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Indoor ritual scene with smoke rising from a fire pit (homa or yagna) on a low platform decorated with flowers and small brass vessels. Several seated people in white clothes sit on the floor around the fire; a man in a grey-white robe on the right tends the fire area beside a round brass plate. Others in white shirts and dhotis sit or stand at the back of a plain room with framed pictures on the wall. Visible people number about ten.

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2009 - Vadacheri Arni Center ActivitiesSmoky indoor photograph of a group of devotees seated on the floor in white clothes, hands pressed together in namaskar near a blazing homa fire pit in the foreground. Offerings sit on a brass plate and a small brass kalasha or cup stands beside the fire. Several people wear white kurtas and saris, with one woman in a white sari and gold border in the foreground. Doorway and wall visible behind the group.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.March 22 20082008-03-22Indoor photograph of a homa fire ritual in a plain room with white walls and a wall fan. A yellow brick-like fire pit holds a small flame and smoke, with marigold petals and offerings nearby, including bowls of fruit and brass vessels on a white cloth. A young woman in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on the left with palms joined. Two young men in orange robes and rudraksha-style beads sit on the right, hands folded in prayer near the fire. Behind them, a standing figure in orange with long hair and a beaded mala stands near a red-draped seat, and several seated people in white and orange sit along the wall. Mats cover the floor.2008-03-22A homa fire burns inside a square yellow brick fire pit on a mat-covered floor. A bald man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels at the fire, feeding it with offerings. To the right, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace and red-trimmed shawl sits beside brass vessels and a bowl. Behind them a woman in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a red cushioned seat, holding a staff, with a row of devotees in white and orange seated and standing along the wall. A small framed photograph sits on a red brocade-covered stand area; the room is plain with white walls. Possible appearance-based candidate for the a person: the man in orange with the gold necklace, though the appearance is uncertain.2008-03-22Night ritual on a raised white stone platform beside a blazing fire pit, with smoke rising behind. A long-haired figure in orange-saffron cloth sits cross-legged at the right of the platform, a saffron wrap draped over the shoulder, and appears to be presiding over the fire. A second person in orange sits beside the fire pit on the left, tending it, and another person in white sits at the far right near a small cardboard box. Seated devotees in white and orange cloth sit on the steps in the foreground, several with hair in braids, and a jerrycan sits at the lower left. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ceremony, with no visible text or deity murti.2008-05-18A homa fire ceremony in an indoor hall with a yellow brick fire pit holding a lit flame, with a metal rod standing upright beside it. On the left, a long-haired young man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a red cushioned seat draped in white, appearing to be a person candidate with long swept-back hair and ornamented orange clothing. Seated on the right, a man in orange robes and a gold necklace tends the fire and offerings, with a brass vessel and marigold garlands nearby. Several other seated men in orange and white dress, some bearded, watch the ritual. Overlay text credits the image to Nithyanandapedia, which is omitted.2008-03-22A smoky indoor homa in a hall with a mat floor. In the foreground, a yellow brick fire pit burns with flames and offerings, and a seated woman in white with an orange shawl presses her palms together in prayer on the left. Behind the fire, a young man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate with a kalasha and flame. Another man in orange sits beside him. Fruit bowls and brass vessels are arranged around the fire. In the background, several people in orange and white sit on a mat and a red-cushioned seat, with a standing fan on the wall.2008-03-22A photo of a homa fire ceremony in a plain hall with pale walls and a light floor. A yellow brick fire pit holds a bright flame with marigold petals scattered around it. A young shaven-headed priest in orange robes and a gold necklace sits at right, pouring offerings into the fire. Seated on a red cushioned throne with a white cloth, a figure with long dark hair wears orange robes and a rudraksha mala and holds a staff; a probable Swamiji by these cues. Around them roughly a dozen seated devotees in orange, white and yellow clothing watch, and brass vessels and oil lamps sit on a white cloth at right.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22A homa being performed inside a large open tent at an ashram. A rectangular fire pit built from stacked yellow-brown bricks holds a bright flame. Around it sit about eight people in saffron and orange robes and white garments, several holding small offerings or open books. A woman in a blue and gold sari wrapped in orange sits at the left beside a kalasha pot garlanded with white flowers, and brass pots, plates of flowers and vermilion-coloured offerings lie on the white cloth in front. A standing person in an orange shawl stands at the right edge, and a carved wooden seat with red cushions sits at the left behind the group. Patterned banners and striped mats hang and lie across the tent floor.2008-10-27