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A homa or fire ritual on a platform built of white bricks decorated with yellow and pink flower petals. A man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head wrap, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala and gold necklace, holds a stick over the flames, with a microphone in front of him. Beside him, a bearded man in white with a yellow shawl and gold chains sits with folded hands, and an older man in glasses sits behind. A brass vessel holds offerings, and red curtains hang behind the group. Appearance-based candidate for a person is the central robed figure, with saffron clothing and a mala as distinguishing cues.

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A fire ritual at a homa altar. A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap, wearing layered gold-toned beaded necklaces and bangles, holds his cupped hands over a flame burning on a low platform of white bricks scattered with yellow and pink flower petals. A bearded man in a yellow shawl and white clothes, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, sits to the left at a table with ritual items. Another seated person in white stands behind the altar, a microphone stand near the flame. Red curtains hang behind them.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A central figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange headcloth, with rudraksha malas and a gold-toned pendant, stands before a white brick fire altar holding flames with outstretched hands. A seated man on the left wears a white dhoti-style garment, a yellow shawl and a long grey beard, with a gold pendant and malas. A third seated man on the right wears white and a red-brown mala with a tilak. The altar is decorated with yellow and red flower petals, and brass vessels sit in the foreground beside a red curtain backdrop. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A homa fire ceremony is performed at a white brick fire pit decorated with yellow and pink flowers. A man in orange robes, a rudraksha-style beaded mala and gold bangles raises both hands in mudra above the flames while seated. Beside him, a bearded man in a yellow vest and white dhoti sits with a brass vessel nearby, and another person in white sits behind the fire. Red curtains hang in the background and a microphone stands at the right edge. a person is the central figure in the orange robes, identified by saffron clothing and a long gold-and-beaded mala.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a hall with red curtains. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap, with a rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles, stands with both arms raised toward a tall flame. The fire rises from a stepped pyramid of white bricks decorated with yellow and pink flowers. A brass vessel sits on the bricks. To the left, a bearded man in a yellow shawl and white garments sits with ritual items before him, and behind the central figure another man in white with a garland sits near a microphone. The central figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone; the description uses roles only.2009-12-24