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Outdoor fire ritual in a tent-like pavilion with a banner reading Dhyanapeetham in Telugu and Nithyananda in English. Several seated people in saffron/orange robes perform a homa; one man in the centre wears a white garland and speaks into a microphone while others sit around a brick fire pit with a silver vessel and offerings. Behind them, decorated deity murtis draped in garlands stand on a red-draped altar, with brass lamps, a small Ganesha figure, and leaf-wrapped offerings. Marigold garlands line the mat. A woman in a white top sits at the left edge. Visible people: about six.

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September 30 20062006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30A homa ritual in an open-sided pandal with a bamboo mat roof and blue curtains. Behind a red-draped altar hangs a banner reading Dhyanapeetam with the Telugu word and a portrait captioned Paramahamsa Nithyananda, flanked by an Ananda label. A decorated deity murti with garlands stands centre, with smaller murtis and a second decorated figure at right. Several men in orange robes sit on mats around a fire pit, with kalasha pots wrapped in netting and fruit offerings in front. The man at left in white-and-saffron clothing holds his palms together in prayer. Smoke rises from the fire pit as the priests perform the homa.2006-09-30A photograph of a homa ritual under a open-sided canopy in front of a red-draped altar. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit on the mat, some with hands folded in namaskar, while a central officiant in orange, seated behind a microphone, tends a visible fire. A small fire burns in a metal vessel near many cone-shaped leaf-and-flower offerings arranged on the altar, with brass pots, bowls, lamps and fruit on the floor. Behind the altar, large floral garlands decorate deity murtis and a painted banner reading Dhyanapeetham. A photo portrait above the banner shows a smiling figure in white. A man in white sits at left near the fruit plates. Behind the altar a seated figure in an orange robe is ambiguous, so no identity is asserted.2006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30September 30 20062006-09-30A photograph of a ritual pavilion under a thatched roof, with a large banner reading Dhyanapeetam in Telugu and English. A framed portrait of a smiling figure in white headwear hangs at upper left, and a framed deity image is at upper right. Central altar shows a deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, flanked by smaller murtis and brass and silver vessels, with bundled green leaves and offerings. Foreground: a seated man in orange cloth with a white necklace and a woman in orange clothing with gold necklaces, one holding a book, seated before brass bowls and offerings. At right, a man in orange garments with rudraksha beads chants at a microphone beside another seated participant. A standing fan and microphones are visible, and the scene appears to be a homa or puja ceremony.2006-09-30September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20062006-09-30