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Night-time outdoor gathering with a crowd of seated devotees, mostly seen from behind, facing a raised red-draped table set with a deity murti garlanded with red flowers, flanked by lit oil lamps and brass vessels. A small fire burns on the ground at left with smoke rising. A man in a white dhoti and bare chest stands at left, holding a microphone and a red cloth, beside another man in orange-red dhoti with a red garland. On the right, a seated figure in dark clothing sits in a brown leather chair beside the altar. A projection screen glows at the top of the frame. Wrapped in leafy tropical plants.

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Night outdoor homa at a ceremony ground. A fire pit with burning wood sits in front, with smoke rising. On the left, a red-draped table holds deity murti garlanded with flowers, lamps and offerings. Priests in white dhotis and orange or saffron garments stand and sit near the fire; one man in a white dhoti pours or offers from a kalasha-like pot while others chant with hands folded. A seated man in orange clothes with rudraksha malas sits on the right beside a red chair. Dozens of seated attendees in white and light clothes with name badges face the fire from the foreground, and a standing fan and tripod light are visible. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night-time outdoor homa at a Nithyanandoham session. A small wood fire burns in a brick-lined pit on grass, with smoke rising and offerings and brass vessels laid nearby. Several priests in white dhotis and saffron-coloured garments stand and kneel behind a draped red-covered altar holding a deity murti and flower garlands, with an oil lamp burning at the left. A man with a shaved head in saffron and rudraksha mala stands at the altar, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels near the fire. Seated devotees in the foreground wear white and saffron, many with red garlands. A white plastic chair and fan sit in the background, and a pale-robed figure with a rudraksha mala sits in a white armchair at right, among others in orange. The scene is lit by a lamp and the fire.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night outdoor fire ritual at a Nithyanandoham session, with dense blue-lit smoke rising over a brick fire pit ringed with yellow flower garlands and a lit flame. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at right holding a handheld microphone, speaking. Beside the pit a seated man in white dhoti attends the fire. Behind, a row of seated devotees in dark and bright clothing watch with hands folded. Sparse string lights hang in the background. The image is a photograph of an outdoor homa-style ceremony.2015-12-11Night outdoor ritual gathering with smoke rising from a small fire pit in the centre. Two priests stand at left: one bare-chested in an orange-and-pink dhoti with a red flower garland, the other in a white dhoti with a striped cloth, tending the fire. On the right, a seated figure in a red-brown robe with hands pressed in prayer sits in an ornate red throne-style chair, with a small figure beside. Standing and seated devotees in orange and white clothing with red garlands watch from the background, and audience members in the foreground face the scene. A pedestal fan and a camera on a tripod stand nearby.2015-12-11Night outdoor ritual on grass at a Nithyanandoham session. A fire pit built of bricks burns at right, surrounded by brass bowls and garlanded offerings, with fruit and flowers on leaves. Seated priests in white dhotis and bare torsos tend the homa on the ground. At left, a figure in a saffron-orange garment sits at a magenta-draped table decorated with red and orange flower garlands and brass vessels, near a tripod-mounted camera light. Behind them, a large group of delegates sits in rows, many wearing white garments and beaded necklaces, while a standing drummer in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha-style necklace plays a drum at right. A white pedestal fan stands among the seated crowd.2015-12-11Night 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.2014-08-03December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11