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October 09 20082008-10-09Night outdoor fire ritual with thick smoke rising from a round fire pit. A man on the right in saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold-chain necklace, holds a brass bell in one hand and a flaming brass aarti lamp in the other. Seated at the pit, a woman in saffron with a red tilak and a man in saffron clasp their hands in prayer. A woman on the right in saffron holds the aarti lamp with her hands raised in prayer. Brass plates of offerings and a silver lamp stand sit in the foreground. A seated figure in the background wears saffron with a beaded necklace and is seated in a gold-framed chair. Palm trees appear in the dark background.2008-10-08December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor Hindu ritual at a fire pit with a stone homa altar. A man in saffron-orange robes, a long gold bead mala with a gold pendant, and an orange-red sash stands holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other. Behind him, a seated crowd in white and yellow clothes sits with palms pressed together in prayer, and red-orange cloth bundles lie to the right. A seated priest in orange on the left has folded hands. Silver lamps, brass bowls, marigold petals, rice on a plate and incense sticks are arranged on a white cloth in the foreground, with smoke rising from the fire pit.2008-10-09May 05 20122012-05-05Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with a long rudraksha mala, raises a brass arati lamp with flame toward the sky while holding a small handbell in the other hand. Behind him a woman in white with a bindi and dark standing figures watch. Seated in the foreground, a bearded man in white clothes gestures with open hands beside a wooden side table bearing a brass kalasha and a brass puja vessel, and a row of brass pots and a plate of fruit and flowers lie on the ground. Several seated and standing devotees in white clothes surround the scene, and a rudraksha-adorned priest figure stands at the centre.2004-07-02A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead holds a lit silver aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other. He wears a rust-orange wrap with a gold waistband, a red-orange rudraksha mala, and gold bead garlands; he is smiling and looking down at the flame. Behind him, a blurred monk in orange-brown robes stands in a room with a plain pale wall. The long hair, ornate gold beads and orange clothing are cues consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown performing aarti as the presiding person.2013-05-12A young man with short cropped hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron wrap with a maroon border, stands in profile holding a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke. He wears a gold bead necklace and gold bangles. Behind him, the dark outdoor setting shows a grey tarpaulin and red poles, and in the lower right two women with folded hands are partly visible, performing evening aarti.2012-10-16A standing priest in saffron-orange robes with a red-bordered drape over his head and a gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at a homa fire pit, holding a lit lamp in one hand and a bell in the other. Smoke rises around him under a canopy of palm leaves and fresh green foliage. Several seated people in white and yellow-bordered clothing sit around the fire, some with hands joined. In the foreground, flower petals, silver and brass vessels, and a brass tray with offerings lie on the white altar.2009-09-25A photo of a long-haired person in an orange saffron robe with a gold-bordered cloth, wearing a long white and red flower garland and a gold rudraksha-style necklace, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame raised above their head during a ritual. Two men in orange robes kneel behind, one holding a tray of flowers and offerings, and devotees with folded hands stand to the left. A flower-decorated structure and a brass trident are at the right, and a black signboard reading Dhyanapeetam Bidadi is visible at left. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold rudraksha necklace, performing aarti.2008-01-01December 20 20112011-12-202004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02