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A seated priest in a white dhoti and yellow shawl performs a homa at a small fire pit with burning wood and flames. Around him are brass vessels, bells, lamps and dishes of flowers and offerings on an orange cloth. Beside him is an empty red-upholstered armchair with gold trim, draped with a floral garland and a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a saffron-robed man seated in meditation with rudraksha beads, garlanded with red and yellow flowers. A small orange cushion and a kalasha with flowers sit in front of the chair. Pillars and a stone shrine stand behind.

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A homa fire ritual in an open courtyard. Two men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit on an orange cloth. The man at centre holds a small ritual bell and stirs a fire built of stacked bricks, decorated with marigolds and red flowers. The man at left sits beside many small brass dishes of offerings and herbs laid out on the cloth. Behind them, a red velvet throne-style chair with gold trim holds a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, garlanded with red and green leaves. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and a brass bowl stand nearby. A striped wall and an orange cloth hanging are behind.2010-06-07July 08 20102010-07-08A photograph of a temple ritual in a courtyard. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on a mat with hands folded in prayer, wearing a beaded necklace. In front of him is a square brick fire pit (homa kund) holding dry sticks, with brass plates of fruit, flowers, a bowl of orange paste, and a small brass lamp on the floor. To the right, two deity murtis are seated on a red cloth-draped platform, adorned with garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers and gold ornaments. A second person in blue sits in the background near a plant and a hanging orange curtain.2011-12-14A homa fire ritual in an outdoor courtyard. Two priests in white dhoti and shirt with yellow shawls sit on an orange cloth before a brick fire pit with burning wood, decorated with marigolds. One priest pours an offering from a brass bowl while the other stirs with a ladle. Behind the fire, a large framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a red velvet throne garlanded with red flowers, beside brass oil lamps and a kalasha. Small brass dishes of grains and offerings line the foreground. A stone deity carving stands in the background.2010-06-07A photograph of a group chanting at a seated ritual on an orange and purple mat. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with white and red-striped cloth, gold necklace, and white forehead and arm markings chants into a microphone. Beside him, another man in white with a gold necklace and red tilak reads from an open blue book on a gold stand. Behind them, several men in white cloths sit with palms pressed together, and a man in a patterned white shirt joins with folded hands on the right. Incense smoke rises at right, near a brass vessel and a red-and-white striped wall with a framed board. The setting resembles a padapuja-style gathering; no one identifiable as a person is clearly present.2010-09-14A seated priest in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl performs a homa at a square fire pit, holding a ladle over the flames while a brass vessel, kalasha-style pot and offering plates sit on an orange cloth. Beside him a red velvet armchair with gold legs is draped with a garland and placed in front of a large framed portrait of a long-haired man in saffron robes and rudraksha mala seated before a banyan-tree backdrop, flanked by red and yellow marigold garlands. A stone shrine with carved deity figures stands behind, and a placard listing names is visible on the wall. Swamiji (probable) appears only as the framed portrait, depicted in saffron with long hair and rudraksha beads, and is not physically present.2010-07-08Two priests in white dhotis with yellow shawls perform a homa at a brick fire pit in an open courtyard. The seated priest on the right stirs the fire with a long ladle and holds a bowl, while the priest on the left, seated on a mat, holds a small offering dish. A portrait of a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and garlands of red flowers sits on a red armchair with gold trim beside the fire, and a silver kalasha-like vessel and offering trays with flowers and grains lie nearby. Brass lamps and small bowls of offerings are arranged on the mat in the foreground.2010-06-07December 28 20112011-12-28August 02 20102010-08-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a Paduka Puja ceremony. Ornate gold-carved thrones with red cushions stand on a golden platform. On the right, a framed portrait of a figure in saffron/orange robes with a long mala necklace is garlanded with yellow, orange and purple flowers, and sits on the red cushion of a throne. In the centre-left, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with bare chest, white body markings and a rudraksha mala sits before the gold platform, which holds silver trays of flowers and offerings. Two onlookers in the foreground, one wearing a dark beaded necklace, watch from behind the trays. An orange and red background wall with a printed board is behind.2010-09-25July 08 20102010-07-08June 06 20102010-06-06