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A large wood fire burns in an open sandy courtyard in front of a white building with a signboard reading "Sri Ahandeshwara Temple". Several men in white dhoti and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on the sand around the fire, while a man in a striped shirt stands at left holding a long iron rod near the blaze. Circular fire-pit marks are etched into the ground, and a tall copper-coloured dhwaja pillar and palm trees stand at right. This appears to be a homa/yagna ritual with the sacred fire kindled outdoors. Around eight people are visible.

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July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor homa at a temple complex. Several fire pits burn with flames and smoke on bare ground and grass. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow or saffron shawls, sit or stand tending the fires; one man at left holds a long stick. A tall brass-coloured ritual pillar stands at right, with palm trees behind and a brick-red building labelled Sri Amaideswara Temple. A stacked pile of firewood lies at lower left, and frangipani shrubs grow at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2010-08-08Outdoor homa scene at an ashram courtyard before an orange-walled temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several people in white and yellow clothes sit on the ground around small fire pits with flames and smoke, and a man in white with a long-handled tool tends the fire on the left. A large stack of split firewood lies in the foreground, a tall ornamental pillar stands at right, and palm trees and a frangipani tree frame the scene under an overcast sky.2010-08-08July 11 20102010-07-11July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor fire ritual in a courtyard before orange-walled temple buildings labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow shawls, tend and sit before several burning wood fires. The nearest fire is a large pit of split logs with flames rising; a man in a yellow-and-white cloth sits cross-legged beside it. Stacks of firewood lie to the left, a tall ornate pillar stands behind, and palm trees and plumeria shrubs frame the scene under an overcast sky.2010-08-08July 05 20102010-07-05 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a temple courtyard with an orange-walled building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged in a grid on bare earth, each within a circular ring of grey ash holding small fires, a fire-pit ritual practice. A tall copper-colored flagpole or dhwajasthamba stands to the right beside white-painted platforms and a stone nandi, with palm trees and an overcast sky behind. A few people in orange and other clothing stand near the temple steps. Pancha Tapas, the five-fire practice, appears to be the activity shown.2010-07-15Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple compound with a white building, red-and-white striped steps and palm trees behind. Several men in white ritual clothes with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-lined fire pits on sandy ground, apparently performing a homa-style ritual. Behind them a large group of seated devotees in white clothes fills the steps, with a few women in orange and white saris visible. Two statues of seated figures with orange garments stand beside the temple entrance, and a white SUV is parked at right. Printed notice boards hang on the building wall.2010-07-04Outdoor photograph of a large sacred fire burning on a sandy ground at an ashram site, with several circular fire-pit outlines arranged across the sand. Several men in white clothing stand around the fire and at the edges of the pit area, one tending the blaze. A white-and-red striped boundary wall, white cloth shade and tall trees form the background. A thin vertical pole stands at the left. The scene suggests a homa fire ritual.2006-08-18