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A seated ritual gathering in an indoor hall with orange-painted walls and a banana plant beside a stone pillar. A bald man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits center-left; a younger man in white dhoti and gold necklace holds a brass plate over a small yellow-tiled fire pit with a visible flame. A woman with long dark hair wears a yellow and orange sari with her back to the camera. Seated people in white with flower garlands surround the pit, and brass bowls of offerings, fruit and sweets lie on the orange cloth. A man crouches in the background photographing, and a standing woman in red stands near the doorway.

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A photograph of a ritual session in a hall with orange-painted walls and a world map poster reading Nithyananda Vedic Temples. A seated priest in white dhoti and shawl with a beaded necklace leads the ceremony, facing a woman in an orange and green sari seated on a low wooden stool. Brass bowls of fruit, flowers, turmeric-yellow powder and offerings sit on a white cloth. Several people in white clothing sit on the floor around them, and a woman in red stands in the doorway. Banana leaves and a microphone stand are visible. A man in an orange garment sits at the left edge, partly out of frame.2011-11-06A photograph of a seated ritual in a hall with orange-painted walls. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and gold chain, seated behind a small brick fire pit with burning wood and offerings, performs a homa, while a row of devotees sits on the floor. A man in a white kurta sits with clasped hands near the fire, a woman in a white top sits beside him, a woman in an orange and green saree sits at the front, and a man in green kurta sits at left. Behind them, a man in saffron robes sits near a red and gold throne, with a red-clad figure seated on it. Plates of fruit, flowers, banana bunches and brass vessels surround the fire. Five to seven people are visible in the foreground, and more are seated in the background.2011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06November 29 20112011-11-29Indoor ritual gathering on an orange cloth in a hall with orange walls and a world map poster reading NITHYANANDA VEDIC TEMPLES. A priest in white dhoti with a gold-beaded necklace and bare chest, seated at right, raises a lit oil lamp over a square yellow brick fire pit (homa/yagna) holding burning wood. Around him are brass and steel bowls of fruit, flowers, vegetables, and food offerings. Several devotees sit in white and orange clothing with palms pressed together in namaskar, including a woman in an orange and gold saree at front and a man in white at left, and a woman in red and green at left edge. Behind them, a figure in red sits on a red and gold throne, and a robed figure in saffron stands near the back wall. Steel covered pots sit in the foreground.2011-11-06A photograph of a ritual gathering in a room with orange walls and a world map poster reading Nithyananda Vedic Temples. A figure in a red robe and red-and-gold shawl sits on a red-and-gold throne at upper left, with a saffron-robed man beside him. In the foreground, a group sits on orange mats: a woman in green salwar with folded hands, a man in turquoise kurta, a woman in white, a man in white kurta with palms joined, and a man in white with his head bowed. A woman in an orange and green saree sits facing a priest in a white dhoti with gold necklaces who tends a small fire and offerings on a low platform. Steel pots with lids sit in the foreground, with banana leaves and oil lamps nearby.2011-11-06Indoor ritual scene in a room with orange-painted walls and a world map poster reading "We inspired all over the world" with a Kannada line. On the left a woman in an orange saree with gold necklaces sits with palms pressed together on a red velvet throne, and a young boy in an orange shirt sits on a rug beside her. In the centre a bald man in an orange robe with a gold necklace sits on the floor, hands together near his face. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace and forehead tilak holds a flaming oil lamp (aarti) toward the seated man. Plates of flower petals, dried sticks, and a brass vessel with flowers sit on the floor, with a microphone at right.2011-11-29November 29 20112011-11-29A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in an orange-walled hall beneath a world map labelled Nithyananda Vedic Temples. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and gold necklace sits on an orange cloth, holding a small vessel, while a man in saffron robe and rudraksha mala sits beside him near a low wooden platform with brass plates of fruit, flowers and offerings. Around them, devotees in white and green sit on the floor, a woman in orange sari sits at front, and steel tiffin containers with lids are arranged in the foreground. A large throne-like chair with a seated figure in saffron stands at upper left, and a banana-leaf decoration and camera equipment appear at right.2011-11-06A photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a bright room with orange-painted walls and a poster titled "Nithyananda Vedic Temples" showing a world map. In the foreground a fire burns in a brick fire pit while a man in white dhoti and shawl wields a broom-like sweeper and offerings sit on trays. A priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace chants at a microphone, and a woman in an orange sari sits by the fire. Several seated devotees in white and blue-green clothing watch, with steel covered vessels in the foreground. In the background a figure in saffron sits on a gold-and-red throne chair, and a woman in red stands near the doorway. The ritual seems to be a homa with offerings.2011-11-06July 09 20092009-07-09