Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a room with orange-painted walls and a gold-framed carved wooden seat with red and white cushions on the left. Two men stand before a brick-built fire pit with a bright flame, both wearing white dhoti-style garments and long white flower garlands with red blossoms. The taller man at left wears a decorated golden conical headpiece and holds his hands together; the man beside him, bare-chested with a white cloth on his head, leans forward over the fire. Brass vessels, oil lamps, offering bowls with grains and fruit surround the fire pit on the floor. Two more people in the background, one in a white dhoti with a saffron shawl and another in a dark sari, watch. A banner behind reads Nithyananda Vedic Temples.

More like this

Open the gallery
Photograph of a homa fire ceremony in a temple hall. A brick-lined fire pit with a bright flame sits in the foreground. A woman in a red and green sari with white jasmine garlands and a man in a cream kurta with a garland bow over the fire, while a man in a yellow turban and white dhoti with garlands stands beside them. A cameraman with a video camera films at right. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat draped with a flower garland, and a wall banner reads Nithyananda Vedic Temples. A brass pot and offerings sit nearby. Three people are physically visible in the frame.2012-05-02A photograph of a sacred fire ritual inside a richly decorated Hindu temple hall with pink and silver shrine alcoves holding deity murtis. A large blazing homa fire rises from a stacked brick fire pit topped with a tiered ornate golden altar, decorated with red flowers. On the left, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a saffron-coloured shawl and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, beside a standing man in white dhoti with a saffron sash and a yellow-brown headwrap seated near him. On the right, a young man in white dhoti and purple-striped sash bends forward tending the fire. Seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch in the background, and green mats cover the floor.2016-07-02A homa fire ritual in an indoor hall with orange-painted walls. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits before a yellow-brick fire pit with a bright flame, holding a ladle and speaking into a microphone on a stand. Brass vessels, bowls of offerings, a tray of fruit and a plate with yellow kumkum-coloured offerings sit on the orange cloth. Behind him, a man in orange robes with rudraksha mala sits on a red-and-gold throne, hands folded. Several more people in orange and white sit cross-legged, some with flower garlands, with a metal railing at left. A wall map titled Nithyananda Vedic Temples is visible, with its legend printed in English and Kannada. Approximately 25 people are visible.2011-11-29A homa fire burns on a low platform inside a temple-like hall with red walls and a large dark wooden door. A priest in white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl, wearing a red-orange tilak-style headpiece and gold necklace, sits cross-legged before the flames, adding offerings. A stack of wrapped bundles and garlanded kalasha-style pots surround the fire. Behind him, a figure in a red-brown ornate garment with a long swept-back black hairstyle, rudraksha-style mala and gold necklace sits on a gold-and-red peetha throne, adorned with a garland. Another person in orange shawl and white dhoti bends forward at right, and attendants in white stand nearby. A standing fan and a striped floor mat are visible.2016-03-06 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20152015-09-17July 16 20152015-07-16January 06 20182018-01-06September 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu homa ritual in a hall with a maroon backdrop. In the centre, a shirtless man wearing a yellow shawl, white dhoti and an orange-red headband stands over a brick fire pit with a lit flame and offerings, holding a ladle-like implement. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and a striped shawl holds a brass plate. Behind them, a throne decorated with yellow and white flower garlands holds a deity murti, and two ornate golden staffs flank it. A seated man in orange robes and rudraksha beads sits at left near a monitor. Yellow marigold garlands, kalasha pots and brass trays surround the fire pit.2015-07-13Night ritual at a temple outdoors: a fire burns in a square yellow-and-white homa pit in the foreground, with a small bowl of grains and brass lamps beside it, and a tray of bananas and flower garlands to the right. A priest in a white dhoti and green-and-gold shawl, with a white cloth on his head and gold necklaces, raises a silver vessel over the fire. Behind, a seated figure in a gold-and-red throne with a saffron-orange robe presses his palms together, with folded hands around him. Several white-clad devotees stand in the background, and a young man in white with tilak and bare, painted shoulders watches on the right. Orange sandals sit near the throne.2016-01-02May 02 20122012-05-02June 23 20172017-06-23