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Open-sided hall with a corrugated roof during an evening homa. A man with long dark hair, a beard, rudraksha and a pink-and-white garland sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne at left, hands folded, in saffron-orange robes; the seated figure's appearance matches the page's Swamiji reference with several cues (long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha, ceremonial garland), so this is a probable Swamiji. Beside the throne, a colourful canopy hangs overhead. Centre, a square gold-edged fire pit burns with smoke rising, flanked by offering trays of red flowers, fruit, coconut and plates. Two men in white dhotis, one bare-chested with a red cloth, hold a large yellow-orange bundle near the fire; a man in white at right holds a small vessel. Thirty-plus seated devotees in white clothes, some in saffron, face the fire on striped mats, with a lion-headed vahana figure at lower right.