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Outdoor homa at a covered open-air pavilion. A square golden fire pit with white painted patterns burns at centre, surrounded by yellow and red flower garlands and a striped cloth on the floor. Several priests in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans sit around it: one in the foreground tends the fire, another behind holds a metal bowl of grain, and a shirtless man at left films with a phone. A standing attendant in orange turban and dhoti stands at right. A green LIVE sign sits on a stand, with a microphone nearby. Red-roofed buildings and palm trees are in the background. The a person field is unsure because no figure can be confidently identified by appearance.

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A homa is performed under an open tin-roofed pavilion with a golden square fire pit containing a burning fire, bordered by yellow and red marigold garlands and white rangoli patterns. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and orange turbans sit on striped cloth mats; one seated man in orange with a rudraksha mala pours offerings from a bowl of grain into the flames, while a man in orange and white stands behind. A bare-chested man in the foreground holds a phone raised to film, and a small brass lamp and ritual vessels rest near the right edge. A green sign reading LIVE stands on a tripod-mounted camera, and red-walled buildings and palm trees frame the courtyard.2017-08-25September 09 20132013-09-09Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with red-walled buildings and palm trees. A seated man on the right, wearing a red-orange cloth, a beaded headband and many bead bracelets, extends his arm toward a large fire burning on a stone platform. In front of him, a row of young ascetics in saffron and orange robes and orange turbans sit on mats. Standing near a square stone fire pit with a gilded rim, two attendants, one bare-chested, tend the rite; a standing woman in orange robes holds bells and a lamp. A large steel vessel stands at the lower right. Visible offerings include a bowl and a brass lamp, consistent with a homa or fire ritual.2017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31January 14 20182018-01-14Photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard. Saffron-robed priests with orange turbans and rudraksha malas tend a large square sacred fire pit lined with stone, with flames rising from it. Seated at right, a man in orange cloth with a patterned headband, layered necklaces and bangles sits on a raised seat beside a second fire where a robed figure feeds flames with cowdung-like fuel. A brass pot, oil lamps, a brass kalasha and cloth-covered offerings sit on mats. Rows of seated devotees in orange and white watch from behind, with a standing figure in white at the back and a red-walled building behind them.2017-08-31August 25 20172017-08-25October 10 20172017-10-10August 25 20172017-08-25 +1 copiesPhotograph of an outdoor Aushada preparation ritual on a striped cloth mat under a red-walled courtyard. A small brick fire pit with burning logs and rising smoke sits in front of a gold-painted ceremonial platform. Behind it, a seated sannyasi in saffron robes and an orange turban performs the rite, while another sannyasi in orange sits nearby. A row of clay pots or vessels is lined up on a tray, and a silver vessel and brass plates of offerings lie in the foreground. A gold throne with a red seat and a large screen showing a live feed stand beside a green sign reading NITHYANANDA TV LIVE. Dozens of orange-clad students and devotees sit in rows watching. A woman with dreadlocks and a white flower in her hair is seen from behind in the foreground.2017-08-31Outdoor ritual homa scene with two fire pits of burning cowdung cakes, one a golden-rimmed box, and smoke rising. A man with long dark hair, a leopard-print headband, bare chest, rudraksha mala and orange-red cloth sits on a white chair at right, hands open, facing the fire. Priests in orange and saffron robes and orange turbans sit on striped mats tending the fire and offerings, with brass plates of ash and cakes. A seated assembly in orange and white fills the background, and a shrine with a deity murti stands at top. A green 'NITHYANANDA TV LIVE' sign is held up at left. Pink flower petals are scattered on the fire box.2017-08-31