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A photo of a homa ritual in a bare concrete room. A long-haired figure with a shaved-looking back? No: a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a gold-patterned orange shawl, seated at a white-draped altar with small oil lamps and brass vessels, facing a semicircle of children. Many children in white and white-and-colored clothing sit on the floor, some wearing garlands or beaded necklaces. A man in a saffron-orange robe sits at the right edge with a brass vessel, and a man in white and orange sits at the left edge. Adults in white stand near the door at the left, and a video camera on a tripod stands at the right, indicating a ceremony being recorded.

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A homa fire ritual at an ashram, with a brick fire pit laid out in layers and flames rising from the centre, decorated with white flowers and dry grass. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate gold-trimmed seat, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and holding a small bowl. A microphone stands in front of him. Beside him, a woman in a white top and orange shawl is seated near the microphone. Around the fire, boys in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged, several with hands in namaste or holding offering items, one wearing a rudraksha-style necklace. Behind them, a large crowd of devotees in white and colourful saris and shirts watches from a doorway. A brass vessel and copper pots sit on the mat near the fire. Probable Swamiji is seated at the centre of the ritual, wearing saffron robes and long hair, with a dark tilak and ornate seat.2006-10-02October 21 20072007-10-21A photograph of a fire ritual at an indoor ashram space with a crowd seated behind a low brick-and-stone fire altar. In the foreground a figure in an orange robe with long dark hair, and a person in white beside them, hold and offer items over the altar, which is decorated with white flowers and dried grass. A brass bowl with a wooden ladle sits on the altar. Several young boys in white and light shirts sit close together, one holding a small brass vessel. Behind them adults in white and pale clothes watch, some wearing glasses, and a man with a rudraksha-style bead necklace is seated among them. A homa-style fire ritual with a Gurukul initiation feel is visible, with the presiding robed figure matching the orange-robed appearance of a person.2006-10-02A photograph of a fire ritual at the Nithyananda Gurukul inauguration. A long-haired figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a green mat in front of a square stepped structure of white bricks used as a homa altar, with offerings, brass vessels, a plate of flowers and clay lamps arranged before it. Beside the altar a man in a white shirt and orange shawl sits facing them, and several men in orange shawls and white clothes sit on the left. Behind them, rows of seated children in white shirts and dhotis fill the floor, with a crowd of adults and children standing in a doorway. Two standing men in white kurta-style clothing stand at the right near framed photo displays, and a sign reads Nithyananda Gurukul.2006-10-02October 02 20062006-10-02Indoor photo of a group session in a plain whitewashed hall with a cream cupboard wall, a wall fan and paper chain decorations. A person with long dark hair in an orange robe and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a white-covered seat at the right, speaking into a microphone. Around them, a large audience of children and young people sits on the floor: boys in white kurtas and orange cloth, girls in white and orange, and a few adults in white and orange. A young boy in orange robes with an orange head wrap sits at the left foreground. A sign on the door reads Stop Dowry. Several people are seated along the back wall.2007-08-15A smoky indoor fire ritual in a white-tiled hall. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair holds a ladle or lamp over a square brick fire pit (kund) with a flame. Around the pit sit many children and young people in white, some with hands folded in prayer. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at left beside a wall display of framed photographs, and more people in white and orange fill the doorway behind. Brass vessels and a kalasha sit near the fire, with a green cloth beneath the seated figure. The seated orange-robed figure with long hair and distinctive ceremonial attire is a person presiding over a homa.2006-10-02A photograph of an indoor ritual space where a person in saffron/orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged on an orange-draped seat before a fire pit (homa) built of bricks with flames rising, with brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, flower garlands and fruit on a teal cloth in front. Swamiji (probable) is seated centrally, wearing saffron clothing and long swept-back hair, presiding over the fire ritual. Around him, children in white clothes sit on the floor near the fire, with a man in white and a man in an orange top seated nearby, and a large crowd of devotees in white fills the room and doorway behind. A large banner on the left shows a smiling man in a white turban and the printed caption 'Nithyananda Gurukul (நித்யானந்தா குருகுலம்)' with the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo, and a framed collage of photographs hangs above the doorway.2006-10-02A photograph of a fire ritual in a whitewashed hall. A long-haired man in orange robes stands at a stepped white block platform holding a lit oil lamp or fire vessel above a brass pot, with a flame rising. Around him, young boys and men in white shirts and orange shawls sit or stand; the seated foreground has children facing the platform, one with a braid. Several people in white and orange stand in the background. On the floor in front, rows of small clay lamps and leaf-plate offerings lie on a blue cloth, with marigold petals scattered. Behind the platform hangs a blue banner with a portrait labelled "Nithyananda Gurukul" showing a smiling man in an orange-and-white turban and dark ornate clothing, beside a bookshelf and a Nithyananda.org sign.2006-10-02A homa fire ritual in a room with a white brick fire pit at right, decorated with green leaves. Seated on a blue mat, a central figure in white clothes and an orange shawl presides as a man in white pours offerings and dishes of oil lamps line the mat. Several children in white or red clothes sit around the pit. Behind, a man in saffron wears a long beard and sits on a raised seat, and a long-haired figure in orange clothing sits nearby. A banner on the wall reads Nithyananda Gurukul with a portrait of a man in a white turban and gold necklace labelled Nithyananda Gurukul. Several more people in white and orange sit along the back wall.2006-10-02October 02 20062006-10-02 +1 copiesOctober 21 20072007-10-21