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Outdoor ritual at a riverside ghat with stone steps. In the foreground a priest with a red-and-gold turban and bare upper body sits behind a yellow brick fire pit (homa kund), gesturing toward it. Seated audience members in orange, red and saffron robes sit on a marble platform, several holding ritual items; one woman in red holds a metal pole and another smiles with a small book. A kalasha-style offering table with garlands and decorated pots stands at left. Behind, more devotees in orange and white watch from steps and a stone wall, and a monk in orange stands on the upper terrace. A visible photo credit overlay reads Nithyananda Paramashivam . A fire pit with offerings suggests a homa ceremony. Approximately 30 people are visible2014-03-24A photograph of an outdoor homa on riverside ghat steps in the evening. A priest in orange-red robes and an orange turban sits at left beside a small fire pit of stacked yellow bricks with flames, a pan of offering, and bundled sticks. Behind them a decorated deity murti and kalasha-like pots with flower garlands stand on a draped table. Devotees in white kurtas and red shawls sit on the steps, one with palms pressed together in prayer. A drum and brass vessels lie on the ground in front. Other people in orange and red robes stand in the background.2014-03-18December 26 20082008-12-26Outdoor ritual on a green mat by a riverside with a crowd of seated devotees in saffron, orange and white. In the foreground, a man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with long hair, rudraksha and flower garlands and a gold chest pendant, sits on a low wooden seat beside a tall trident, gazing upward with hands folded. A small brick fire pit with a flame is tended by a priest in a red-orange turban and saffron robe, with brass bowls, a kalasha and oil lamps nearby. Behind them, a draped red pedestal holds decorated deity murti with coconuts, marigold garlands and a tilak, and a throne-like golden frame stands at the right edge. This appears to be a homa or puja ceremony. Several people in the background, including a child, are visible.2014-05-20August 01 20142014-08-01Outdoor fire ritual on a riverbank with a rudra homa-style fire pit of stacked bricks burning in front of a seated group. A shaved-headed man in a red-orange turban and red-orange dhoti with bare chest and white ash markings stands at right, holding a ritual implement over the fire. Seated devotees in orange and red garments perform the ceremony, a woman in white with red shawl joins with folded hands at right. Behind, a large crowd watches on a stone terrace beside a flowing river, with a decorated table draped in gold cloth holding kalasha pots with garlands and green-and-gold coconuts, brass vessels and offerings on the ground. A trident stands in the background.2014-03-24December 28 20172017-12-28An outdoor homa in a sunken square yellow-ochre fire pit lined with brick, with a small fire burning inside. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls sit around it; the foreground priest on the right wears a rudraksha mala and red tilak and places red flowers or fruit onto a tray of brass vessels and bananas. Behind them, a large group of devotees in saffron and orange robes sits on mats and cloth in a courtyard, with a stone Nandi statue on a red pedestal in the background. Brass lamps and a kalasha-style vessel sit at the edges, with banana leaves and fruit as offerings. This is a fire ritual being performed, and a person candidate is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2014-10-02July 09 20122012-07-09Outdoor ritual gathering under an open pavilion. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a low white altar holding an open book and a microphone, gesturing with his hand. Before him sit a large crowd of devotees, many in orange shawls and white clothes, some with hands folded in namaste. A square fire pit with a black interior stands on the altar, with kalasha-like pots wrapped in cloth and decorated with marigold garlands, brass bells and a small plate of offerings nearby. A dark stone deity murti stands at the upper left edge. Bundles of dried sticks and leaves lie to the right.2012-05-03A crowded ritual gathering in a courtyard shrine with red walls and green plants. A central figure with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits behind a large brass vessel, with a brass bowl and trays of offerings and sweets in front. Around them sit many devotees in orange and saffron robes and orange saris, several wearing gold necklaces and rudraksha malas. A man in white with a camera and a photographer in the foreground document the scene. The setting suggests a homa or abhishekam style puja.2016-10-16June 13 20132013-06-13