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A photograph of a homa being performed indoors. A bald man with white tilak on his forehead, wearing orange robes and a gold necklace, sits on the floor reading from a book and offering wood into a metal fire tray filled with sticks. Around him sit a seated audience of devotees in orange and white clothing; several women in orange shawls and a girl in a purple shirt are visible, with a microphone on a stand and brass bowls of offerings on the floor. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind. About 20 people are visible.

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July 14 20122012-07-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of women in a hall performing a puja with small brass oil lamps and metal thalis on the floor in front. Many women in saffron and orange saris with maroon borders and red shawls sit cross-legged, some with hands folded or raised in prayer, others holding brass items. Some wear white sarees with coloured borders and one wears a green blouse. Behind them a table with a steel pot, a covered with a green cloth, and a white curtain. A man in a white shirt sits at the far right, and women in white sit in the back rows. A white-backed chair and a clock on the wall are visible.2010-12-04A photograph of a homa fire ritual in an indoor hall with terracotta floor. In the centre, a man in orange robes holds a tray with a red-wrapped offering above a blazing fire pit. To the left, a bald man in orange robes with his back to the camera faces the fire. Fruit platters, a kalasha and white flower garlands lie on the floor. A gold and red throne stands behind. Around 20 seated devotees, mostly women in orange, white and pink saris, sit with hands folded in prayer. Partially visible crew stand at the back near lights and tripods.2012-07-12A large seated group of devotees in orange and maroon robes sits in rows on a tiled floor during a ritual gathering in a hall with red curtains. Many wear rudraksha malas and white or orange tilak marks. In the foreground, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a black bead mala and a woman in an orange robe with a brown shawl pour liquid and arrange small brass oil lamps, bowls and pink flower petals on trays. Metal railings and a chain divide the rows. A brass lamp and a deity murti sit in the upper right corner. The scene looks like a puja or abhishekam preparation. Watermarked archive photo.2014-07-28March 10 20132013-03-10March 25 20132013-03-25A photograph inside an orange-draped tent with a green floor covering, where a group of women sit cross-legged in a satsang-style gathering. At left, a woman in black holds a tiered brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) on a low stand, with an orange cloth beneath it. Foreground centre, an older woman in a cream sari with a dark headscarf and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Behind her, women wear pink, white, red and yellow saris and salwar kameez, some with folded hands. At lower right, a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits with hands in anjali. Microphones, cables and a tripod appear at the top of the frame.2013-02-06A seated group of devotees in a plain room listens to a speaker at a microphone on a stand. The speaker, in the left foreground, wears an orange-saffron head wrap and an orange cloth draped over a pink top, seated on a folding chair. Around him, many people sit cross-legged on a yellow patterned mat, most in orange-saffron shawls; some wear white, one woman in a teal salwar and another in a grey sari. A few sit on white plastic chairs along the back wall. A dark green marble pillar stands at centre, with a framed picture and garland on the wall behind. Some participants have eyes closed in meditation, and small books lie on the mat. Lighting is fluorescent. The gathering reads as a satsang or discourse.2004-06-16September 04 20122012-09-04A seated ritual gathering in a plain hall with grey walls and windows. In the foreground, a bald man in orange robes with a red-and-gold shawl and a gold necklace sits with palms pressed together in namaskar before a white-draped altar holding a brass bowl, a silver cup, a metal ewer and scattered orange flowers. Behind him, many people in white clothes sit cross-legged; a young woman in white with a red border and a second woman in white with folded hands sit near the front, and a figure in orange robes stands at the back wall. Several people wear rudraksha malas and vibhuti marks. A white-clothed group fills the room, with a few visitors among them.2007-08-26December 26 20082008-12-26A homa fire ceremony in an outdoor ashram courtyard, with thick white smoke rising from a stone fire pit at centre. A long-haired person in an orange-and-yellow dhoti and a gold-beaded necklace sits on a leopard-print mat at left, holding a notebook and speaking, which is consistent with the page's description of Swamiji (probable). Around the pit, many women in orange saris with rudraksha malas sit or stand with hands folded, some with tilaka. Brass lamps, small cups, flower petals and offerings sit on the fire pit. Shaved-headed men in orange robes kneel at the right side near the pit, and one wears a headset microphone.2013-06-13