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A photograph of a homa fire ceremony beside a golden sunburst backdrop. In the foreground, a yellow brick fire pit blazes, with a robed priest in red and a red turban seated behind it, holding a microphone and wearing a rudraksha mala. Beside him, a man with long dark hair, a saffron-orange headband, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace kneels at a low platform, scooping an offering. Silver and brass vessels, a silver bull figure, a basket, stone mortars and a brass lamp stand are arranged on a striped cloth, with trishul-topped brass pillars behind. Two physical people are visible.

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Indoor ritual scene with a yellow brick fire pit (homa) burning in the foreground. On the left, a woman in an orange-red sari with a red-and-black turban and a red tilak sits holding a microphone and speaking. Behind the fire pit, a bearded man with long dark hair tied up in a red-and-gold headband, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces with a red-brown cloth, sits before a mortar and pestle and an offering table with silver vessels and a silver nandi figure. A large gold halo-style backdrop with a sun-like motif and brass trishula stand behind him. Ritual items including brass lamps, a wicker basket and stone grinding bowls surround the scene.2017-12-10A photograph of a homa ritual at an outdoor temple setting. A yellow brick fire pit burns in the foreground. A seated woman in a rust-red wrap and red turban holds a microphone and has a vermilion mark on her forehead. Beside her, a man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a leopard-print headband pours or stirs substances from a small bowl at the fire pit. Around them are silver kalasha pots, mortars and pestles, a wicker basket, a silver peacock ornament, a brass lamp stand, a silver Nandi bull statue and a large gold-toned deity backdrop with a decorative halo.2017-12-10A photograph of a ritual fire pit lined with yellow bricks, with a flame burning in the front-left corner. A seated man in a red-brown robe with rudraksha malas, a tall dark turban with a gold-patterned band, and a long tripundra mark on his forehead sits behind a silver tray of vessels and pours from a silver pot. Beside him, a woman in a red-orange robe and turban speaks into a handheld microphone, with a rudraksha mala and tripundra. A silver Nandi figure, brass lamp stands, trident-topped poles and a large gold radiant backdrop frame the scene, with clay pots and offerings on a striped cloth. A person's arm in orange is partly visible at the left edge. The setting suggests a homa or yagna with offerings.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA man with a long dark hair bun wrapped in a leopard-print headcloth sits cross-legged on a silver-backed seat in front of a large golden sunburst backdrop. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned robe, a rudraksha mala with a gold necklace, and bare upper arms with armbands. A small silver nandi bull stands at left, brass oil lamps and lamp stands with trident-topped finials surround him, and a fire pit with a bright flame sits in the foreground beside a wicker basket and brass pots. This is a probable Swamiji depiction in an in-person ritual-workshop setting; the visible cues are the swept-back hair, leopard headcloth, ornate necklace and rudraksha mala.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10