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Night-time outdoor homa ceremony on a striped cloth mat. A square fire pit with a bright flame sits at left, with offerings and brass pots arranged on the mats. A seated man at right wears a red-brown robe, a turban and bead necklaces, speaking into a microphone before a silver ornate throne-like seat (peetha) with a silver animal figure. Around 30 to 40 saffron-robed sannyasis sit in rows at left, and several white-clad women stand near the back. A lamp stands in the foreground and a yellow cart is visible at upper right. The man's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity, so he is described by role only.

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Night outdoor homa at a KAILASA ashram: a lit brick fire pit with tall orange flames sits at left, with ritual offerings and a brass vessel nearby. Behind it, about two dozen young ascetics in orange robes and orange head cloths sit cross-legged on striped mats. A shirtless man in an orange cloth stands holding a microphone, and a man in white dhoti with a sash stands beside him. At right, a seated man in orange robes with an ornate headdress and beaded necklaces leads the offerings beside a silver throne, brass lamps, kalasha-style pots and a silver bull figure. a person appears as the seated officiant in ornate headdress and beaded jewellery.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA night-time homa at an outdoor temple courtyard. A square brick fire pit with painted white geometric borders blazes in the foreground. 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