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A photograph inside a temple hall with a white-walled shrine and polished reddish floor. In the foreground, a person in white clothes and a white shawl with a dark border sits cross-legged before a brick-lined fire pit with a bright flame, holding a ladle near a brass bowl of offerings, a homa or yagna. Behind, a dark deity murti in an orange-draped sari stands in a niche, and gold-framed figures with garlands, including one in a pink sari, sit on a raised platform. On the right, a framed portrait garlanded with red and orange flowers rests on a wooden peetha bench with a striped cushion, beside brass oil lamps. The portrait's subject is not identifiable as a physical person here.

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A seated woman in a white sari with a dark border sits with her back to the camera before a brick fire pit, where a bright flame burns. Beside her, a brass bowl of yellow liquid and a wooden ladle rest on the fire pit's edge. Behind the fire, a framed photograph of a man with long dark hair, wearing a rudraksha mala and ornate garland, is decorated with red and white flower garlands and sits on a wooden seat with a striped cushion. Two gold-arched shrines hold deity murti: one in a pink and gold sari with a garland, the other in white and red. A large bronze lamp stands nearby, and white and orange flowers lie scattered on the floor.2009-09-21Interior temple scene at night with a homa fire pit built of white bricks in the foreground, flames rising from a brass pan inside it. A man in a white dhoti-style shirt with a dark cord around his neck sits cross-legged, holding a flaming lamp toward the fire. Behind him, golden-haloed deity murti sit on a raised platform, one draped in pink and another in yellow garlands, with a dark standing murti in an orange cloth nearby. Brass oil lamps stand on the floor. On the right, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland of purple flowers rests on a wooden seat. A second person's dark hair is visible at the bottom edge of the frame.2009-09-22Indoor temple scene at a brick-lined homa fire pit with a bright open flame. A woman in a white dress sits at left with a child in a yellow top beside her, and a woman in a red sari with a brass vessel sits at right. Behind them are small decorated deity figures with golden prabhavali arches and garlands, a dark standing deity statue in orange drapery, and a framed portrait on a wooden seat draped in red and flower garlands. Brass oil lamps and offerings sit around the fire pit.2009-09-21A woman seen from behind, kneeling in a white sari with a green-bordered edge, hands pressed together in prayer before a brick-lined fire pit with a bright flame. Beside the fire, a brass bowl of yellow liquid and a ladle sit on the floor. Behind her are small deity murtis: a dark figure in orange sari, and two seated figures, one in pink and one in white, adorned with garlands and gold arches. On the right, a framed photograph on a wooden throne-like seat is garlanded with red and orange flowers, with a brass oil lamp beside it. The floor is polished dark marble.2009-09-21A man in white ritual clothing with a white dhoti-style wrap and a rudraksha mala around his neck sits cross-legged before a square brick fire pit, feeding offerings into a lit fire during a homa. Brass vessels, a small plate of offerings and a lamp sit nearby. Behind him are several deity murti under golden arches decorated with garlands, and an ornate chair draped with a red and gold cloth holds a framed portrait garlanded with flowers. Brass oil lamps stand on the dark floor of a temple interior.2009-09-22Interior of a temple shrine during a homa, with a brick fire pit blazing at the centre foreground. A priest in white dhoti and shirt, seen from behind-left, tends the fire with a brass vessel. Three women sit on the floor at right: one in a yellow sari with glasses, and two others in yellow and red saris. Black stone dvarapala-style figures in orange and gold garments flank the central shrine, which holds a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands and a gilded arch. A framed portrait at right, labelled as Paramahamsa Nithyananda, shows a man in orange robes and rudraksha mala, draped with orange and marigold garlands. Brass lamps, flower offerings and a tiger-skin seat are visible.A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a man seated on the left in white ritual clothing with a white dhoti and a red-bordered cloth, hands folded in anjali mudra and eyes closed, with glasses and hair tied back. In front of him a brick fire pit blazes as a homa, with a brass offering vessel and brass oil lamps on either side. Behind the fire, a central deity murti is adorned with flower garlands and sits under a golden arch, flanked by two smaller decorated murtis, and two tall dark-skinned female figures in orange-red garments stand on pedestals at the sides. The walls are white with carved pillars and a hanging red curtain.A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a plain white kurta and white dhoti bending over a brick fire pit to light a flame with an oil lamp, part of a homa-style ritual. Behind the brick altar sit decorated deity murtis with gold arches, garlands and pink and gold silk; a garlanded murti stands in a red and gold shrine niche.2009-09-22A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a man seated at the lower left in white ritual clothes with a red-bordered cloth, hands pressed together in namaste and eyes closed, with rudraksha beads visible at his neck. In front of him a square white-brick fire pit burns with bright flames, with a brass ladle and small brass lamps nearby. Behind the fire, a central deity murti sits on a throne decorated with garlands, flanked by two smaller seated deity figures with garlands, and two dark standing figures in orange cloth stand at the sides against white pillars. Brass oil lamps stand on either side.A homa ritual inside a temple hall with white marble pillars. A priest in white clothes, with a white cloth over his shoulder, stands at a stone fire pit where a bright flame rises, and he holds a ladle or spoon over the fire. Behind the fire, a deity murti dressed in red and decorated with garlands sits in a shrine framed by an arch of garlands. Two dark stone guardian figures in orange-and-gold garments flank the shrine. Women in yellow and orange saris sit on the right near the fire, with several seated people and offering plates in the foreground. On the right, a framed portrait of a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala is garlanded in red and orange flowers and set under an orange canopy; this portrait is a depiction and not a physical person.A photograph of a priest in white ritual clothing seated at a fire pit during a homa. The priest, wearing glasses and a white dhoti with a white shawl, extends his right arm to stir or feed the flames with a long wooden ladle. The fire pit is built of white-painted bricks with a bright orange fire burning inside. In the foreground stands a brass oil lamp on a tall stand beside the pit. Behind them, several deity murtis decorated with yellow garlands and ornate silver-toned halos are arranged on a raised altar draped with white cloth, with a larger brass lamp stand on the right. The setting appears to be a temple sanctum.A photograph inside a temple shrine room. A man in white ritual dress with a white dhoti and white shawl sits cross-legged on the floor at the left, holding a lit oil lamp over a yellow cloth-covered tray with offerings. Behind him stand deity murtis draped with pink and green garlands, and a standing figure in orange robes sits in an alcove. At the right, a framed portrait wrapped in red and white flower garlands shows a robed figure with long hair and beads, set on a wooden stand beside a brass oil lamp and a low bed with a striped cover. A white brick homa fire pit with brass vessels is at the lower right. This appears to be a puja or aarti with a homa nearby.