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Photo 11698769A photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard. A man with long dreadlocks, a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, and a rust-red robe with gold border sits on a wooden stool, holding a brass stick (possibly a ritual implement) upright in a large brass bowl of pale grains or flour. A small flame burns on the stone floor beside the bowl. Nearby, a red cloth and a tray of red powder (kumkum) sit on the ledge, and a pink-labelled water bottle is visible. Behind him, three shirtless young men in white dhotis, one with rudraksha malas and one with a sacred thread, sit in attentive posture, while others in orange and white clothing stand in the background. This appears to be a homa-style offering or puja. a person: the seated man has long dreadlocks, a rust-red robe with gold border, and a ritual tilak, and is performing the central ritual act.2016-11-09November 09 20162016-11-09A ritual scene under a covered outdoor shelter where a man with long dark dreadlocks, a thick beard, a sandalwood tilak and a rust-red robe sits on a low wooden stool, holding a small metal implement over a lit oil lamp and a brass plate of white powder. Three bare-chested men in white dhotis sit cross-legged on a stone platform behind him, one with a sacred thread, hands folded. Several onlookers stand in the background, one in orange robes with rudraksha beads, and a woman in a teal and red sari sits at left. Red kumkum powder sits in a brass bowl at lower right. A dark shelter pillar and a pink water bottle are visible.2016-11-11A photograph, rotated sideways, of a seated long-haired man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with long dreadlocked hair and a grey beard, holding a small gold-coloured stick over a large round pale plate of offerings on a stone platform. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron-orange shawls sit under a canopy of green trees. A bare-chested man with a sacred Om-like mark on his arm sits nearby. A small flame burns at the upper left of the stone ledge. A microphone stands in the foreground, and a small wooden stool and a folded red cloth sit at the left edge. Someone with long dreadlocks and rust clothing is performing a ritual, possibly a puja or homa-type offering, with a plate of rice-like grain.2016-11-11Photo 11698766A seated man in a rust-orange robe with a gold-bordered shawl sits on a stone platform outdoors, holding a small gold ritual implement and a white-handled object over a small flame on the floor. Long dark dreadlocks fall past his shoulders and a vertical tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, shirtless men sit in a row, one wearing a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala, another with a gold pendant. Plates of red kumkum, white powder and cream-coloured offering in metal dishes sit in the foreground.2016-11-09A seated ritual under an open pavilion with stone pillars. A long-haired man in a rust-red robe and a red shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads, sits on a low wooden stool and holds a thin stick over a brass bowl of pale powder, with a small flame burning nearby. Beside him sit bare-chested men in white dhotis, one wearing a rudraksha mala and another with a white sacred thread. A woman in a teal and gold sari sits at the left, and a row of seated devotees watches from behind. Brass bowls of red kumkum sit in the foreground, with a water bottle and a folded red cloth at the right. The scene reads as a homa or puja.2016-11-11November 09 20162016-11-09November 09 20162016-11-09Photo 11743366 +2 copiesOutdoor ritual scene beside a stone pillar and a red-painted wall. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, a red-ochre robe with gold border, and a white-and-red tilak on his forehead sits on a step, drawing a pattern in a brass plate of fine pale powder with a thin stick. A small oil lamp flame burns on the ground at left. Behind him a shirtless man with an Om marking on his chest sits in white dhoti, and two men stand behind in orange and white clothing, one wearing rudraksha beads. A wooden stool with a folded red cloth and a small bowl sit at right. a person cues: long dreadlocked hair, red-ochre ceremonial robe and tilak, seated as the officiant of the powder ritual.2016-11-09