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December 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor ritual scene in a green hillside setting with dense trees and distant houses. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered edges stands at right, holding a small bell in one hand and a brass lamp stand with a flame in the other. A pink flower garland rests on a large rock at lower left. The man appears to be a priest or devotee performing an offering with a lamp and bell.2012-06-03A photograph of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor pavilion. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border, wearing a gold necklace and bangles, sits before a square fire pit and pours an offering from a ladle into bright orange flames. Nearby on the stone platform are a silver bowl, a brass plate of yellow offering, and a pile of firewood. Behind him, several seated musicians and devotees in dark and white clothing watch, with a microphone stand near the fire and green shrubs in the background.2011-12-16December 31 20092009-12-31December 22 20102010-12-22October 31 20162016-10-31April 07 20192019-04-07Outdoor photo at dusk under large trees. A bald, older man in orange robes leans forward, holding a lit oil lamp or flame in a brass vessel, with a white-robed man in a yellow shawl beside him with hands folded in prayer. Another man in orange robes with long hair and a beaded mala stands behind and to the right, and a partially visible man in orange at the left edge has hands pressed together. A stone wall, pillars and greenery form the background.2009-10-15Outdoor ritual photo under trees in a sandy clearing. A shirtless young man with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak on his forehead holds a silver oil lamp with a bright flame in one hand and a silver ritual bell (ghanta) in the other, with a red cloth or flower stem between his fingers. He wears an orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala and a large beaded necklace. In the foreground, a man with his back to the camera, wearing a red dhoti and a rudraksha mala, gestures toward the lamp. Green leaves and a tree trunk are behind them, with colourful threads tied to a tree on the right.2016-10-31June 03 20122012-06-03A photograph outdoors among green trees. A shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and white shawl with gold borders stands in profile, holding a brass vessel with a spout and a small flaming lamp on a stand, performing a ritual offering. Behind him, a woman in white with gold-bordered sari and a rudraksha mala holds her hands together in prayer. Blurred foliage and hills fill the background.2012-06-03June 17 20172017-06-17