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Indoor homa ceremony in a small room with a fire burning on a brick fire pit surrounded by offerings and pots. A woman in a white sari with an orange border pours or offers into the flame from a metal vessel, while a man in white kurta sits behind and a second seated man in white with glasses tends the fire. Behind them a framed picture shows a figure in orange robes with flowers, and a portrait of a woman hangs to the right. Fresh flower garlands and a red cloth decorate the altar.

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A small room with pale blue walls hosts a homa at a low brick fire pit where flames rise over a red-draped altar decorated with flowers. Behind it, a framed portrait labelled with a garland shows a seated saffron-robed figure with long hair and rudraksha beads. Three people in white ritual clothes sit on the floor: a woman on the left with hands pressed in prayer, a man in the centre holding a flat bread or offering, and a bespectacled man on the right with hands folded. A brass vessel and oil lamps sit nearby. The scene is a homa with devotees in white.A small indoor room with pale blue walls and a barred window hosts a puja. Three people in white clothes sit on the floor before a low wooden table. A woman in a white sari with a red border pours liquid from a brass vessel, while a younger woman with a long braid holds a small white bowl and a third person sits at the left edge. Behind the table, a framed printed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure in orange robes and rudraksha mala seated before a tree, garlanded with marigolds and flowers, beside an oil lamp. A red draped cloth hangs behind it. On the table sits a golden meru shaped ritual object, with brass pots, a kalasha, plates and bowls of offerings on a cloth. Another framed photo with flowers appears at the right. The scene reflects Meru puja or homa ritual activity.Indoor homa in a small room with a fire burning inside a brick-built fire pit decorated with white markings and offerings. Three people in white clothes sit around it: a person on the left with dark hair and a red-striped cloth, a man in the centre-right with a white shawl holding a plate, and a man on the far right with glasses in white. Behind the fire is a shrine with a painted deity image and a red-draped altar with flowers and brass vessels. Smoke fills the air.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA photograph of a homa being performed indoors in a plain whitewashed room with a concrete floor. A woman in a white dhoti-style garment with gold borders kneels at a brick-lined fire pit, pouring from a small brass vessel as the flames rise. Two seated devotees, a man in a cream shirt and a woman in a teal top, watch from the right on a white cloth. Behind the fire, a white-draped table holds a framed photo of a figure in orange robes seated among tree roots, garlanded with white and yellow flowers, flanked by brass oil lamps, fruit and a small kalasha. Brass puja vessels and a spoon sit at the lower left.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA nighttime photo of a small indoor puja at a fire pit. A woman in a white sari with gold borders stands at left holding a lit oil lamp aloft toward a framed painting of a goddess murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands. Brass lamp stands with flowers flank the altar, which is draped in white cloth. In the foreground a fire burns in a brick fire pit (homa/yagna). Three people kneel at right with palms joined in namaskar, one wearing a white shirt and another with a white flower in hair. Walls are pale and plain.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities