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Outdoor ritual at a riverside ghat with stone steps. In the foreground a priest with a red-and-gold turban and bare upper body sits behind a yellow brick fire pit (homa kund), gesturing toward it. Seated audience members in orange, red and saffron robes sit on a marble platform, several holding ritual items; one woman in red holds a metal pole and another smiles with a small book. A kalasha-style offering table with garlands and decorated pots stands at left. Behind, more devotees in orange and white watch from steps and a stone wall, and a monk in orange stands on the upper terrace. A visible photo credit overlay reads Nithyananda Paramashivam . A fire pit with offerings suggests a homa ceremony. Approximately 30 people are visible

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March 24 20142014-03-24June 13 20132013-06-13A square stone homa fire pit with a lit oil lamp at its right edge and a brass bowl with a ladle on the left. A smiling man in saffron-red robes, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms, and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged at the pit's edge. Behind him, a line of seated women in white saris with gold borders, some wearing rudraksha malas, watch the ritual. Two young men in red-orange robes with white ash marks sit at the left, one holding a small bowl. A golden ornate palanquin-style seat and a red wall are in the background.2014-07-11A photograph of an outdoor homa at a stone-walled ghat area. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with white sacred markings on his arms and chest stands at left, holding a spoon-like ladle over a fire. A seated woman in a red shawl at right holds a tall white ceremonial staff beside a brick fire pit with a bright flame and a brass bowl. Behind them, a garlanded kalasha pair with orange and green cloth stands on a draped table before a carved stone structure. A girl in orange sits nearby and onlookers stand at the top edge. The visible man's appearance does not clearly match the a person candidate cues, so he is described only by role.2014-03-24A crowded ritual gathering in a courtyard shrine with red walls and green plants. A central figure with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits behind a large brass vessel, with a brass bowl and trays of offerings and sweets in front. Around them sit many devotees in orange and saffron robes and orange saris, several wearing gold necklaces and rudraksha malas. A man in white with a camera and a photographer in the foreground document the scene. The setting suggests a homa or abhishekam style puja.2016-10-16A homa fire ritual in an open-air ashram courtyard, with thick white smoke rising from a square fire pit lined with stone. Many seated participants in saffron and orange robes and yellow borders raise their hands toward the fire, some with palms pressed together. A man in orange at the right sits on a leopard-print cushion, wearing a long ceremonial gold necklace with a rudraksha mala, reading from an open book while others gesture over the fire. Brass vessels, a kalasha, small bowls of grains and red powder, and a ladle lie beside the pit. Standing devotees in the background and a tiered orange-and-gold shrine appear behind.2013-06-13Outdoor ritual on a green mat by a riverside with a crowd of seated devotees in saffron, orange and white. In the foreground, a man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with long hair, rudraksha and flower garlands and a gold chest pendant, sits on a low wooden seat beside a tall trident, gazing upward with hands folded. A small brick fire pit with a flame is tended by a priest in a red-orange turban and saffron robe, with brass bowls, a kalasha and oil lamps nearby. Behind them, a draped red pedestal holds decorated deity murti with coconuts, marigold garlands and a tilak, and a throne-like golden frame stands at the right edge. This appears to be a homa or puja ceremony. Several people in the background, including a child, are visible.2014-05-20August 12 20162016-08-12August 31 20172017-08-31Outdoor ritual gathering on a paved courtyard under a canopy with bunting. Many devotees in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged on the ground facing a raised platform; several are seen from behind, some with hair in buns or braids, garlands of orange flowers, and one woman in white. On the platform, two saffron-robed men sit at a low table with fruit and offerings, while another figure in white stands at left near a cart. Behind them stands a large elaborate deity murti in a decorated alcove with flower garlands and a golden shrine. A striped cloth covers the platform, and a video camera on a tripod records the scene at right.2014-10-02August 01 20142014-08-01A photograph of an outdoor homa on riverside ghat steps in the evening. A priest in orange-red robes and an orange turban sits at left beside a small fire pit of stacked yellow bricks with flames, a pan of offering, and bundled sticks. Behind them a decorated deity murti and kalasha-like pots with flower garlands stand on a draped table. Devotees in white kurtas and red shawls sit on the steps, one with palms pressed together in prayer. A drum and brass vessels lie on the ground in front. Other people in orange and red robes stand in the background.2014-03-18