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A seated man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders performs a homa at a fire pit. He wears a rudraksha mala and thin glasses, with a red tilak on his forehead, and his hands are raised in mudra over the flames. Before him are a brass bowl, a bell, a metal vessel and incense sticks. Behind him stand potted palms and a red-and-white striped wall with a dark plaque.

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A man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged before a square fire pit with a visible flame, dropping offerings into it with his right hand. He wears glasses and a red forehead mark. Brass vessels, incense sticks and a small bell lie beside the fire pit, with a paper sheet on the floor behind him, and potted palms stand against a red and white striped wall with a black name board. This is a homa fire offering led by a priest in white. He does not show the cues needed to identify him as a person.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08April 17 20112011-04-17A shaven-headed priest sits cross-legged behind a fire pit with a bright flame, performing a homa. He wears white ritual cloth with gold borders, a rudraksha mala, and white vibhuti lines on his forehead, and gestures with one hand while holding a steel plate of grains. Brass and copper vessels, a ladle, a bell, dry twigs, and an open book sit on the altar, with a microphone in front of him. Red cloth and green leaves lie at the bottom edge, and a terracotta-coloured wall and pillar stand behind under a covered walkway.A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border kneels at a square homa fire pit, feeding offerings into flames with a long metal ladle. He wears a gold necklace and a white tilaka on his forehead. Silver pots and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the stone ledge, with green plants and a red-and-white striped wall behind him. Other people are partly visible at the left. This is a fire ritual scene. The priest's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2011-12-17December 28 20112011-12-28A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged beside a fire pit, holding a handheld bell and a lit oil lamp on a long silver-stand. He wears a heavy gold necklace with a pendant and a bangle on his wrist, with a white vertical forehead mark. Brass bowls with yellow flower petals and a bundle of dried sticks sit on a stone ledge in front of him, with smoke rising from the fire. Behind him, a red and white striped wall and green plants frame the outdoor ritual, while seated men in the background watch.2011-12-17A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a courtyard. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border sits cross-legged before a fire pit built of brick with yellow flower petals on it. He wears a gold bead garland with a small pendant and gold bangles, and pours an offering from a ladle into the flames. Nearby stand a brass bowl of yellow liquid, a silver plate of offerings, and a glass vessel with a coconut and leaves. A potted palm and red pillars stand behind. The man has no visible saffron, rudraksha or crown cues, so his identity is not established.2011-12-28A man in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl sits on a carved wooden seat, performing a fire ritual. He holds a brass plate and feeds the flames of a brick-lined fire pit (homa/yagna) decorated with red roses, yellow and pink flowers, and strewn grass. Smoke rises from the fire. A brass bowl, a metal vessel and a wooden box sit nearby, and potted plants stand in the courtyard behind.2010-06-07A seated priest in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl performs a homa at a square fire pit, holding a ladle over the flames while a brass vessel, kalasha-style pot and offering plates sit on an orange cloth. Beside him a red velvet armchair with gold legs is draped with a garland and placed in front of a large framed portrait of a long-haired man in saffron robes and rudraksha mala seated before a banyan-tree backdrop, flanked by red and yellow marigold garlands. A stone shrine with carved deity figures stands behind, and a placard listing names is visible on the wall. Swamiji (probable) appears only as the framed portrait, depicted in saffron with long hair and rudraksha beads, and is not physically present.2010-07-08A man sits cross-legged on a small mat on bare ground in front of white temple plinths, eyes closed and hands folded in his lap in meditation. He wears white kurta and dhoti with a green-edged border, a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders, a rudraksha-style bead necklace with a gold pendant, and a horizontal white sacred ash mark on his forehead. Ash-grey ash lies on the ground around him. A second person in white stands partly visible behind. The white plinths and whitewashed structure suggest a temple courtyard setting.2010-07-29