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A man in saffron-orange robes with a matching hooded shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer near a flame, eyes lowered. He wears a heavy gold necklace and a red bindi on his forehead. In the foreground, another figure in orange robes stands at left, and an orange-clad attendant is partly visible at right. Behind them, a blurred audience in white and dark clothing sits in a hall with ceiling lights and a warm glow. The scene reads as a fire-lit ritual or homa.

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A photograph of a person in a red-orange shawl draped over the head and shoulders, with a brown beaded mala worn across the chest. The person stands with hands clasped at the waist and eyes lowered in a meditative or reverent posture. A hanging brass lamp with chains is visible at the left edge, and a blurred figure in orange sits in the background. Warm indoor lighting fills the room.2014-01-05A person with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra stands in a warm, dimly lit interior. They wear a deep red-orange shawl draped over the head and shoulders, with a matching wrap around the body and a beaded rudraksha-style mala visible at the neck. A small red tilak mark is on the forehead. Blurred lamp light glows at the lower left. The appearance matches the page's a person reference only loosely, with no distinctive hair, crown or ceremonial gold cues, so identity is uncertain.2014-01-05A fire ritual in an indoor hall: a fire burns on a low brick-like platform in front of seated devotees. A man in a red-orange hooded shawl and a rudraksha-style bead garland holds a silver plate with a small vessel, while a bare-chested priest in an orange turban, gold-bordered orange dhoti and a beaded garland pours from a small brass vessel, with white ash marks on his arm. Brass bowls sit near the flame, and many people in white and light clothing sit in rows at left. Warm lamp light and a chandelier overhead.2014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05December 20 20132013-12-20A homa or fire ritual in a warmly lit hall. In the foreground, a large open flame rises from a yellow-topped fire pit. A figure in an orange-red shawl and saffron robes, with a red-cloth-covered offering on a silver plate, extends it toward a younger man in an orange turban, gold-beaded necklace, orange dhoti and arm bands who leans forward to receive it. A silver bowl and ladle sit on the pit's edge. Seated devotees with folded hands fill the blurred background beneath hanging crystal chandeliers, and a video camera on a tripod is visible at right.2014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair, a gold-bead necklace and white ash markings on the forehead presses palms together in prayer beside an open fire pit, a homa, with orange flames. Another saffron-robed priest with a red-and-orange head wrap sits behind a bowl, and a seated audience fills the dim background. Fruit, flower garlands and a white garland sit on the altar, and a microphone stands at the right edge.2010-02-12A photograph of a person in a red-orange wrap and a rudraksha mala, holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in the right hand and a silver bell in the left, performing an aarti-style ritual. Behind them, seated devotees in white and red clothing sit with hands pressed in prayer, and a gold-coloured altar element is visible at the right edge. The person has a red tilak on the forehead.2013-12-20May 27 20132013-05-27