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A photograph of a fire ritual (homa/yagna) under a pandal decorated with palm fronds and purple cloth. A figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears saffron-orange robes, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala and sits behind a raised altar bed covered with pink, red and white flowers, with a microphone in front. a person is in the central seat; he appears to be the officiant. Around him, white-clad devotees with orange shawls sit in rows, some holding offerings, and a silver vessel stands at right. A deity shrine with a framed image sits on a stage at upper left, and garlands of pink and white flowers line the foreground.

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Outdoor yajna (fire ritual) under a canopy of palm fronds and hanging green garlands, with a purple draped backdrop and a decorated altar with a deity murti on the left. In the centre, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment, a long flower garland and a pale bead necklace, with hands joined before a low homa platform banked with pink and red flower petals and white jasmine garlands. Beside them, a man in white with an orange shawl sits on a mat. Around the platform seated people in white clothes and orange shawls perform rites, a brass kalasha vessel stands at right, and a woman in white sits near the front right. Flower-strewn mats fill the foreground. Presenter's appearance is consistent with the a person cues described in the page, though the face is not identifiable and the match is uncertain.2006-07-18Photo of a fire-offering ritual under a decorated pandal with bamboo poles and palm fronds. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears orange robes, a gold necklace and a sacred thread, tending a square fire pit (homa kunda) edged with pink and white flowers. Beside him, a younger man in white dhoti and orange shawl assists. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the ground, with a silver kalasha and brass oil lamps at the front. A purple-draped shrine with a deity murti and a large backdrop photo appear behind. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2006-07-18A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and an ornate gold necklace, seated cross-legged before a fire-offering pit lined with red and pink flower garlands and white jasmine strands. He holds his hands together in a devotional gesture while assistants in white garments and orange shawls sit nearby, and a large silver kalasha stands at the right edge. Behind the rows of devotees, a purple-draped stage holds an ornate deity murti with flower garlands. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron wrap, ceremonial gold necklace and presiding position at the homa match the page's yajna context. Several people in white and orange sit in the background at a yagna ceremony.2006-07-18July 18 20062006-07-18July 18 20062006-07-18A photograph of a large outdoor yajna ceremony under a pandal with bamboo poles and palm-leaf decoration. In the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears an orange saffron robe and a yellow-orange garland and sits before a tiered fire altar decorated with red and white flowers, holding his hands together in ritual gesture, with a microphone on a stand beside him. Behind the altar stands a silver vessel with flower-covered rims. A second seated man in white clothing with an orange shawl sits to the right. Other people in white ritual dress and orange shawls sit on mats in the background, and a deity image in a shrine with purple drapery is visible at the upper left. Several people are seated across the hall, and the scene shows a homa-style fire offering with flower garlands on the floor.2006-07-18July 18 20062006-07-18A photograph of a large outdoor yajna (fire ritual) under a canopy decorated with banana trunks, palm fronds and a purple cloth backdrop. In the centre, a young man with long swept-back hair, wearing saffron-orange robes, a long gold-toned necklace and rudraksha-style beads, sits cross-legged behind a raised fire pit of stacked bricks heaped with pink, red and white flowers. He has his hands folded in prayer and a microphone stands before him. Nearby, another man in an orange shawl sits beside a silver kalasha vessel, while people in white dhotis and white clothing sit around the platform, some with hands folded. A small deity shrine with garlands is visible in the upper left, and flower petals cover the foreground.2006-07-18July 17 20062006-07-17July 18 20062006-07-18A photograph of a fire ritual (homa/yagna) held in an open tent decorated with banana trunks, green foliage and a purple backdrop. At the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears saffron-orange robes, a long gold necklace and a red tilak, seated behind a raised rectangular altar bordered with pink and red flower garlands and white jasmine strands. Two attendants in white dhotis with orange shawls sit beside him, and a silver kalasha-style vessel stands at right. Behind the altar, a deity murti sits in a decorated shrine at left, and several people in white and orange clothing sit or stand among the devotees. a person appears to be the central figure, presiding in saffron robes and gold ornaments.2006-07-18Photograph of a large open-air yajna pavilion with bamboo poles and palm fronds, purple and dark draped backdrop. In the foreground a figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a mala and a gold ceremonial necklace sits before a flower-decorated altar, a microphone nearby; this appearance fits the a person cues of long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace. Beside him a white-clad priest in orange shawl tends the fire offering. Along the sides and in the back, devotees in white garments and orange shawls sit on mats. Flower petals in pink, red and white are scattered over the floor and an altar tray; a silver vessel and oil lamps are visible. A deity murti in a decorated shrine stands at the back left.2006-07-18