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A homa is performed indoors in a small room with a white wall and a wooden door. A framed photograph of a seated, garlanded man in orange robes is displayed on a white-draped altar behind the fire, which is built from stacked yellow-wrapped blocks decorated with pink flowers. Two women in white clothing kneel at the fire, one feeding it from a steel vessel while the other tends it. Seated devotees on the floor, including a man in a white shirt, a woman in a green-yellow saree with folded hands, and a young girl in teal, watch the ritual. Metal bowls hold rice, flowers and dried leaves, and brass oil lamps stand beside the altar.

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A photograph of a domestic puja inside a room with a white-tiled floor. On the wall above the ritual space hangs a framed portrait of a saint with long dark hair, seated in orange robes and garlanded with flowers; the portrait is a depiction, and no physical person is clearly identifiable as him. Below it, several people in white and coloured saris sit on the floor: a woman in white with palms pressed together, a man in a white shirt pouring or offering from a small vessel, and women and children watching. Stacked in front are rows of yellow-orange sweets or blocks, marigold-like yellow flowers on a plate, pink petals in a steel bowl, and a silver pot and brass vessels. The scene is a family-style devotional offering.A homa fire burns in a yellow-brick fire pit decorated with pink flower petals, set on a dark stone floor. A woman in white sari with a rudraksha mala sits at right, holding a ladle-like object and a prayer book, while women in white saris sit at left reading from books. Behind the fire, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure with long hair and rudraksha beads seated before a tree, garlanded with yellow and pink flowers. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a copper-toned pyramidal sri yantra vessel, bowls of offerings, a jar and a bottle sit in the foreground.A photograph of a small indoor homa at a brick fire pit on a bare floor. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, pouring an offering from a vessel into bright flames. Seated on white cloths around the fire are a man in a white shirt with palms pressed together, a child in a striped shirt, and other people in white clothes, including a woman with a jasmine garland in her hair at lower right. A plate of flowers and offerings sits near the fire, and brass oil lamps flank a framed picture of a woman in orange on a draped table at the back wall. Five to six people are visible.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA homa fire ritual in a room with pale walls. A woman in white with a gold-bordered sari pours offerings into a flaming fire in a brass lamp-style vessel at right. Seated devotees in white clothing press their palms together in prayer, including a woman in the left foreground with a bead necklace and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. In front is a basket of yellow and white flowers and green leaves, a pink flower heap, and a square yellow-brick altar strewn with pink petals, with a glass jar, a small water bottle and a brass vessel nearby. A framed photograph at upper right shows a bearded man with long hair, garlanded with flowers, labelled with partly visible printed text. A small oil lamp stands at right.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA small indoor room with pale plastered walls where a homa fire burns in a brick-lined pit on the floor. Around it sit about eight people on white cloths, several with palms pressed together in prayer: a young woman in a white top and cream cloth at the front left, a girl in a cream dress at lower left, a woman in a green sari with a boy in pink beside her, and a young man in an orange shirt at right. Brass oil lamps stand on a draped table behind, flanking a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure seated beneath a tree, garlanded with white flowers. A tray of rose petals, a dish of white powder and rows of small clay lamps sit on the floor in front of the fire, with incense sticks rising beside the pit.2009-10-10October 02 20112011-10-02A photograph of a small bare-walled room with a homa fire burning on a low brick-built fire pit on the floor. A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits cross-legged at the fire, tending it with a ladle and offerings. Around her, six people sit on white cloth: an older woman in a blue-patterned white sari, a young woman with a long braid, a girl in a pink top, a small child in a yellow top, and an older man in a white shirt viewed from behind. Behind them a white-draped table holds a framed picture of a deity-like figure in orange, garlanded with flowers, flanked by two brass oil lamps. Fruit is set before the picture. The fire is a homa and the setting is a ritual gathering.2009-10-10A photograph of a home puja in progress in a plain room with pale walls. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in her right hand while smoke rises. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothes sit on the floor facing a small fire pit of burning wood and bricks with brass vessels and a plate nearby. Behind them a covered table holds a framed portrait of a smiling woman in orange, garlanded with flowers, flanked by two brass oil lamps and a bowl of yellow flowers. Several people are visible, including a man in a white shirt with folded hands and a woman in a red sari.2009-10-102006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA photograph of a homa or fire ritual in a plain whitewashed room with a concrete floor. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-coloured borders kneels at a small fire pit, feeding flames with a ladle-like implement. Two other people in white, including one seated with a white cloth over the head, sit by the fire with offering vessels and brass plates. On the right, a family sits on white mats: a woman in a rust-brown sari with hands folded, a young child in white and yellow, a woman in a turquoise sari with hands in namaste, and a man in a white shirt and cream trousers seated on a plastic chair, also with hands joined. A deity murti picture garlanded with flowers hangs above a draped table with two brass oil lamps lit on it. Bottom right partially shows another devotee with folded hands.2009-10-10