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January 14 20102010-01-14A photograph of an orange-walled building with a grid window at an outdoor ashram entrance. A long-haired man in saffron robes with a red tilak on his forehead smiles and walks forward, a second saffron-clad sannyasi behind him. A woman in a cream sari with gold border bends forward offering a brass kalasha with flower garland and green leaves. Three men in white shirts stand to the right with palms pressed together in namaste, one wearing a rudraksha-style mala. A bicycle and sandals lie on the dirt at left, and mango trees stand behind.2010-02-16January 14 20102010-01-14A photograph of a Pongal-style outdoor fire offering at an ashram courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a full orange saffron robe and a gold-bead necklace, reaching his hands over a clay pot set over a fire of logs. Behind him, a robed attendant in orange also tends the offering, and a row of devotees in orange, white and yellow clothing stands with palms pressed together. A brass oil lamp, a bowl of fruit and a brass vessel sit on the table. Wall lettering in Hindi/Devanagari is visible at the top right.2010-01-14July 21 20102010-07-21September 05 20152015-09-05Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in an orange saffron wrap, bare-shouldered, with long swept-back dark hair, a vertical sandalwood mark on the forehead and a long rudraksha mala down his chest, holds a brass aarti plate with a flame aloft, performing an aarti. Around him a crowd stands with hands folded in prayer: a woman in a white sari with a red border and red bindi, a man in white kurta with folded hands, and a man in white dhoti holding a brass bell.2006-07-23Outdoor homa ritual at a fire pit built into a stone platform, with flames and smoke rising from offerings of grains and flowers. A priest in white dhoti with bare chest, gold-bordered cloth, and tilaka pours a liquid from a silver vessel into the fire while another priest in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered shawl and a light cloth stands nearby holding a small silver plate. Devotees in saffron and white kneel with palms joined in front of a red velvet armchair with gold trim. Behind them, a shrine with a deity murti sits under a golden arch, with palm trees, a red compound wall and a parked silver SUV. Small brass bowls of kumkum and flowers sit at the edge of the pit.2013-09-09Outdoor Pongal ritual near a whitewashed wall. Two terracotta pots decorated with turmeric leaves and white painted patterns sit on a brick base beside fruit and a plate. A man in orange robes with a long-haired, swept-back style and a gold multi-bead garland holds a brass oil lamp and bell during the aarti while a second orange-robed priest with a shaved head, glasses and gold beaded mala presses palms together. An older man with a long white beard wears white with a yellow shawl and joins hands. Women in orange and green saris stand behind, one with a plastic bag, and another orange-robed attendant bells at right. Flames rise from the lamp on the ground.2010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14A photograph of a homa fire ceremony in an open courtyard. A standing priest in an orange shawl and orange dhoti holds a silver plate near a rectangular fire pit with burning flames. Seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing, some in white and pink saris, sit on mats with hands folded in prayer. Kalasha pots decorated with white flower garlands and mango leaves, plus fruit plates and oil lamps, sit at the front.2012-07-12January 14 20102010-01-14