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Outdoors on bare reddish earth, a person seated on a wooden chair with curly hair, seen from behind, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes, faces a framed picture on a white-draped table with a red mat. The framed picture shows a seated figure in white on an ornate golden throne-like seat with a red backdrop. In front of the seated person, a rectangular bed of white bricks holds brass vessels, a small pot, a tray of rice and orange food, and steel bowls. To the right, rows of small leaf bowls on a green cloth are arranged beside a bundle of dry sticks. A white vintage car and low trees stand in the background at dusk.

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Outdoor homa setup on bare red earth at dusk. A person seated cross-legged on a mat wears a white kurta and an orange shawl, with curly dark hair, facing a square brick-lined fire pit filled with white bricks. Beside the pit sit a brass kalasha-style vessel, a brass lamp, a silver kettle, a steel plate of cooked food, and a copper bowl of marigold and red flower petals. Behind the pit, a framed portrait of a seated figure in white robes on an ornate golden chair stands on a white-draped table with flowers, set on a red cloth. Trees and a small building lie in the background, and a stack of flat items sits to the right.Outdoor homa setup on bare red earth at dusk. A framed portrait on an ornate silver-and-cream throne sits on a white cloth draped table with red and orange flower garlands below it; the figure in the portrait wears white and gold. In the foreground, a person seated on a wooden chair with an orange shawl and white garment works at a stepped altar of white bricks, holding a brass bell and a small brass pot, with a brass vessel holding a flame nearby, and a red flower on the bricks. A red mat lies under the table, a small white conch shell rests at the lower left, and low bushes and a distant white building appear behind.Outdoors on bare reddish earth at dusk, a seated devotee in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl over one shoulder tends a brick-built fire pit where a flame burns. Behind the fire, a framed portrait labelled with a Tamil mantra stands on a white-draped platform with red and orange flower garlands and a red mat. The portrait shows a figure seated on an ornate silver throne in white robes with a crown-like headdress, raising a hand. A brass bowl with a ladle and a brass dish of white offering sit beside the fire pit, and a white vintage car is parked in the background among trees. Not a person candidate in the scene; the seated devotee's hair and clothing are not distinctive enough to be identified.Outdoors on bare dry earth at dusk, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on a blue cloth, hands folded in namaste, facing a small square fire pit built of white bricks with a burning flame. Brass vessels, a plate and a bowl of offerings sit on a tray beside him. To the left, a framed portrait on a white-draped table with a red cloth and red flower garland shows a figure seated on an ornate throne with a halo-like arch behind. Behind, low thatched and tiled huts, trees and a distant treeline complete the scene. This appears to be a homa ritual with a fire pit and offerings.Outdoors on bare reddish earth at dusk, a young man in white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl performs a homa beside a brick-lined fire pit. He holds a long-handled brass ladle with a flame rising from it over the pit. Brass bowls, a small lamp, a plate of orange and yellow flowers and a kalasha-style vessel lie on the ground. To the left, a framed portrait of a seated figure on an ornate throne, dressed in white with a long garland, sits on a white-draped table with red and orange flower offerings on a red mat. The portrait is labelled with a printed Tamil inscription. Scrub trees and a small building stand in the background. One person is visible.Outdoor homa at dusk on bare earth. A seated man in white ritual clothes with an orange shawl over his shoulders sits with hands folded in prayer before a brick-lined fire pit where a flame burns, with brass vessels and a ladle nearby. To the right, a framed portrait of a figure in orange and white draped with a white cloth rests on a low platform beside a red mat and a red and orange flower garland. Silhouetted trees fill the background under a pale evening sky.Outdoors on bare reddish earth, two young men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls sit before a brick-lined fire pit where flames rise. One man, on the right of the frame, holds a long metal ladle over the fire, while the other sits beside him with a brass bowl and marigold offerings. Behind the fire, a framed portrait of a seated figure on an ornate throne, wearing white robes and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands on a white-draped table with red and orange flower garlands and a red mat. Dry grass and bushes lie beyond. This appears to be a homa fire ritual with offerings, and the framed portrait is printed, not a physical person.January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoors on a dirt ground, many participants sit in rows on blue mats performing a homa, a fire ritual built from white bricks arranged into a square altar. Participants wear white clothes with orange shawls or sashes. In the foreground a seated man in white with an orange shawl, hands pressed together in anjali, sits behind the brick altar, with brass vessels, a plate of offerings and small clay lamps on the left. Red-roofed buildings and a green corrugated roof stand behind the group, and a framed board edges the left foreground.June 07 20102010-06-07Outdoor photo of a small group performing a puja on bare red-brown earth beside a dirt track. A framed portrait on a white-draped stand, garlanded with red flowers, is labelled "Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamiji" and shows a seated figure in saffron-orange robes. In front of it, a brick-lined fire pit holds a lit flame and a brass vessel. Seven people sit on a blue striped mat: a woman in white with hair pulled back at the far left, a woman in a sheer white-and-grey sari with a braid, a girl in a light dress, a woman in an orange-yellow sari with a long plait in the foreground, a woman in white with long hair, and two men in white shirts and dhotis sitting beside rows of small clay lamps. A plate of red offerings sits on a mat at left.2006-08-28A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual on bare ground. A person with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange-saffron cloth, sits cross-legged on a carved wooden chair before a microphone, holding a wooden ladle over a brass vessel of white grains. Before them stands a stacked fire altar of white bricks with a silver footed cup, brass pots, a golden pyramid-shaped vessel, a small brass lamp, a silver lidded dish and small clay bowls of dried herbs and grains spread on a blue tarpaulin. A red-draped raised platform with a white-clad figure and garlands stands in the background. The person's cues are long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and an ornate setting, consistent with a probable Swamiji; the page marks him present at this homa.2006-09-21