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A night homa at an outdoor fire altar of stacked yellow clay bricks. A priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with gold necklaces, bangles and white markings on his arms, pours offerings into the bright flames from a dark metal vessel. Behind him a tiered yellow fringed parasol stands beside a decorated kalasha and a silver-rimmed pot with a bowl of leaves. On the right a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man with a red turban and white flower garland, and a green-and-gold draped figure sits on the altar table.2014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05Night homa at an outdoor fire pit built of yellow-brown bricks, with a large flame rising from the stacked bricks. A priest in orange-saffron robes, orange head-wrap, gold beaded necklaces and bangles sits at left, hands extended toward the fire. Behind a tiered yellow fringed umbrella, a table holds green leaves, coconuts, brass pots, a kalasha and a deity figure draped in a green-and-gold cloth. A framed portrait at upper right shows a smiling figure in orange with flower garlands and a decorated head ornament. The priest is visibly the only person in the scene and the portrait is a printed image, so a person is none; no in-person or depicted candidate with sufficient cues is present.2014-01-05January 05 20142014-01-05August 01 20142014-08-01A homa fire ritual at night in an outdoor setting. A bare-chested priest with a white sacred thread, rudraksha mala and gold chain sits behind a brick fire pit where a tall flame rises, with a steel bowl of ghee or liquid offering held by a second person in the foreground. The second person wears a magenta head-wrap, a rudraksha necklace and a light cloth. Behind the fire, flower garlands in orange and yellow, coconuts and a large floral-decorated deity murti or pot are arranged. Marigold petals and red flowers are scattered on the bricks.2016-08-14November 18 20152015-11-18Photograph of a fire ritual indoors. A sacrificial fire burns in a square pit of yellow bricks on a striped multicoloured mat, with a kalasha-style brass vessel and offerings nearby. A man in an orange-red sannyasi robe and matching turban, with rudraksha beads, stands at the fire holding a small flower and an oil lamp, while a second man in orange sits at the left edge. Behind them a seated figure in a red-brown robe sits before a gold ornate throne-like chair; the seated figure is not identifiable beyond this role. Two women in orange saris with prayer-folded hands stand at the right beside a wooden door frame. Marigolds and a magenta cloth-covered table with white-and-yellow decorated items complete the homa setting.2018-01-13 +1 copiesAugust 01 20142014-08-01December 20 20172017-12-20March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesApril 19 20182018-04-19 +1 copies