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A photograph of a homa performed indoors on a white-walled floor. Several devotees sit cross-legged on mats, palms pressed together in namaskar. Those nearest the frame wear white dhotis and shirts, and the seated woman in the centre wears a white sari with a gold border. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda" is garlanded with pink and white flowers, with a brass lamp burning before it. In front of the group are stacked bricks of ghee-coloured offerings, brass vessels, a plate of flowers, sticks for the fire, and bowls of fruit and sweets on a side table. Five or six people are visible.

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A photograph of a Sri Vidya homa in a bare white-walled room. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits at the centre, holding a flaming ritual vessel over a fire pit filled with orange-wrapped offerings and flower petals. Two young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit on either side, one with palms pressed together in prayer and one with hands folded, and a third person's head and hands are visible in the foreground near the fire. Behind them a framed portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda is garlanded with pink and white flowers, flanking brass lamps stand on a white-draped table, and a tray of fruit and sweets sits to the right. Brass lamps and a plate of flowers sit at the lower left.2006-02-27Two devotees sit with hands pressed in anjali mudra before a framed portrait garlanded with pink, red, orange and white flowers and green leaves; the portrait is labelled "Paramahamsa Sri" on the mount and shows a seated figure in orange robes. 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