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August 31 20152015-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20152015-08-31February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA night homa ritual in an outdoor ashram courtyard. At the centre a square fire pit burns with an open flame, and a carved wooden peetha-style backrest stands behind it. A man in white dhoti with a white turban and gold necklaces kneels and feeds offerings into the fire with a long ladle. To the left a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and gold necklace carries a silver tray with a red cloth bundle. Behind, several priests in white clothes with gold necklaces stand with hands folded, and children and devotees watch from the left. Leaves and flower garlands hang overhead, with decorated pillars behind. On the right, brass oil lamps and a silver tray of fruit and flowers sit on a purple cloth, and a red-and-gold textile is visible. A sign on the lower right partly reads Nithyananda Paramashivam with copyright notice. a person presence is unclear, as no candidate is distinctly identifiable.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA night fire ritual at an outdoor homa altar tiered in yellow, green and orange with pink and red flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in a blue headwrap and purple-bordered white dhoti sits cross-legged, raising a hand over the burning fire while smoke rises. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and sacred thread holds a ceremonial vessel. Behind, a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with hands folded, and a lit display shows a deity murti. Fruit, bananas, flowers and metal bowls of rice are arranged on the altar.2015-08-31 +1 copiesJuly 19 20132013-07-19Night ritual under a white tent at an outdoor ceremony. A man with a blue cloth wrapped around his head and orange upper cloth over a white dhoti pours liquid from a decorated kalasha with flowers toward a fire on a yellow-edged ritual platform. A second man in a yellow-green patterned shawl and white dhoti bends forward beside the fire. Behind them stand brass vessels, a striped cloth table with flower garlands, and a cameraman in orange. Flowers and colourful cloths surround the homa fire pit.2017-08-22December 25 20152015-12-25August 31 20152015-08-31February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +2 copiesAugust 31 20152015-08-31