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Outdoors under coconut palms, a man in an orange-saffron robe with a dark rudraksha mala and a horizontal white tilak on his forehead stands at a stone-rimmed fire pit, holding a long wooden ladle over smoke rising from the pit, apparently performing a homa. Behind him, a group of about ten people in white and cream clothing, several wearing yellow-gold necklaces, stand and watch, including a woman in a white sari and two young girls in white dresses at left. A white van is parked on the dirt ground at right, and a white wall with a large printed poster stands at left.

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Outdoor photo at a palm-lined compound. A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands on a sandy patch, one arm extended, face tilted downward. He has long dark hair swept back and a sacred mark on his forehead. Behind him, several people in white kurtas and white dresses with yellow lanyards stand watching. A white car, a thatched hut, a low wall and coconut palms surround the scene, with a small sign at the right edge.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A bare-chested man in a flowing saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long dark bun, a white tilak on his forehead, and a dark rudraksha mala, stands at a smoking fire pit lined with white stone. He holds a long wooden pole and a golden ladle-like vessel, pouring offerings into the fire as a homa. Around him, people in white clothes with yellow-and-black garlands watch quietly. Tall coconut palms and a dark signboard with Kannada text stand behind, and scattered leaves and petals lie on the stone.2009-06-15A man in a flowing red-orange cloth wrapped over one shoulder and a long dark rudraksha mala stands at the edge of a stone-rimmed pit, raising a long wooden staff with his right hand while looking downward. A white horizontal tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, several people in white clothes watch, including a smiling woman in white with an orange-and-gold shawl and another woman in a cream sari. A young girl in a pale blue striped dress stands near the pit at left. A white wall shows a red sign in Kannada script and a banner with a deity image and text. The scene suggests an outdoor ritual by a fire or water pit. a person: the red cloth, rudraksha mala and sannyasi presentation match the page's identification, so the figure is recorded as the a person, present in person.2009-06-15Outdoor photograph of a man in a flowing saffron-red dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead tilak, long dark hair tied back, pouring ghee or offerings from a ladle-like vessel into a fire pit (homa/yagna) on a white stone platform scattered with leaves and petals. Coconut palms and a notice board stand behind. Around him, about ten people in white and cream clothes, some wearing yellow lanyards and yellow-and-black beaded necklaces, watch with hands folded. The white-clad onlookers stand nearby.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15