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Outdoor evening gathering at dusk under dark trees. Seated rows of devotees on white plastic chairs face a small table draped with a teal cloth, holding steel vessels, stacked water jugs and a lit oil lamp. A woman in a white dress stands at left; a shaved-headed man in white with a light forehead mark sits behind the seated group near the table. A white minivan is parked to the right. Foreground includes a woman in a red top and a woman in a light white outfit with a white shawl seated at the front.

December 16 2010

An outdoor satsang on a green mat at dusk, with a seated audience of many devotees in plastic chairs facing a stage area at the left. Foreground women wear orange, saffron, red and white garments; a woman in a white outfit with white hair sits center, and a woman at right wears a yellow-orange shawl and pink headwrap. Behind them, a dense crowd of people sits or stands, with white-clad figures among them, under a dusky sky with trees and a red brick wall. No speaker's face is clearly identifiable among the foreground figures.

Outdoor night homa at a brick fire pit on a green mat, with coloured rangoli patterns on the ground. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits at the pit, pouring offerings into the flame, with a bright brass oil lamp and trays of fruit and puja items beside him. Behind him, a seated audience of roughly several dozen people in white, orange and yellow clothing faces the fire under a dark sky, with a lamp post glowing above. a person is the orange-robed figure with mala at the fire pit; the page indicates his presence, and the appearance cues are a saffron robe and rudraksha mala.

A 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.

Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. A young priest in white dhoti and shawl with red-bordered edges, bald-headed, stands at right holding a lit camphor aarti flame on a metal lamp and a bell, performing aarti. A woman in a red blouse and maroon sari sits at lower left holding a green fruit, with flowers and offerings including tomatoes, limes and coconuts on brass trays. Behind, a figure in a red and gold ornate throne is seated, with several seated white-clad devotees and saffron-robed sannyasis nearby. A large golden Om symbol hangs above, with green leaf festoons and colourful cloth banners. Brass oil lamps and a wooden drum-like stand sit in front, and a crowd of seated devotees fills the background.

Outdoor evening scene at a rural hillside with dark vegetation and a low stone wall behind. A shaved-headed young man in a white dhoti-style garment with maroon borders and a yellow waist cloth stands holding a green cylindrical vessel with a flame blazing from its top. He wears white tripundra forehead markings and a gold chain. Seated in front, a white-haired woman in a white top smiles beside a woman in an orange patterned shawl and a pink head covering. Several men in white garments with white forehead markings sit around them, and a green leaf offering is visible at the lower center.

Night outdoor gathering on grass under a dark canopy. A person in a rust-red saffron robe sits cross-legged on a leopard-print cushioned seat in front of an ornate gold-framed panel, holding a folded green leaf plate and extending a hand toward a kneeling man in white who holds a green leaf. Behind them, a seated audience in white and dark clothing, some with red and white beaded necklaces, watches quietly. A woman in orange in the lower left holds a leaf and bangles. Several standing attendees wear white, and a figure at the right wears a dark patterned outfit. a person: the robed seated figure with long swept-back hair, saffron-orange robe and gold ornaments is a candidate for a person, presiding as the central figure of the prasad or satsang offering. Approximately 25 people are visible.

Night outdoor homa at a gathering: a central seated figure in red and orange robes, with a gold and garland-decorated neck, sits on a low wooden stool with a leopard-print cloth, holding a ladle over a blazing fire pit in the foreground. A tall copper trident-topped staff wrapped in white and orange flower garlands stands beside him. Around them, a large seated crowd in white and red-orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with vibhuti on their foreheads, sits on green matting. A seated figure in the foreground in a red turban and orange clothing faces the fire.

Night outdoor ritual at an ashram: a seated man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a red-cushioned gilded throne at left with hands folded. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in orange, with white markings on his body, performs a fire or water ritual over a stone square pit with small bowls and brass vessels. Around it, women in white and orange-trimmed clothing, one in a pink-and-red sari, sit or stand, some holding small items. Behind them, a gilded arch frames a painted deity murti in blue and red robes with a crown. Potted flowering plants in wire baskets sit at left.

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Night photograph of a large outdoor homa gathering on bare ground. In the foreground a man in a cream kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaste before a small brick fire pit with a bright flame. A brass bowl sits beside him. Behind him rows of seated participants in white shirts and white dhotis, and women in sarees, sit at similar brick fire pits, several with flames and small oil lamps. Smoke hangs in the air. Participants wear name badges. The scene is a fire ritual, homa or yagna.