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A photograph of five men performing a devotional puja outdoors under a red and white tent. Four men in white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in anjali, while the man at right in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a small lamp and a flower garland. A framed portrait garlanded with yellow marigolds sits on a table draped in white, with banana leaf plates of offerings, rice and sweets. A red and white cloth backdrop with a painted deity panel hangs behind them. A child watches at the right edge.

September 09 2007

A photograph of a group of young men in white ritual clothes performing an aarti beneath a striped maroon and gold canopy outdoors. A young man in the centre wears a saffron-orange shawl and holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame, while others stand with palms pressed together in namaste. Garlands of white flowers and red blooms hang on the right beside a leaf plate holding offerings. Patterned fabric backdrops and a red chair are visible, with houses behind.

September 23 2007

A photograph of a puja at an outdoor camp with red and cream draped fabric behind it. On a white-covered table stands a framed portrait of a figure in saffron robes and red tilak, garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers; a label on the frame reads "Paramahamsa Nithyananda". In front, a young man in white kurta with an orange shawl holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the portrait. Beside him, another young man in white with an orange shawl stands with palms joined in prayer. A man in a light shirt bows with eyes closed, and a plate of offerings sits on a banana leaf with rice and sweets. Several people are partly visible at the lower edge.

August 29 2014

Outdoor ritual under a colourful striped canopy with a red and gold embroidered hanging at the left edge. A man in saffron-orange robes with a light orange head covering, a vertical white forehead mark and beaded mala necklaces holds a bell in one hand and a small ritual vessel over a flame in the other, performing an offering. Barefoot, he stands on a striped mat on reddish earth. Around him, several young men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow scarves hold silver plates and trays of offerings, some wearing rudraksha mala beads. A man in white with a silver vessel stands at the left edge. Palm fronds and a bamboo post frame the scene.

A photograph of a room with white walls and a barred window, where a man in an orange saffron robe with a long gold-beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp before a framed portrait decorated with white flower garlands and yellow petals. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands behind him, one ringing a small handbell and another photographing the scene with a camera raised overhead. A brass kalasha-style lamp, brass bowls and a plate with red kumkum sit on the wooden table, with incense sticks nearby. Swamiji (probable): the central man in saffron wears a long-haired style with a gold ceremonial necklace and saffron cloth, matching the page's account of his presence; the framed portrait in front of him is a depiction and is not counted as a person. Aarti-style lamp offering before a framed portrait.

December 25 2007

December 24 2007

A fire ritual in progress: a woman in an orange saffron garment with a white and orange flower garland is pouring an offering into a flaming homa fire pit lined with white bricks and yellow flowers. Her hands hold a long metal ladle-like vessel above the flames. Behind her, seated men wear orange shawls over white clothes; one young man on the left has a white forehead mark and hands pressed in prayer, and an older man on the right wears glasses, a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle. A bright orange cloth hangs in the background beside brass ceremonial staffs and a trident.

Outdoor ritual photograph under a banana-leaf canopy on bare earth. A man in an orange saffron cloth with a red turban and a beaded mala sits on a mat, seated centrally among several young men in white dhotis with yellow shawls. Brass trays hold flowers, bowls of offerings, and small brass cups; one young man holds a brass lamp. Another man stands at left in white, partly cropped, with bangles visible. Marigold and red flower petals sit on the trays. The setting suggests a puja or homa with offerings.