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A photograph of a fire ritual at an outdoor yajna altar. On the left, a man with long dark hair and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron cloth and gold necklace, holding a metal tray with flame near a fire pit. Smoke and a small flame rise from the altar, which is decorated with pink and white flowers and orange garlands. Behind it stands a large ornate deity murti draped in green and white flower garlands, flanked by smaller garlanded murtis, with a portrait backdrop and banana plants framing the scene. Silver lamps and metal vessels sit on a woven mat in front.

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A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a decorated temple-style hall. A long-haired man in orange clothes kneels at a fire pit, holding a silver plate or ladle over flames rising from the altar. Behind him, a second man in orange sits. The fire pit is edged with red and orange marigold garlands and pink and white flowers, with brass pots and vessels at the front. Smoke drifts through the room. Behind the altar stands a large deity murti in gold and blue, garlanded with yellow and white flowers, beside another garlanded figure and a framed portrait labelled Nithyananda.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 17 20062006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual at a homa pit, with thick smoke rising from a dark wooden platform decorated with orange and white flower garlands and pink roses. A man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron cloth holds a silver plate above the fire while another man in orange sits to the left, wearing a white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads. Behind them, gold-decorated deity murtis are draped with yellow and green flower garlands in front of a draped cloth backdrop, and a portrait on the right is partly visible. Silver kalasha pots, bowls and oil lamps sit on a mat in the foreground. Several people are present in orange robes.2006-07-17A homa/yagna at an outdoor pandal. On the left a shaven-headed priest in saffron robes sits beside a second figure with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and saffron garment, who holds a silver plate with a burning flame toward a sacred fire pit covered with orange and pink flowers and white jasmine garlands. Silver vessels, pots and bowls sit on a woven mat, smoke rises across the scene, and a large display of deity murtis draped in multicoloured garlands stands behind, with a backdrop of pale draped cloth and banana plants. Silver lamps stand at the pit's sides.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual (homa/yagna) in progress. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and gold bangle, sits at the left edge facing a microphone and raises his hand over a brass vessel and oil lamp. Smoke rises from a low altar decorated with orange marigold garlands, white and pink flowers. Behind, a large deity murti draped in a yellow and red flower garland stands beneath a golden crown, flanked by a second garlanded figure, with a backdrop of white draped cloth and banana plants. A printed portrait with a partial caption sits at the upper right. A second, smaller figure in orange appears behind the seated man. Probable Swamiji (long hair, saffron robes, bead necklace) seated and officiating.2006-07-17A photograph of a fire ritual in a decorated open pavilion. A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a gold necklace feeds offerings from a silver bowl into a homa fire pit lined with pink and white flowers and orange marigold garlands, smoke rising. A bald attendant in orange robes kneels at left holding a tray. Behind the fire pit stand two deity murti adorned with colorful garlands on a gold-canopied dais, and a framed portrait hangs at upper right. Brass lamps and banana bunches frame the scene.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17A seated priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl, wearing a long gold necklace and with long dark hair, performs a fire offering beside a raised brown homa platform decorated with orange and white flower garlands and pink roses. Smoke rises from the fire pit at centre. Behind, a deity murti pair in ornate gold and red garlands is adorned with yellow and white flower garlands, and a bank of fruit and flowers is arranged to the right. Brass kalasha vessels and oil lamps sit on the mat in front, with bananas to the left. A second person in orange sits in the background.2006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17