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Photo 11704263 +1 copiesPhoto 11704262 +1 copiesJuly 03 20162016-07-03A photograph of a ritual gathering inside a tent with red draped fabric backdrop and a white canopy above. In the foreground, a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with curly hair holds a metal vessel in one arm and flings green cloth outward, spraying water in a fine arc. Around him, men and women in white traditional clothes stand and sit; a bare-chested boy with wet hair receives the water, and several young participants in white dhotis sit on the floor. Brass railings line the left side. Many people are seated and standing across the scene, with a man in white at the back center.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03December 07 20162016-12-07A photograph of a ritual scene before a red draped backdrop. In the foreground a man with curly hair and an orange wrap stands with his back to the camera, raising a bundle of green leaves overhead while water sprinkles through the air. Before him a shirtless boy with a white sacred thread and seated devotees, several bare-chested or in white and gold garments, watch the rite. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at left, and white-clad attendants sit near the stage edge.2017-04-03Photo of a seated ritual gathering with devotees in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls. In the foreground a bare-chested young man with long dreadlocks and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged, holding a flame or incense near his palms, with white sacred ash striped across his chest and shoulders. Beside him a man with a rudraksha mala raises one arm upward. Several others, some with white and yellow markings on their faces, sit in a row with offerings, brass oil lamps and plates on the floor in front. Behind them, many blurred people are seated in a bright hall with plain walls.2017-01-03April 03 20172017-04-03December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesNight ritual under a canopy hung with orange, green and red ornamental fringes and banana-leaf decorations. A bald man in an orange robe stands at centre holding a ritual implement above a smoking fire pit, while others in orange and white sit cross-legged on the floor with folded hands, several wearing yellow shawls and rudraksha-style beads. A brass oil lamp and ornate brass vessels sit on the right, with flower offerings nearby. The scene matches a homa or chandi homa fire ritual.2009-09-26July 21 20052005-07-21