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March 16 2017

Night outdoor ritual photograph. A man seen from behind, bare-backed with long dark hair, a red cord and pink-edged white dhoti with gold border, raises a lit oil lamp or fire vessel high overhead, flame and smoke rising. Around him a large seated crowd of devotees in white clothes, many with red shawls or sashes, hands raised or palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them a dark stone shrine holds a Shiva linga draped with orange and white garlands, beside a tiered ornamental structure and string lights overhead. Smoke drifts across the scene.

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November 18 2015

Night outdoor ritual on a grass lawn in front of an illuminated pale building. In the right foreground a standing man in red-orange robes and a leopard-print lower cloth holds a silver aarti plate with a lit flame and a small silver vessel, with a red-beaded rudraksha-style necklace. Before him a fire burns in a low stone or brick fire pit. Behind, a large seated crowd of devotees in white and red-orange shawls sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. On the left edge, a brass and orange-flowered offering tray and ornamented arm are visible. Several people stand in the background near lamps.

Night outdoor fire ritual lit by a bright floodlight. A man in orange robes and gold-bead necklace raises a burning camphor flame over a brick fire pit (homa/aarti setting) with a brass vessel. Seated around it are priests in white and orange cloth, a woman in an orange sari with a long braid, and a woman in white and gold-bordered sari with hands folded. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers lie on the orange mat, a decorated shrine with red flowers stands at left, and a crowd watches behind a barrier strung with lights.

February 23 2017

November 10 2011

November 21 2010

A temple ritual inside a dimly lit stone hall with carved pillars. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred markings on his shoulders and chest holds a lamp or fire vessel toward a seated person in saffron robes with long dark hair, who sits with hands raised to the head. Two other saffron-robed men sit near a bright fire pit. Nearby, an orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala and a white-robed devotee sit with hands folded, and a group of devotees stand in the background.

Indoor ceremony under a decorated tent with red carpets and seated devotees. A man in a white dhoti and shawl with a green-and-orange border stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp aarti flame aloft toward a raised seat. Seated in white garments and garlands, dozens of devotees face the dais, some with hands joined. On the right, a throne-like seat is covered in orange and red flower garlands and a central figure sits on it. A blue banner with small portrait photos and the word Dhyanapeetam hangs at upper right, along with a sign reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam at left. Marigold petals cover the carpet.

April 01 2016

Evening puja at an open-air temple pavilion lit by flames and smoke. A central figure in an orange robe sits before a large decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and red flowers, while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands nearby by a small fire. Seated in rows on the floor, many devotees in white clothes with red-and-saffron shawls press palms together in prayer. A second flower-decked deity murti stands at the right, and a gold-and-red ceremonial palanquin sits at the upper left. Some devotees wear rudraksha-style red beaded necklaces. The scene conveys a homa-style ritual worship with offerings and oil lamps.