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Outdoor ashram courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with coconut palms and red-walled buildings behind. A priest in white dhoti and shawl sits at right before a square fire pit with flames, a microphone on a stand beside him, and brass plates of offerings and fruit nearby. Around him a seated group in white and coloured saris and shirts sits on mats and cushions, with a small statue or deity murti at left.

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April 13 20122012-04-13Outdoor homa ceremony under an open-roofed pavilion with a metal roof and red support posts, surrounded by palm trees and orange-walled buildings. In the foreground a square fire pit burns with flames, with brass pots and vessels bearing green, red and orange cloth on the left. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a white headband sits at right, speaking into a microphone and gesturing over offerings of bananas and bowls. Around the fire, several seated devotees in white clothes and sarees, including a woman in a yellow sari on the left and a man in a dark shirt sitting cross-legged in the centre, listen attentively on mats. A stone deity figure and a tall ornamental pillar stand at the left edge.2012-04-13April 13 20122012-04-13December 12 20112011-12-12A homa fire burns in a square stone fire pit under an open-sided roof in an ashram courtyard lined with palm trees. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a tripundra on his forehead and a rudraksha mala around his neck, holds a lamp near the flames. Two seated women in white sit on mats and a third seated figure in red and white appears behind them, with a tray of bananas, brass bowls and flower offerings in front. Colourful cloth-wrapped kalasha-style pots with leaves are arranged in the lower left foreground. A brick wall and small buildings stand in the background.Outdoor fire ritual in a courtyard paved with grey tiles, with coconut palms behind. A raised white-stone fire pit blazes in the foreground, with flames rising from it. Several seated devotees in white clothes, including a woman in white with a beaded necklace, sit on orange and purple mats watching the fire. At right, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a shaved head and marked forehead conducts the rite beside a tray of bananas and brass vessels. Behind them stand a painted deity pair in blue and red garments with garlands, an orange shrine with a Nandi bull statue, and a tripod-mounted camera at left. A table at left holds garlanded offerings. +1 copiesApril AF 2012Outdoors under palm trees, a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged at a white square fire pit, performing a homa with burning sticks and ritual offerings. Beside him stands a brass vessel and a kalasha-like pot decorated with orange marigolds, and a brass lamp sits on a saffron-coloured cloth. Behind the fire, a large crowd of seated devotees in white clothes and red-and-white lanyards with neck cords watches, some with hands folded in namaskar. Low orange-walled buildings and a yellow-painted structure stand in the background. A statue row and a red circular pole are visible.2010-12-16A photo of an outdoor open-air pavilion with a fire pit (homa) burning at centre, flanked by a priest in white dhoti and shawl at right with brass vessels, fruit and leaves before him. Around the fire, several seated devotees in white and coloured clothing sit on orange and blue mats, some wearing white garments and others in saris and kurtas. At left, a painted deity murti pair in blue and purple garments stands on a decorated platform beside a red-and-orange shrine, with a red kalasha-topped pillar behind the fire pit and palm trees beyond the courtyard. A camera on a tripod and a framed portrait stand at the left edge. Visible people total about ten, all seated or standing near the homa.2012-04-13Outdoor homa at a temple courtyard. A white stone fire pit holds a large flame, with a bowl and brass vessels nearby. Seated on orange cloth at the front, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a microphone, chants beside a basket of bananas and offerings. Behind the fire, around a dozen devotees sit in white and coloured clothes, including a woman in white, a woman in a red top and a man in dark shirt. Behind them, a red brick shrine holds a Nandi bull statue draped in garlands, with stone figures and palm trees in the background. Blue and orange cloth hangings and a bright blue-robed figure appear at the left edge.April AF 2012April 13 20122012-04-13