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A homa fire burns inside a square brick fire pit on an orange cloth at the center of an orange-walled hall. A priest with a shaved head, wearing white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, holds a leaf over the fire and extends his arm toward offerings. Plates of rice, lentils, sweets and fruit sit around the pit. To the right, deity murtis adorned with white flower garlands stand on draped cloths, with brass kalashas and oil lamps before them. On the left, a man in grey and a woman in a green and red sari with a flower garland sit on the floor, and a shaven-headed man in white sits nearby. A golden throne and an empty red-and-gold chair stand in the background.

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A homa is being performed in a temple hall with orange-painted walls and a corrugated roof. A standing priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long mala holds a silver tray and offers it toward a brick fire pit where flames burn. Seated people in white and green sarees and white ritual clothes surround the fire pit, with brass vessels and oil lamps arranged on the floor. To the right, three deity murti stand on a raised platform decorated with red, pink and blue cloth and garlands of flowers, with brass kalashas holding leaves at their base. A drummer in orange robes plays a drum in the background, and a gold-carved empty peetha throne stands at left.2010-12-26Indoor temple-hall ritual scene with a brick-lined fire pit (homa/yagna) burning at left, surrounded by steel bowls of rice, grain and offerings on an orange cloth. A man in a grey shirt lies prostrate in the foreground with a white flower garland, and another person in a red garment bows low near the fire. Along the right, several deity murtis dressed in orange and saffron silks, with white jasmine garlands, red flowers and ornate headpieces stand on a silver-covered platform beside brass kalashas and pots with green leaves. Two gilded thrones with red cushions stand in the background, and a priest in white dhoti and shawl and other attendants in white move through the orange-walled room.2010-12-26Outdoor-covered temple courtyard with orange-painted walls and a corrugated roof during a homa fire ritual. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a beaded necklace stands at the fire pit, holding a plate, with a rudraksha-style mala visible. Brick-lined fire pit burns with flames, surrounded by brass pots, plantain-leaf offerings, bowls of rice, sweets and fruit. Seated devotees sit on mats at left. Behind, a shrine holds multiple deity murti decorated with garlands and flowers, and an empty golden throne stands at left. A photo credit reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam2010-12-26A photograph of an outdoor ritual space with an orange-washed wall and a corrugated awning. In the centre a standing priest in white dhoti and shawl raises a lit camphor or oil flame toward the deity shrine. Seated on orange cloth in front, devotees with hands folded include a bald man in orange-and-white clothing, a woman in a green sari, and a woman in a brown sari. A small square fire pit with burning wood sits in front of them, surrounded by brass kalashas, steel bowls of food and fruit. On the right, several figurines and deity murtis are garlanded with white flowers, with a bright gold-and-red decorated shrine and yellow cloth behind. A gilded throne with red cushion stands empty on the left.2010-12-26November 12 20102010-11-12A homa in progress inside a temple hall with orange-painted walls. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and shawl, wearing a long beaded necklace, bends over a brick fire pit with flames, holding a small vessel over the fire. Behind him another man in white stands near brass pots of offerings, and a drummer in a blue shirt and dhoti plays a drum. To the right, a row of decorated deity murtis draped in garlands sits on a raised platform beside brass kalashas, banana plants, a red cloth and a blue cloth. Bowls of rice, laddus and other food are arranged in front of the fire pit. A gold-carved ornate throne-like chair stands at the left. Several seated devotees in saris and white clothing sit on orange mats. A framed board with names hangs on the back wall.2010-12-26December 23 20102010-12-23A homa ritual in an orange-walled hall with a corrugated roof. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold trim and a rudraksha mala stands at right, raising a green leaf bundle in one hand while tending a square fire pit built from stacked yellow bricks. Two seated devotees in front left press their palms together: a woman in a maroon sari and a man in a grey shirt with a white flower garland. Other seated figures in white sit behind, and a woman in a white sari stands near the back. Metal bowls of rice, yellow and orange food and laddus sit on the orange cloth in the foreground. At right, a decorated altar holds brass lamps, flower garlands and deity murtis. A red-cushioned and gold throne sits empty in the background.2010-12-26A photograph of a homa ritual in an open-sided orange-walled hall with a corrugated roof. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a sacred thread, holds a ceremonial vessel above a fire pit built of stacked yellow blocks with burning wood. Beside him, a Western couple stands with red-and-white flower garlands: the woman wears a mustard-yellow top and maroon sari, the man a grey shirt. Another woman in a red sari and a bald man in white stand nearby. A wooden throne with gold trim sits in the background. On the right, deity murtis are dressed with garlands and set on draped cloth, with brass lamps and offering bowls of rice and sweets in the foreground. Behind, white-clad figures and a few others stand in the hall.2010-12-23December 23 20102010-12-23A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and unstitched white upper cloth stands at a brick fire pit, holding a lit flame or incense over the offerings on a low brass plate. Behind him, orange-clothed devotees in white saris with red borders stand with hands folded near a stone shrine with carved columns and a golden arch. The shrine holds a deity murti pair adorned with red and yellow garlands, flanked by brass lamps and a red cloth. Marigold petals and red flower petals scatter across an orange cloth in the foreground, with coconuts, bowls and fruit on a tray at left. A small red-and-white building and a wall sign stand behind. The scene reads as a fire ritual or homa at a temple shrine.2010-11-12December 23 20102010-12-23