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Evening photograph of a homa fire ritual in a hall with corrugated metal roofing. In the foreground a fire pit blazes with flames and smoke, with offerings laid around it. A man in a white dhoti on the left holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Several people in white clothing stand and move about in the background near a small stage or platform, and a man in a light shirt stands at right beside the fire. A ceiling light glows above. No one with a clearly distinctive ceremonial appearance is identifiable, so no candidate is asserted.

July 13 2013

September 04 2013

2013-09-04 +2 copies

A photograph of men in white ritual clothes tending a homa fire pit at night. A man in a white shirt and dhoti pours liquid from a metal pot into a brick-lined square pit where wood logs are burning. Nearby, a man in white stands with his hands held together, another in white watches, and a man in white glances at the fire. At far right, a man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands with hands folded. The ground around the pit is decorated with white and red kolam-style patterns, and a lit lamp stands near the edge. Tables and a covered hall are visible in the background.

March 11 2017

Night outdoor homa or yagna at an open-sided shed with blue metal framing and string lights. Several men in bare upper bodies and white dhotis kneel and stand around square yellow-brick fire pits decorated with flowers, petals, bananas, coconuts and fruit-filled baskets. Flames rise from the central pit as a shirtless man in a red head cloth pours from a vessel into the fire. A bundle of firewood sits in a brass pot in the foreground. Behind them, women in white saris and men in white and orange clothing stand in a large crowd.

Night photo of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor ashram courtyard. A large flame rises from a fire pit in the foreground. A man in a white dhoti and turban holds a flaming lamp aloft on the left. Beside him, a bald priest in white with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together. On the right, a bald man in white and a yellow shawl holds a brass vessel and bows. Seated devotees in white fill the left side, and a woman in white stands with hands folded at the far right. Strings of yellow leaves and bunting hang overhead, with a decorated kalasha pillar and a wooden shield-shaped drum behind the fire. Brass plates of offerings sit at the base of the fire. The text overlay reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Night outdoor fire ritual. A central figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold-toned necklace tosses or offers something into the fire with one hand. To the right, a saffron-clad man with a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the far right holding a staff. Behind them, a crowd of roughly 25 people in white and saffron clothing, some with red shawls and marigold garlands, stands watching the ritual under the night sky.

March 06 2016

2016-03-06 +1 copies

Night outdoor homa at an ashram. A square stone fire pit with a large blazing flame sits in the foreground, with petals scattered around it and a brass lamp and offering trays on a purple cloth at the right. A man in white ritual dress with a white head wrap and garlands holds up a burning vessel above the fire. Beside him a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a garland stands with hands folded, and another white-clad man stands at right. A woman in a white sari on the left side of the fire pit faces the flames. Seated devotees in white and orange-toned clothing fill the background, and hanging yellow leaf garlands and round hanging lanterns frame the scene.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Men in plain white shirts and dhotis tend a brick-lined fire pit in an indoor hall at night, feeding sticks into a small burning fire. Two men in the foreground bend low over the pit, while others in white garments with lanyard badges stand around the edge, some with grey hair and beards. Tiled walls, windows and a fire extinguisher are visible behind them. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ritual. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.

June 06 2010