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A ritual fire ceremony inside a temple hall. A seated man in orange-saffron robes, wearing a leopard-print turban with a crescent ornament, a heavy gold bead necklace, and an ornate gold pendant, tends a flame in a stone fire pit with his hand. Silver ritual vessels with lids and a lit brass oil lamp sit on a striped cloth in front. Behind him a standing man with a bare upper body and rudraksha mala bends forward, and a woman in a reddish-brown sari with a long mala stands watching. Seated devotees in orange clothing fill the background, and smoke rises through the scene. Silver deity murti are blurred in the foreground.

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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace tends a fire in a stone bowl during a ritual, his hand reaching toward flames. He wears a leopard-print turban with a crescent ornament, and gold bangles on his arms. Behind him, a woman in a maroon sari and beaded necklace stands with hands together, and a man in orange kneels at the left. Silver kalasha pots and an oil lamp sit on a striped cloth, with deity murti in white in the foreground. Devotees sit in the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears saffron robes, a leopard-print turban with a crescent ornament and a long gold necklace, matching the page's Swamiji reference, so he is labelled as probable in appearance only. The photo is a homa or yagna scene with fire and offerings.2017-10-08A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a leopard-print headwrap with a silver crescent ornament sits at a ritual setup, wearing a heavy gold necklace of beads and a gold pendant. Smoke rises around him; oil lamps and a stone bowl with a flame burn in front of silver deity murti and arched silver ornaments decorated with white flowers. Behind him, other people in saffron clothing and a bearded figure in a rudraksha mala stand or sit in the smoky background, a homa or puja setting. The appearance matches the a person cues of a swept-up headwrap, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace, here seated performing the ritual.2017-10-08Photograph of a ritual scene inside a temple hall. A man with a patterned leopard-print headband with a silver crescent ornament sits cross-legged on a striped mat, wearing an orange-red saffron garment and a heavy gold necklace, and tends a flame in a carved stone bowl with his hand. Behind him, a standing man in a red-orange robe wears a long rudraksha mala and beaded necklaces, and a bare-chested man with a mala kneels in the smoke. Silver ritual vessels, lamps with flames, polished silver platters and a silver peetha-like stand fill the foreground, with more devotees seated in the background.2017-10-08A ritual scene in which a seated priest in saffron-orange robes, with a gold necklace and bare upper body partly visible, tends a flame over brass and silver ritual vessels and a kalasha-like pot on a striped cloth. Behind him, a shirtless man with long hair and a rudraksha mala leans forward with his hands on the cloth, and a row of seated devotees in orange and red turbans and robes sits on the floor. A large smoking fire or incense lamp is in the foreground.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man in a rust-orange wrap with gold-bordered edges and a leopard-print turban fastened with a white crescent ornament sits on an ornate silver throne-like chair during a ritual. He wears a long gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant, a gold waist belt, and red beaded armbands, and holds a stick over a clay vessel of burning offerings. Before him are silver lidded containers on a silver tray, an oil lamp, and a brass figure of a deity, with a silver bull figure behind him and a striped cloth underfoot. Smoke rises from the offering. a person: long dreadlocked hair, orange ornate clothing and gold necklace consistent with the page's identification of a person as present at this event.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man in a leopard-print turban with a small crescent ornament and long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange robe with gold border, a heavy gold bead necklace and a large gold pendant, and red beaded armbands. He points with one hand toward silver ritual vessels and a silver kalasha-like pot arranged on a striped cloth. A lit oil lamp and a small fire burn in a stone bowl beside him, with silver lamps and a silver bull figure in the background. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated in ritual setting with distinctive turban, saffron-orange robe and ornate gold necklace.2017-10-08March 03 20182018-03-03December 20 20172017-12-20October 08 20172017-10-08A bearded man with a long dark hair bun wrapped in a black and white leopard-print turban with a white crescent ornament sits cross-legged in rust-brown saffron robes with gold border, wearing a heavy gold necklace with a large gold pendant, rudraksha-style red bead bracelets and a beaded waist belt. He is seated before a silver Nandi bull statue garlanded with white flowers, silver vessels and a brass lamp with a flame, and a wooden bowl of smoking offerings nearby. Smoke drifts in the background.2017-10-08