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November 20 2014

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Night photo of an open-sided courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with fluorescent lights. A lone figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at left beside a tall golden kalasha-like pillar and a dark stone deity or bull statue on a red pedestal. In the centre, a small brick fire pit holds a burning fire, with several saffron-and-red robed priests moving around it in front of a yellow vehicle with lettering. At right, a man in red-and-gold dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. A few more people are visible in the background.2014-11-20Night photo of a covered outdoor ritual courtyard with a tall copper-coloured lamp stand at left and a small brick fire pit on the paved floor. On the left, several men in white dhotis with garlands and bare upper bodies walk in a line carrying offerings. A saffron-robed person with a rudraksha mala walks in the centre. On the right, a figure in a red-and-gold dhoti and shawl with a garland stands with hands folded, and another person in red stands behind. A yellow vehicle with a painted portrait and text is parked in the background. Behind the figure in the red-and-gold dress, the ritual setting suggests a satsang or homa-style ceremony.2014-11-20Night photograph on a dirt path lit by string lights and fluorescent tube lights on a wooden pole. At left, a man in an orange saffron turban and dhoti-style orange robe wears a long pink and white flower garland and gold-coloured necklaces; he walks ahead of two other saffron-robed men. Beside him, a bearded man in orange robes with a red-and-gold maroon-edged shawl and gold necklace holds a mobile phone. Behind them, a bald priest with a white vertical tilak on his forehead wears an orange robe with maroon border and a rudraksha-style mala. White-clad men with grey hair and white shirts follow in the background and foreground, one wearing a beaded necklace and gold bracelet. a person is named on the page, but the appearance cues are insufficient to confirm him, so no identity is asserted.2010-01-08Night-time photograph of a procession on a sandy path beside a dark vehicle and a reddish building. In the foreground a man in a maroon silk dhoti with gold border and a long rudraksha mala walks with a red tilak on his forehead, looking to the side; a camera is visible at right. Beside him an older man in an orange saffron robe walks barefoot with head bowed, and another shaven-headed man in maroon walks behind. Behind them a column of people in maroon and orange, with a drummer in white carrying a drum and ceremonial staffs held up in the background.2013-11-21Night outdoor homa (fire ritual) on a paved courtyard. A square yellow-bordered fire pit holds burning embers and smoke rises. Several shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron/orange robes with white tilak sit cross-legged on a mat around it, some wearing rudraksha malas. A standing saffron-robed priest stands behind the pit, and a white-clad man with a white garland sits at the pit tending the fire. Brass lamps, a pineapple and bananas, yellow flower garlands and a row of small oil lamps sit nearby; a blue-fringed umbrella stands at right. Approximately eight to ten people are visible.2013-11-09October 05 20172017-10-05July 12 20142014-07-12February 06 20142014-02-06April 03 20132013-04-03January 02 20082008-01-02January 01 20142014-01-01Outdoor evening procession under a open-sided roofed pavilion, with palm trees behind. A line of devotees walks on a sandy path. In front, a monastic in saffron and red robes carries a silver kalasha pot, and another man holds a tall pole with a blue, orange and gold canopy umbrella overhead. Several men in saffron robes with bare shoulders and shaved heads, some with white sandalwood markings on arms and rudraksha malas, walk beside them. Women in white and orange saris wear rudraksha necklaces. A man in white dhoti with gold border holds a decorated banner pole on the right, and a red and white ceremonial item is carried on the left.2014-04-07