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Inside a richly gilded temple hall with red floor cloth, a shirtless priest in a purple cloth and white dhoti pours or lifts water over an ornate golden kalasha placed on a gilded altar. A deity murti decorated with garlands stands in an arched shrine, and banana fruit, coconuts and flower offerings are arranged around the base. A fire burns in a pit in the foreground. To the left, a man with folded hands in white dhoti and shawl stands in prayer, and to the right a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a garland watches. Brass lamps stand on either side and colourful cloth hangs from the upper rail.

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March 16 20202020-03-16Photo 11728734 +2 copiesPhoto 11728736 +2 copiesMarch 16 20202020-03-16 +2 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18A temple interior with gold-toned walls and a red carpet. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a purple waist cloth and a white head cloth holds a lit camphor flame on a brass plate, while a younger attendant in white dhoti stands behind him. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left, and fruit and offerings rest on a tray at lower left. At right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with red and white flowers beside a dark ornate throne with carved lion figures and a red cushion. The scene looks like an aarti at a shrine. Nothing visible shows a person in person; the portrait is a depiction on a print.2020-03-16 +2 copiesA homa fire ritual in a gold-decorated temple hall with red carpeting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and a purple waist cloth, with a white sacred thread over his shoulder and tilak markings, holds a ritual implement over a square fire pit where flames rise from a dark mound of burnt offerings, with scattered rice grains around the pit. Behind him a seated priest with a shaved head and folded hands watches, and tall brass oil lamps stand beside a golden deity shrine adorned with flower garlands. Fruit offerings including bananas and sliced coconut sit on platters nearby.2020-03-16 +2 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18Photo 11728705 +2 copiesMarch 15 20202020-03-15 +2 copiesPhoto 11728687 +2 copies