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Outdoor homa or yagna ritual before a decorated shrine with a red canopy and deity murti garlanded with flowers. A fire burns in a raised wooden fire pit surrounded by pink flower garlands, brass vessels, a kalasha and fruit offerings. Several men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies sit on the ground; one in a purple turban and white cloth gestures toward the fire, while another man in white leans forward to tend the offerings. A banner beside them reads nithyananda.org. Smoke rises through the scene under trees.

A homa fire burns in a tiered, painted wooden fire pit decorated with pink and red flower garlands and marigolds. Several priests sit on the ground at left, some bare-chested in white dhotis with rudraksha and gold-coloured necklaces, one wearing a white head cloth. Brass vessels, banana leaves with fruit and flower offerings surround the fire. Behind them, three deity murti sit on a red-draped platform with yellow and pink garlands. A large banner at upper left shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a world map and the text nithyananda.org. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated priests.

August 31 2015

Outdoor homa ritual at an ashram courtyard. A tiered white fire altar decorated with yellow marigolds and red flowers holds a lively fire burning in a square pit. Several priests sit cross-legged around it: the central one has a blue-green head wrap, bare chest, rudraksha mala and white dhoti, while others wear white or yellow cloths and one holds a microphone. Fruits, flower plates and brass vessels sit on the floor. To the right, a deity or decorated figure is framed by orange cloth and long garlands of red and white flowers. Orange-roofed buildings and seated devotees in white and red shawls appear in the background.

Outdoor homa ritual under a open-sided shelter with palm trees behind. A fire burns in a rectangular stone fire pit at centre, with smoke rising. A man in white dhoti stands at the left, bending over the fire. In the foreground, a man with a teal head wrap and bare upper body sits cross-legged on an orange cloth beside a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl, and a man in white is seated further right. Silver bowls of food and offerings sit on the orange cloth, with a brass pot and a large brass vessel at right. A garlanded red-and-white deity murti stands in a red-curtained shrine at the rear, with other devotees seated nearby. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person candidate.

August 31 2015

October 16 2010

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Outdoor homa ritual at a temple courtyard with a large square gold-trimmed fire pit burning brightly, ringed with marigold and yellow flower garlands and white kolam patterns. Three priests attend: a seated bare-chested priest in white dhoti on the left wearing a gold necklace, a central priest in saffron-red cloth with rudraksha mala and gold chain tending the fire with a ladle, and a young boy on the right in white dhoti holding a basket of offerings. Silver vessels, brass bowls and fruit sit nearby. Behind them stands an ornately decorated deity murti palanquin draped in garlands. A banner in the background shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" beside a world map. Four people visible in total.

2016-02-16 +1 copies

Outdoor ritual homa under a open-sided canopy with a fire pit at centre. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at left tending the fire, while a seated man in a white dhoti and turquoise head cloth kneels before the fire pit. A woman in a yellow and orange shawl sits at right beside a brass vessel, and rows of seated devotees fill the background. Garlanded deity murti with red and orange flower garlands sits on a red-draped altar at left, with a arched shrine and red backdrop behind. Steel bowls of offerings, rice, fruit and a kalasha-style brass pot are arranged on an orange cloth in the foreground.

November 23 2016

A photograph of a ritual fire ceremony under a striped white-and-red tented pavilion. In the foreground a fire burns in a wooden-framed pit, with flowers scattered around it. A man in white dhoti with a saffron-orange headcloth and bare chest sits cross-legged, gesturing with his hand toward the fire. Beside him a second man in white sits with a shaved head. A third man in white dhoti and orange cloth stands behind them. Brass vessels, a bowl of rice, banana leaves and marigold garlands surround the scene. Behind them is a multi-tiered decorated kalasha-like altar with yellow and pink ornamentation, lion-face motifs and garlands. Three people are visible in the scene.

Outdoor fire ritual (homa) at a stepped white altar with a blazing fire pit, rose petals scattered around the platform. Several men in white dhotis sit or kneel nearby; one bare-chested priest wears a green head wrap and a sacred thread, pouring offerings into the fire. Behind the altar a deity murti is draped in orange cloth and heavily garlanded with white and red flowers, with bananas and coconuts offered on the right. Orange-walled buildings and stacked shipping containers stand in the background under a bright sky.