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Night outdoor gathering on a lawn with a large seated audience of devotees in white and light clothing sitting in rows under a bright floodlight. In the foreground a figure sits on a red sequined-draped seat or platform decorated with garlands and green-and-gold ornaments. A small fire pit with flames and brass vessels is at right, with priests in saffron-orange robes tending the ritual. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" sits on a stand beneath a canopy at right, showing a figure in orange turban. People are numerous, roughly twenty to one hundred visible.

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August 03 20142014-08-03August 03 20142014-08-03Night outdoor homa on a lawn. A priest in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban kneels at a square brick fire pit with a bright flame, pouring an offering from a metal vessel. Behind him seated devotees in white and red clothing fill rows across the grass under floodlights. At left a red-draped table holds a kalasha-like vessel, garlands, marigolds and green leaf offerings. At right a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a saffron-robed man with orange turban, displayed on a red carpet beside brass items.2014-08-03August 03 20142014-08-03July 24 20142014-07-24July 24 20142014-07-24 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual on a grassy lawn lit by a bright floodlight. A priest in a white dhoti with a bare upper body and a white head wrap stands at right holding a lit lamp aarti plate, while a woman in a red sari and a marigold garland holds a similar plate beside him. A fire burns in a square fire pit with brass vessels and small oil lamps arranged on the grass; a deity murti decorated with a red cloth and green leaves sits on a table at left. Devotees in white and red clothing, some kneeling with hands folded, gather in the background, and a man in a saffron-and-white robe stands at far right near a decorated canopy.2014-07-24December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesA night outdoor ceremony on grass where a fire burns in a rectangular fire pit decorated with marigold garlands beside brass bowls and offerings. Smoke drifts up under blue stage lights. Rows of seated participants in white and cream clothes fill the ground, many with red and orange shawls. On the left, an altar with a lit oil lamp, flower garlands, a decorated ceremonial umbrella and a purple draped table stands near a figure in saffron and orange robes seated on a red-cushioned seat. A pair of white-clad figures sits near the fire, and a person in white kneels at the right edge. Homa fire ceremony at night.2015-12-11Night outdoor homa in a garden: a bare-chested priest in a red-orange dhoti and red head cloth sits before a bright fire pit, with offerings of fruit, a plate with flowers, brass vessels and a sack on a pink-and-white cloth in front. Many seated devotees in white and red-orange shawls face the fire under strong floodlight and rising smoke; a purple-draped altar with flower garlands stands at left. Count of visible people exceeds twenty. The priest's back is turned, so no a person identification is made from appearance.2014-03-09February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesAugust 03 20142014-08-03 +2 copies