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A large indoor hall lit with purple-tinted lights where a crowd of devotees dressed in white sits on striped woven mats facing a fire ritual. Smoke rises from a fire pit at the right, where a priest in white sits cross-legged chanting before a homa. Several devotees wear orange-brown shawls, and some hold small brass items. Ornate silver and gold ceremonial canopies, a kalasha and a decorated peetha stand near the fire, with offering plates in front. A figure in ornate attire sits on a raised seat at the far right beside the fire, and a shaved-headed devotee in white sits at lower left. The scene reflects a srividya homa during a gathering.

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A large hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing and orange or saffron shawls, many with palms pressed together in prayer or raised hands. In the foreground a fire pit with visible flames sits on a striped rug, with offering trays and brass vessels nearby. At the right, priests in white and saffron dhotis tend the fire near a decorated seat with a golden canopy. Hanging lamps, ceiling fans, and a tall lamp stand fill the background under purple stage lighting, and a cameraman stands near the left wall. A white-clad man stands at the far left, and a bald man in white sits in the center foreground.2015-07-16December 16 20092009-12-16A large hall during a homa fire ritual, with a crowd of dozens of seated devotees in white and saffron clothing filling the floor. In the centre, a sacred fire burns in a brick fire pit, and a priest bare-chested in a saffron-bordered cloth sits near it, extending his arm toward the flames. Foreground figures in saffron and orange cloths sit facing the fire, one with a microphone in front. To the right, a large blue-draped table holds marigold garlands and offerings. A decorated green canopy throne with a portrait stands at the back-left beside brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels. Ceiling fans, white draped tents and cameras surround the hall. A homa for Samaya Deeksha is suggested by the page, but only the fire ritual and seated gathering are visible. The visible crowd is roughly 50 to 100 people.2015-07-17Evening homa ritual inside a canopied tent with a brick fire pit emitting white smoke. A priest with bare upper body and white dhoti, wearing a red bead necklace, fans smoke toward the fire with a wide woven fan while others in white dhotis sit around the pit. Brass bowls, a mic on a stand and offerings of flowers and red cloth sit near the pit. Behind them a large seated audience in white and orange-brown shawls sits on striped mats, with several cameras on tripods at the back. A visible purple tint covers the scene. A small logo appears at top left; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the seated group.2015-07-16A photograph of a large indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses, filled with seated devotees in white clothing on the floor. Many attendees wear white kurtas or saris with lanyards; some wear orange or brown garments. In the foreground a brass-rimmed vessel holding a lit flame sits on an orange cloth, while a woman in white and a blonde woman in white press their palms together. A cameraman stands behind a tripod in the middle of the room, and a man in white stands near the back. Framed photographs and colourful banners line the upper wall. The setting suggests a satsang or ritual gathering, though no specific ceremony is clearly visible.2009-12-16July 16 20152015-07-16July 09 20152015-07-09A seated congregation of devotees in white clothes with saffron-brown shawls faces a homa fire pit at the front of a tented hall. Behind the fire, a priest in a rust-orange cloth and a deity murti adorned with garlands and a decorated backdrop are visible. Oil lamps stand on tall brass stands on either side, and a golden throne with a red cushion and golden umbrellas is at the right. A cameraman with a tripod films the ceremony from the right side. Several people in the front rows have shaved heads or long hair, and the crowd is seated on colourful striped mats.2015-10-12July 16 20152015-07-16July 17 20152015-07-17July 16 20152015-07-16July 09 20152015-07-09