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Smoky indoor room during a fire ritual. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt bends over a small brick fire pit with burning wood and a metal vessel, while another seated man in white clothes sits nearby. On the wall behind a draped table, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in a cream turban and dark garment with a white ornate collar, decorated with a yellow marigold garland. A table holds a vase of pink flowers, a small lamp, a photo, and offerings. The portrait is a depiction, not a person physically present. Fire pit offerings suggest a homa.

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A blurred indoor photo of a ritual in a plain white-walled room. A fire burns in a brass or copper vessel at the centre, with a ceremonial fire pit in front of seated devotees. A large framed portrait on the left wall shows a bearded man wearing a white turban and a garland of yellow and red flowers; a framed picture beside it, also garlanded, shows a woman in an orange sari. Several people sit on the floor in white clothing, including a woman in a white sari at centre-right and a man in a white shirt at right. A figure in white with an orange cloth sits in the lower left foreground. Bananas and flower offerings lie at the lower left and oil lamps glow on the altar ledge. Appearance-based identity of the portrait subject is uncertain.2006-11-01A brick-lined fire pit (homa/yagna) burns with bright flames in the foreground of a room with a tiled floor. Behind it, a small table draped in a white cloth with a red-and-gold border holds a brass pot with pink flowers, brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, scattered petals and a framed picture. Above the table hangs a large framed portrait of a smiling young man in a white turban and dark garment with white lace-like collar, wearing a yellow marigold garland. No people are visible in the scene.2006-10-20November 01 20062006-11-01A photograph of a homa in progress indoors in a plain white-walled room with a window. Two men in white ritual clothes with yellow-green shawls sit cross-legged before a flaming fire pit, one tending it with his hands. Behind them on the left, a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits draped with a garland and beside a tray of fruit and an orange cloth. Small oil lamps flicker in the foreground near the fire pit.2009-11-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a small room with a bare plastered wall and concrete floor. A fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit decorated with flower petals, with a brass oil lamp to the upper right. A seated figure in white clothing with a long braid faces the fire, with a plate of dried sticks and small bowls of offerings in front of them. A second seated person in a white shirt and dark trousers sits on a white mat to the right. On a draped table at the left stands a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes seated before a tree, garlanded with white flowers, beside a bowl of fruit and marigolds. Small clay dishes are arranged on a white cloth in the foreground. This appears to be a homa or fire ritual.2009-10-10A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit in a temple hall, with a brass bowl of offerings beside it. Two people sit in white clothing facing a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white flower garland, draped with a red and white garland; the portrait is labelled as a depiction and the figure's identity is uncertain. A tiger-skin cushion sits beneath the portrait. The person on the left wears a white shirt and dhoti, the person on the right wears a yellow shawl over white, and a plate of bananas sits on the right.2009-10-17October 20 20062006-10-20Indoor photograph of a small room with smoke haze during a fire ritual. A fire burns in a white-tiled homa pit with a brass vessel, and several seated people in white or light clothing perform the ritual with folded hands, including a man in a white shirt with a gold-bordered white dhoti and a man in a white shirt wearing a rudraksha mala. A sofa with floral cushions is behind them. On the right, a large framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a figure with a yellow-and-white garland and a light headwrap, beside a table with flowers, brass lamps and a kalasha. The date stamp reads 20.10.2006. Visible people number about five to six.2006-10-20A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in a white-walled room. A fire burns in a rectangular pit lined with orange-painted bricks at the lower centre, with an orange-robed priest in a white shirt and red-and-white scarf tending it at the front left. Behind the fire, a large framed portrait on the wall shows a smiling man with a white turban and long hair, garlanded with white flowers and a rudraksha mala; this is a portrait, not a physical person. Beneath it, a smaller framed picture of a figure in saffron robes is garlanded with white flowers, with a brass plate of fruit and flower petals in front. Several devotees in white and cream clothes sit on the floor at right, hands pressed together in prayer, with bananas and a steel bowl at the left edge. Oil lamps burn beside the picture.2006-11-01Indoor photo of four people seated on white cloths before a small brick fire pit with a bright flame. A woman in white with a gold-bordered sari and a woman in a teal blouse and pink-patterned skirt sit near the fire, while a man in a cream shirt and grey trousers sits at right. Behind them, a white-draped table holds a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure seated under a tree, garlanded with yellow and red flowers, flanked by two brass oil lamps, fruit and a kalasha vase. Another small framed image sits beside it. Yellow flowers and brass vessels lie on plates in the foreground.2009-10-10A homa fire ritual in a white-walled room. A man in white clothes kneels at a brick-built fire pit, feeding a small flame with a ladle and sticks while holding a brass vessel. Behind him, a second man in white kneels with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a white and pink-trimmed outfit on the left also has hands folded. Above the altar hangs a framed portrait of a saffron-robed, long-haired figure seated among trees, framed by a thick garland of red and pink roses and white jasmine. Brass lamps with flowers stand on either side, bananas are heaped on the right, and small offering dishes with petals surround the fire pit.January 01 20102010-01-01