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A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a hall with a ceremonial backdrop. A central seated figure wears an orange saffron robe, an orange head wrap, and a long rudraksha-style mala, with long hair swept back, seated before a flame and offerings. Several people in white clothing sit in front and around him, including a bearded man in white and a smiling man in white, while others in white and a woman in a white sari watch. A flame rises from a fire pit near the center, and a microphone stand is visible at left. A decorated ornamental panel and a draped ceremonial altar appear behind them.

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July 02 20042004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02A photograph of a homa at a fire pit lined with yellow-tinted brick. A man in saffron-orange robes, with long swept-back dark hair, an orange head cloth and beaded rudraksha-style malas, raises a wooden ladle over the flames while holding a ritual implement. Several people in white clothes sit around the pit, including a woman in a white sari with a dark blouse and beaded necklace, and men in white shirts. Smoke rises from the fire, and a microphone stand is visible in the background along with a brass vessel and garlands. Bundles of grass and small offerings sit near the pit. The man is an appearance-based a person candidate in an officiating role at the homa.2004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02A photograph of a homa or yagna at a fire pit built of yellow-brown bricks. A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap, with long hair and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit oil lamp or ritual flame over the offerings of green leaves and flowers. Two seated men in white in the foreground, seen from behind, watch the ritual. Behind the fire pit stands a green draped backdrop with a trident, a kalasha, and a framed portrait showing a man in orange robes and turban. A woman in a white sari stands at the right edge. Whether the seated man in orange is a person is uncertain from appearance; the portrait is a printed depiction.2004-07-02Photograph of a homa fire ritual in an indoor hall during the Sanyas Dheeksha Mahotsav. A standing figure in a bright orange robe and matching orange turban, with long dark hair, holds a ceremonial rod and gestures toward a blazing fire pit at lower left, with a brass vessel beside it. Around him stand people in white ritual clothes, some holding garlands and a staff, and a seated woman in a white sari with a cream shawl and red-trimmed cloth sits near the flames. Rows of seated devotees in white, cream and blue fill the background, with one woman in blue with palms pressed together. A framed deity image hangs on the upper left wall beside a lattice window. Multiple people are visible.2004-07-02A photograph of a ritual inside a bamboo-latticed hall. A man in a flowing orange-saffron robe and matching orange head wrap stands at right, holding a copper-orange kalasha topped with green mango leaves and a coconut, wrapped in orange cloth and decorated with a white garland. Smoke rises from a fire at left. Seated devotees in white clothing sit with eyes closed, including a woman in white with a red bindi in the foreground, and several men in white stand or sit in the background. A framed black-and-white portrait of a bare-chested man in meditation pose hangs on the wall at upper right. The scene reads as a homa or puja.2004-07-022004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Photograph of a homa at night inside a hall. A brick-lined fire pit blazes in the foreground with flames and burning wood. Behind it, a seated officiant wears a red-orange head covering and orange-red robes with a rudraksha mala, and is speaking into a microphone on a stand. Three men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged to the left, and a partly visible person in white stands at the right edge. Brass vessels and a lamp rest on trays nearby, with a garlanded object in the background.2004-07-02Photograph of a homa ritual in an ashram hall. A man in an orange turban and orange robes sits cross-legged at a low brick fire platform, extending his arm toward a bright flame at left. Behind him a seated musician in white plays a stringed instrument, and two more people in white sit at the back. Near the platform rests a silver kalasha-style vessel with a small flame. At right, a garland hangs beside a ceremonial trident and a dark drape, and a framed portrait stands on the far right. Two people in the foreground, one at right in white clothing and dark hair, are seen from behind watching the rite. The image is somewhat blurred, and a faint vertical date stamp appears at the right edge.2004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02