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1.Update XML layout via CMS > Manage Pages > Homepage > Layout Update XML box:
<reference name="left">
<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" after="currency" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
</reference>

2.Modify a core method getCurrentCategory() in core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Layer.php
public function getCurrentCategory()
{
$category = $this->getData('current_category');

if (is_null($category)) {
if ($category = Mage::registry('current_category')) {
$this->setData('current_category', $category);
}
else {
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($this->getCurrentStore()->getRootCategoryId());
$this->setData('current_category', $category);
}
}

if($category != Mage::registry('current_category')) {
$home_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(3);
$this->setData('current_category', $home_category);
$category = $this->getData('current_category');
//return $category;
}

return $category;
}

Posted by Bhoopendra Dwivedi at 3:45 AM

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