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A photograph of a homa fire ritual at night in an ashram hall. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban, and a long rudraksha mala pours white offering material with both hands over a brick fire pit. He sits on an ornate gold-and-maroon patterned seat. Nearby, two men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor, one holding a long metal rod and another beside a brass bell and bowl. Brass vessels and a plate of white offering material lie near the fire, and the background is dim with blurred lights.

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Photograph of a seated man in an orange-saffron robe and a matching orange turban, with a red-and-gold patterned shawl draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala on his chest. He leans toward a microphone on a stand, hands extended palm-to-palm in front of him, with smoke or incense haze rising around him. A second, younger man with a dark beard and white clothing sits to the left, and two more seated figures in white appear in the background. Behind them are wooden carved furnishings, a lattice screen, and a garland of white and yellow flowers on a metal stand at right.2004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02Photograph of a homa ritual in an ashram hall. A man in an orange turban and orange robes sits cross-legged at a low brick fire platform, extending his arm toward a bright flame at left. Behind him a seated musician in white plays a stringed instrument, and two more people in white sit at the back. Near the platform rests a silver kalasha-style vessel with a small flame. At right, a garland hangs beside a ceremonial trident and a dark drape, and a framed portrait stands on the far right. Two people in the foreground, one at right in white clothing and dark hair, are seen from behind watching the rite. The image is somewhat blurred, and a faint vertical date stamp appears at the right edge.2004-07-02A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange headcloth performs a homa at an open fire pit in the foreground, one hand raised holding a ceremonial item near his head. Behind him stand a trident, a garland-draped backdrop and a red-and-gold canopy. Rudraksha beads hang across his chest. Several men in white dhotis and shirts sit nearby, one with hands pressed in prayer, while smoke rises from the flames.2004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02A seated man in an orange robe and orange turban pours offerings into a fire pit beside stacked white blocks, performing a homa. A second man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of grains beside him, and a wooden ladle lies near the flames. An orange and gold ceremonial umbrella and a person in white stand behind, with a lattice window in the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated homa performer wears an orange turban and orange robe with white sacred markings on his arms, and a microphone is clipped to his shoulder. Sacred fire and offerings suggest a homa ritual.2004-07-02A seated figure in an orange saffron turban and orange robe sits on a red and gold cushioned seat decorated with white flower garlands, holding a microphone stand with one arm extended and making a gesture while speaking. A rudraksha-style mala hangs on the chest, and white markings are visible on the arm. Behind, a man in white clothes stands at left, while a bespectacled man and a man in white with a red forehead mark sit at right. A brass bowl stands near the seat, and a bamboo pole runs across the foreground.2004-07-02A photograph of a ceremony in a temple hall with dark green drapes. A man in orange robes with a matching orange turban and a red-orange shawl sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaskar, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his chest, a microphone before him. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and flower offerings lie on a yellow-draped platform in front, with a trident and ceremonial fans behind. Behind him a framed portrait labelled "Sri Nithyananda Swami" shows a seated figure in orange robes. Several people sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground, and a bearded man in dark clothes sits at the right edge.2004-07-02A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban sits before a fire pit with a bright flame, speaking into a handheld microphone on a stand. He wears long hair swept back, a dark rudraksha mala around the neck, and arms crossed over the chest in a ritual gesture. Behind him, several people in white clothes sit on the floor, and a window with a lattice grille and a decorated umbrella are visible. Ceremonial items and garlands sit to the left, consistent with a homa or fire ritual during a sannyas initiation programme.2004-07-02A photograph of a homa ritual at an open-sided thatched hall. A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with long hair, rudraksha beads and white sacred markings on his arms, kneels at a fire pit and pours offerings from a copper vessel with a long ladle into the flames. Behind him a red-and-gold embroidered canopy hangs on a pole and a microphone stands at left. A man in white clothes sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, beside a woman in a dark green sari and other seated devotees in white. Fire burns in the pit at lower right.2004-07-02A seated man in saffron-orange robes performs a homa at a brick fire pit, holding a long metal ladle-like implement with a flame rising from it. He wears a rudraksha mala and a gold chain. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits attentively. Offerings are laid out on the left: sliced fruits, apples, a pineapple, lemons, a silver bowl, and flower garlands. Pink flower petals are scattered over the bricks. Behind them, seated devotees in orange, yellow and white clothing watch, and a figure in white moves in the background. A brass lamp stands on the right beside a dark curtain. The scene is a photograph of a fire ritual indoors. Two people are prominent in the foreground, with more visible behind them. The a person cues include saffron robes, a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments on the seated figure performing the fire offering.2009-06-09A homa is performed in an indoor hall before a large framed portrait of a seated saffron-robed figure labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda", draped with a garland of red and yellow flowers. In the centre, a man in an orange shawl and orange turban with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace kneels behind a square fire pit of white bricks, its flames rising as he tends it with a long ladle. Two men in white clothes sit nearby, one at left beside trays of coconuts, bananas and grains, another in the foreground. A white-draped altar holds a brass figure, a red-cloth shrine, brass oil lamps and marigold petals. Four people are visible.2007-10-21