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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.

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A 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.2017-10-08A 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.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 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.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08July 06 20152015-07-06December 20 20172017-12-20October 08 20172017-10-08A photograph of a homa or fire ritual at a temple-style setting decorated with deity murtis draped in garlands of red roses, yellow marigolds and white flowers, and a red-and-orange cloth backdrop. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, a crown-like headpiece, white tilak, rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold necklace sits beside a flaming fire pit, while a second man in orange cloth leans forward with his arm extended over the fire. Two other figures with long braided hair sit in the foreground near the fire, and a black-and-white shivalinga-like object with a tilaka-marked cloth stands behind. a person cues are present, with the centre figure described as a person seated in the ritual.2017-12-20 +1 copiesJuly 09 20152015-07-09October 08 20172017-10-08December 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copies