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A blurred photograph of a fire pit lined with yellow-painted bricks, with a bright flame rising from it in the foreground. Behind the fire, a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and a dark head covering with a gold band sits in front of a golden, ornate backdrop with green lights. The figure has a white tilak on the forehead and gold armlets, and appears to be tending the fire. A silver statue of a bull stands to the left beside a stone pillar, and a woven basket is visible at lower right. The figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person but is not clear enough to confirm, so identity is uncertain. The setting suggests a homa or fire ritual.

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December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA blurred photograph of a man seated before a fire at a shrine, with a flame rising from a small fire pit in the foreground. The man wears a brown-gold headwrap, has a vertical tilak with white markings on his forehead, and is bare-chested with a reddish-brown shawl draped over his shoulder and a white cloth behind him. He holds a flaming object or ritual item near the fire. Behind him is an elaborate golden halo-like backdrop with bright golden and green decorative lights, and a silver figure of a bull appears at the left edge. The setting suggests a homa or fire ritual before a deity murti.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10A photograph of a homa fire ritual in progress. A bare-chested man with a rust-red turban, rudraksha mala and a silver chain sits at a yellow-plastered brick fire pit, reaching a hand toward the flames while a brass bowl and ladle rest beside it. Fresh marigold and pink flower garlands, white-clad priests stand behind, and small oil lamps sit on the floor. a person cues: a rust turban and rudraksha necklace, though the face is partly turned and the appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity.2018-04-11 +1 copiesA man with a long dark hair bun wrapped in a leopard-print headcloth sits cross-legged on a silver-backed seat in front of a large golden sunburst backdrop. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned robe, a rudraksha mala with a gold necklace, and bare upper arms with armbands. A small silver nandi bull stands at left, brass oil lamps and lamp stands with trident-topped finials surround him, and a fire pit with a bright flame sits in the foreground beside a wicker basket and brass pots. This is a probable Swamiji depiction in an in-person ritual-workshop setting; the visible cues are the swept-back hair, leopard headcloth, ornate necklace and rudraksha mala.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10December 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10March 03 20182018-03-03December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20172017-09-02