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A square fire pit of brick with a raised stone border is burning with tall orange flames during a homa. Several priests in white dhotis and white shoulder cloths sit around it, with rudraksha malas around their necks. A bronze bowl with an offering sits at the front edge of the pit, and brass pots, oil lamps and small plates of offerings surround it. Behind the fire, a deity murti is adorned with red and white flower garlands and a jewelled necklace. The lower corners show more offering plates and a copper vessel.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight photograph of a homa fire ritual in a temple courtyard. A large square fire pit lined with brick and white stone blazes with tall orange flames, decorated with scattered red and yellow flower petals. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the back holding a ritual object over the fire. To the right, a man with a shaved head, wearing white clothes and gold-coloured beaded necklaces, sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Several other people in white ritual clothing sit around the fire pit, and brass vessels, a bowl of offerings, fruit and flower garlands lie nearby. Brass oil lamps glow, and a ganesha murti stands at right beside a dais of fruit. Multiple people are visible, not a single figure.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA night homa at a fire pit lined with flower petals. A flame rises from the central square pit, with a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl at the top of the frame and several seated priests in white around the pit. One seated priest in the right foreground has a gold necklace and folded hands. A seated priest at centre right, with hands joined in prayer, wears white, with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head. Brass vessels, a brass lamp and fruit offerings sit on the left and right. Behind the pit, a brass lamp burns beside a deity murti decorated with red flower garlands and a golden kalasha-like vessel with fruit. Strings of lights glow in the background. No clearly distinctive a person cues are visible in the frame, so the candidate is unsure.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15October 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesNight photograph of a homa fire ritual. A large flame rises from a square stone fire pit decorated with red flower petals, and a brass vessel of dark liquid sits at its edge. Two priests sit cross-legged in white dhotis and draped cloths, one wearing a checked shawl and gold bangles; one is seen with hands together. On the left, a tray holds yellow and red flower garlands and marigolds. A partially visible person is at the right edge, and a faint Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham logo appears in the upper left corner.2018-01-05October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire ritual at night. A tall flame rises from a square brick fire pit in the foreground, where a priest in the left foreground pours an offering from a ladle. Around the pit, several shaven-headed priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, wearing rudraksha malas and sacred threads, sit on the floor with plates and vessels of offerings. Behind them stands a flower garland and brass lamps, and a framed portrait on a red-draped stand shows a saffron-robed figure seated with a rudraksha mala. The portrait is a depiction, and the seated figure's appearance is consistent with the candidate only partially, so identity remains unsure.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies