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May 08 20152015-05-08A photograph of a homa fire burning in a warmly lit room with yellow walls and red door frames. A large flame rises from a fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by brass and copper vessels and offerings. Behind it, a doorway is decorated with a hanging torana of leaves and red flowers. On the left, a person in white clothes sits near the fire. On the right, an elderly man in glasses and a white shirt and an older woman in a dark top sit close to the fire pit.2006-10-25October 18 20122012-10-18A photograph of a homa fire ritual in progress on an indoor floor. A large fire blazes from a square, yellow-painted fire pit decorated with pink flower petals. Seated around it, a woman in a white sari with gold border and dark beaded necklace feeds sticks into the fire, while a man in white dhoti and shirt beside her does the same. A priest with orange-trimmed cloth on the left holds a paper plate and an open book. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like brass pot, a bowl of yellow offering and small bowls of grains and flowers sit nearby. Several other seated participants in white ritual clothes surround the scene, and a date stamp reads 1 3 2006.September 16 20132013-09-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ceremony indoors. A central brick fire pit with bright flames is decorated with pink flower petals. A woman in an orange shawl over a white sari, wearing a dark beaded necklace, pours from a vessel beside the fire. A bald man in a white t-shirt and white dhoti sits in the foreground facing the fire, and a woman with white flowers in her hair and a gold-bordered white sari sits at right. Other seated women in white and gold clothing are visible, one in a yellow sari in the lower foreground. Behind the fire, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, flanked by brass oil lamps and a row of red petals. Framed religious prints hang on the wall at upper right and smoke drifts through the room.A homa or yagna in a temple hall with white marble pillars and a glossy floor. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the centre, tending a small brick fire pit with burning flames. Offerings of bananas, coconuts, fruits and grains sit on brass plates arranged on the floor around it. Seated devotees in white, yellow and red saris and kurtas watch and take part, one woman in yellow with hands folded. Behind them stands an orange-robed deity murti flanking a decorated shrine with a garlanded deity image and a kalasha. On the right, a seated figure in orange robes on a throne-like seat with red and orange garlands, and framed wall art. Brass lamps and vessels fill the foreground.A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a plain whitewashed room with a concrete floor. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-coloured borders kneels at a small fire pit, feeding flames with a ladle-like implement. Two other people in white, including one seated with a white cloth over the head, sit by the fire with offering vessels and brass plates. On the right, a family sits on white mats: a woman in a rust-brown sari with hands folded, a young child in white and yellow, a woman in a turquoise sari with hands in namaste, and a man in a white shirt and cream trousers seated on a plastic chair, also with hands joined. A deity murti picture garlanded with flowers hangs above a draped table with two brass oil lamps lit on it. Bottom right partially shows another devotee with folded hands.2009-10-10A photograph of a homa fire ritual indoors on a speckled floor. A fire burns in a yellow-orange square fire pit decorated with pink flower garlands and white painted lines, with smoke rising from it. Seated around it, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red forehead mark presses his palms together, and a woman in a white sari with gold border and a black beaded mala sits with folded hands. Other seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha-style beads are nearby. Brass vessels, a ladle, a lamp and an open book rest beside the pit, and a person in an orange top holds ritual items at right. A timestamp reads 1 3 2006 in the corner.2006 - healing puja and meditation centers in Namakkal and HosurA photograph of a group puja in a hall with a dark maroon curtain and pink wall. Several people sit on the floor in white ritual clothes with red-and-white borders, many with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Two men in the centre hold lit oil lamps in cupped hands, and a woman in white with folded palms sits beside them. A young shaved-headed priest at right, wearing a gold necklace and holding a lamp, is seated before a golden tray holding apples, pink flowers, a kalasha-style offering and plates of food. At far right, an orange-robed figure stands near a gold-framed altar table with fruit. Smoke rises in the background. A woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl sits in the foreground, and a Western-looking woman in a cream top sits at left. Padapuja-style ritual with lamps and offerings.2010-10-19A photograph of a puja at a small temple-style room during the Sri Vidya Homa. A woman in a gold-bordered cream sari sits in the foreground, cradling a folded white cloth while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a gold chain bends forward beside a silver vessel and a lit oil lamp. Behind them, a younger man in white robes with a dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a small silver container, while another priest in white sits near brass pots and a tray of marigolds. On the right, a brass lamp stands beside a white-draped table with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers and an orange-cloth draped object. A banana, grapes and fruit sit on a plate in the lower right, with flower petals scattered on the floor.2006-02-27