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A man sits cross-legged in front of a small fire pit with hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in a homa-like setting. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and a matching orange turban, with long necklaces of rudraksha and beads and bangles on his wrists. Behind him stands an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, and a printed portrait on the backdrop shows a bearded man in an orange turban, rudraksha mala and gold necklace seated in a similar pose. Offerings of fruit and flowers lie on yellow platforms beside the flames, with a book at the left edge and a striped cloth on the floor. A stone wall stands at the left.

A ritual scene in an indoor hall with carved wooden screens and a stone wall. A standing man in a rust-red turban and sacred thread, bare-chested with rudraksha and metal necklaces, holds a silver bell in his right hand and gestures toward a fire pit. In front of him, a silver tray holds yellow-wrapped coconuts decorated with green leaves and pink flowers, and a burning fire is built from yellow brick. Behind him, a seated man in a rust-red wrap and a heavy gold pendant necklace sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne with hands folded, his forehead marked with white tilak. The floor has a striped woven mat. The seated figure's appearance is consistent with a person candidate in a sitting position, but the uncertainty is considerable, so the identity is marked as unsure.

March 03 2018

A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple-like hall. A yellow brick fire pit, the homa kund, burns with bright flames in the foreground, with fruit and flower offerings laid on a tray at right. A priest bare-chested in a rust-red dhoti and turban, with white markings on his body and a bead mala, bends over the offerings. Two young men in saffron-orange dhotis, one holding a silver plate and both with white body markings and bead necklaces, stand with palms joined at left. Seated in the background on an ornate gold throne with red cushions is a bearded man in a rust-red robe and turban with a mala, a person. Behind him is a gold carved arch, and striped rugs cover the floor.

A man seated cross-legged on an ornate silver throne with his palms joined in front of his chest and eyes closed, performing a fire offering. He wears an orange-red ochre shawl over bare shoulders, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a red tilak on his forehead. In front of him a bright flame rises from a blue-and-white bowl of yellow ritual substance set on a small silver stand. Behind him a gold repoussé backdrop with carved openwork panels and a microphone stand are visible. a person, seated in a ritual setting during the aushadha process, with the flame and offering bowl as the focus.

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A bearded man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban sits cross-legged on a silver-framed seat before a yellow-brick fire pit where a flame burns, raising his right hand over the fire in a ritual gesture. He wears a long gold-beaded necklace with rudraksha malas and a bare upper torso draped in orange cloth. Behind him, a large ornate gold throne-backdrop frames a printed portrait of a figure in an orange turban and gold necklaces seated on a red cushion with a striped tiger-skin cloth. Offerings of fruit, a brass vessel and a striped rug surround the homa area. The scene reads as a homa or yagna ritual with a fire pit and offerings. a person: the seated man has a long beard and saffron turban with rudraksha and gold necklaces, but the visible cues are only moderately distinctive, so the identity is uncertain.

A seated man in saffron-red robes performs a homa at a fire pit, a flame rising from the offering bowl in front of him. He wears a tall black tied turban with a band of rudraksha beads, a white and red tilak on his forehead, and layered rudraksha malas across his chest. He holds a mala in his right hand and rests his left on a silver ritual vessel. Silver kalasha-style pots stand to the right, with a red and white garland and a dark pillar behind him. a person: the turban, rudraksha malas and saffron robes match the page's claim, though the appearance cues are only moderately distinctive.

A bearded man in a black turban with a red rudraksha band sits cross-legged with eyes closed, seated on a silver-backed chair with a red cushion. He wears a red unstitched robe, multiple strands of brown rudraksha malas across his chest, rudraksha bracelets on his arms and wrists, and a gold pendant necklace, with white and red sacred marks on his forehead. His right hand rests on a silver ritual staff while a small fire burns in a stone fire pit beside him, with silver kalasha-style vessels and brass items on the right.