palm trees behind. A square fire pit with white stone edges is filled with smoke, and a long wooden stick lies across it. A devotee in a flowing orange-red robe stands at the right, wearing a rudraksha mala around the neck, with a shaved-head appearance, and seems to be watching the fire. A second figure in orange holds a silver tray of offerings near the fire pit, and a third person in orange stands behind with a stick. A silver vessel rests on the pit edge with red flower petals scattered nearby. A silver SUV is parked to the right and a small white structure stands in the background. a person appears as the figure in the right foreground wearing an orange robe and rudraksha mala, with no crown or ornate gold visible.2009-06-15July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor homa or fire ritual at a white stepped fire pit on a dusty ground with palm trees and a low concrete wall behind. Two men in saffron-orange robes perform the fire offering: the man in the centre wears a red-orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala, and a white forehead band, and holds a brass plate of flame and offerings over the pit. A second man in orange robes with red-trimmed borders leans in beside him, holding the plate. Red flower petals are scattered on the pit's edge. Two children in pink and yellow walk in the background, and a figure in white stands near the wall.2009-06-15Outdoor photograph of a homa or fire ritual at a raised white square fire pit on a concrete platform, scattered with flower petals. Three men in orange-saffron robes take part: one in the centre with a rudraksha mala and a tilak-marked face holds a brass tray with a flame, while a second in orange robe bends forward toward the pit, and a third in orange stands at right. Coconut palms, a signboard with a map at left, and a few onlookers in the background, including two children, surround the courtyard.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15