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Outdoor homa at a temple courtyard under palm trees. A figure with long hair in orange robes sits on an ornate wooden chair, raised on a red-and-white striped platform. Devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit with hands folded in prayer before a square fire pit, while a sannyasi in orange kneels nearby. A brass plate with flowers and a kalasha-like offering sits on a yellow cloth. Brass vessels lie on a low table. Palm trees, a concrete wall and a parked car fill the background.

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Outdoor homa ceremony on a raised platform with red-and-white striped edges, set among palm trees and a low wall. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a red ornate chair at the back, hands resting, while a priest in orange robes and a sacred thread kneels at right beside a square fire pit, tending it with a ladle and bowls. Around the platform, devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass plates, a yellow cloth-covered offering, a kalasha-like vessel and flowers sit on the platform. Smoke rises from the fire pit.2008-10-01Outdoor homa ceremony beside a white fire pit on a striped raised platform under palm trees, with a boundary wall and parked silver SUV behind. A long-haired figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on an ornate wooden throne with red cushions, appearing as a person (long swept-back hair and orange clothing), though the page does not place him at this event. A man in orange robes sits facing the fire pit at right. Around six devotees in white with yellow shawls sit with hands folded in namaskar along the platform, and a small clay ganesha figure and brass lamp sit on a gold-embroidered cloth. Lit oil lamp and small offering plate are placed on a low wooden stand.2008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01Outdoor homa or puja ceremony on a raised red-and-white striped platform beneath coconut palms. A seated figure in orange robes sits on a red-cushioned chair at the back of the platform, with a small shrine-like arrangement and a kalasha-style pot in front. Around the platform, men in white dhotis with orange shawls sit in rows, and women in white and yellow saris sit with hands pressed together in prayer. A brass plate with flowers and fruit offerings lies on the platform, and a yellow cloth is spread at the front. Cars and a boundary wall are visible in the background.2008-10-01September 30 20082008-09-30October 09 20082008-10-09October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor temple ritual at a white-walled shrine with red-and-white striped platform, where priests in white dhotis and orange shoulder shawls sit before offering trays of wood and flowers. Behind them stands a Kannada signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana, beside two printed posters. On the right, a long-haired man in orange robes sits on an ornate red-and-gold throne, watching the ceremony. Devotees in white and orange kneel with hands joined in prayer, while palm trees and parked cars stand beyond the courtyard.2008-10-01July 02 20162016-07-02Outdoors on a riverside ghat, a long-haired man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange shawl, wears layered pearl and rudraksha necklaces and bangles, and sits on a patterned cloth as he gestures toward a kneeling man in white dhoti with yellow borders. Behind them a bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits with folded arms, while devotees in white garments with yellow borders and orange cloths stand with palms joined. Rose petals are scattered on the stone and a shaved-headed man bends over a small orange-covered object, with floral garlands and water beyond. a person is the long-haired man in the centre-left seated with pearl necklaces; the seated figure is identifiable by his distinctive hair and ornate ceremonial adornments.2013-02-13 +2 copiesOctober 01 20082008-10-01Outdoor homa ceremony at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and red-roofed buildings behind. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a red-beaded necklace sits cross-legged before a white square fire pit, palms pressed together in prayer. Around him, a large seated crowd of men and boys wears white clothing with white-and-red garlands; the adults in white shirts and dhotis sit in rows. A brass vessel and a kalasha with orange kumkum and green leaves rest on an orange-and-purple cloth at right. A red-clad figure is partly visible in the foreground, and a purple flag hangs at upper left.2010-12-16