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2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA small tiled room with a brick fire pit (homa) at the center, where a flame burns with flower petals and offerings scattered around it. A shaved-headed man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind the fire, with a sacred ash mark. Around him, seated on the floor, are several young girls and a boy in white with a forehead mark, some with long braids, one in a blue top, one in a green sari, all facing the fire with hands folded or holding offerings. An elderly woman in a red sari sits in the background by a doorway. On the right, a wooden table holds a brass lamp, flowers and a kalasha-like vessel beneath a framed portrait of a seated guru and a large deity print on the wall, decorated with marigold garlands. Shelves on the wall hold framed pictures and a radio. The image is a photograph.December 14 20122012-12-142006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesIndoor puja in a small room with pale green walls. In the foreground a woman in white sits behind a low brick fire pit with lit oil lamps and burning offerings, while a line of women and girls in saris and braided hair sit on the floor with leaf plates and dishes. Framed photographs hang on the upper left wall, and a wall calendar and clock are visible. A woman in a red sari sits in the doorway at the back. A young child sits in the lower foreground. The fire pit and offerings suggest a homa-style ritual, but no clear a person candidate is identifiable by appearance.01 மார்ச் 2003 திருக்கோயில் பிரம்மோற்சவம் +1 copiesA group of devotees sits on the floor in prayer with palms pressed together in namaskar during a ritual at a plain white-walled hall. Most wear white dhotis and white saris with gold borders, and several wear rudraksha malas. A brick-like altar platform draped with yellow cloth and decorated with red flowers and dried leaves holds fruit, sweets and a small brass bowl. Microphones stand at the sides. Two older women sit at the back with palms joined, and a girl in a blue dress stands among them. No swami or other figure is clearly visible in the frame.January 24 20052005-01-24 +1 copiesA homa is performed indoors in a small room with a white wall and a wooden door. A framed photograph of a seated, garlanded man in orange robes is displayed on a white-draped altar behind the fire, which is built from stacked yellow-wrapped blocks decorated with pink flowers. Two women in white clothing kneel at the fire, one feeding it from a steel vessel while the other tends it. Seated devotees on the floor, including a man in a white shirt, a woman in a green-yellow saree with folded hands, and a young girl in teal, watch the ritual. Metal bowls hold rice, flowers and dried leaves, and brass oil lamps stand beside the altar.Indoor photograph of a homa (fire ritual) in a plain room with white-tiled walls. In the foreground, a brick-lined fire pit burns with bright flames and smoke, with brass vessels and a small brass lamp beside it. A man in white dhoti and white shirt sits cross-legged at left, wearing a dark rudraksha mala and hands pressed in anjali. Beside him sits a man in a checked grey shirt and blue lungi with a white forehead marking, also in anjali. At right, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds a silver tray with a lit flame, and another woman in pink sits behind her with hands folded. Several other seated people are partly visible at the edges.2006-10-20KailasaInHouston Event 2019 06 07 +1 copiesJune 12 20042004-06-12