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Photograph taken inside a concrete corridor with unfinished grey walls and a staircase at right. A bearded man in an orange saffron robe and an orange turban, wearing a white flower garland, walks forward with his hand extended, flanked by devotees in orange and white clothing. In the foreground women in white and yellow hold a tray of flowers and a small brass bowl near the stairs. At right, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl films with a video camera while another man in white watches. The crowd of devotees stands along the corridor in the background.

A crowded indoor scene in a yellow-walled hall with red wooden doors and a bright light source at the top. A bare-headed man in a long-sleeved white shirt and dark trousers stands center-left, while a shaved-headed figure wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long garland of white and red flowers is pressed among devotees. Several men in white shirts, a man in a maroon shirt, and people with orange turbans or head cloths surround him. A cameraman in the foreground holds a large video camera, and another person films with a handheld device. Many hands are raised toward the central figure as people crowd around to see him.

Photograph of a bright white-walled room with a barred window, where a figure in orange robes and an orange turban with a white flower garland stands with his back to the camera. Devotees kneel and bow before him, including a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and a woman in an orange sari. On the right, a man in orange robes holds a silver tray of pink flower petals and a brass kalasha-style pot, and an older man in white stands nearby. Women in red, green and blue saris and a small child look on. At left, a cameraman in white clothes with an orange shawl films with a video camera. A brass bell lies on the floor at lower right.

Photograph of a doorway in a whitewashed corridor decorated with pink and red flower garlands and green leaf festoons. A man in an orange-red turban and orange cloth with a white garland stands in the centre, with a younger man in orange robes beside him. Around them, people in white dhotis and shirts, a boy in white with a rudraksha-style necklace, and women in pink and in saris stand close together. In the foreground a woman holds a brass vessel with flowers, and a videographer films at right. Possibly an arrival or welcome moment in the ashram; the central figure's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm an identity.

August 17 2012

Outdoor photograph at an ashram courtyard with a plain concrete-block wall behind. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand at left, one shaved-headed in an orange shawl and one with long dark hair in an orange wrap. Beside them, several devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, a woman in a white sari holding a lilac cloth bundle with hands folded, and an elderly woman in a green sari and maroon blouse with folded hands and a walking stick. An elderly bearded man in white stands at right with hands joined. A low concrete block and a brass pot sit at right. a person's presence is not clearly established by appearance, so the robed figures are described by role only.

Outdoor ritual on a sandy site framed by a square of grey concrete blocks scattered with pink flower petals. A man in a long-sleeved white kurta and white dhoti kneels at left, pouring milk from a brass pot, while beside him an orange-robed sannyasi pours from a brass kalasha. A tall man in an orange shawl with a long-sleeved orange kurta and a garland of white and pink flowers stands at centre with hands folded in namaskar. Other orange-robed figures and a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind, watching; a video camera operator is at far left. Trees and a dark rectangular screen stand in the background.

2009-07-08 +1 copies

October 10 2011

Crowded outdoor street scene in front of a blue-painted building with a tiled roof and floral garlands strung along the wall. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair wears an orange wrap draped over his head like a turban and an orange shawl with gold border, and he reaches out to bless a devotee's head. Around him, villagers press close: women in white and pink saris and yellow-green dress, a small child in a pink top, and men in white shirts with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A man in a white shirt raises a camera overhead. The mood is one of close darshan among local people.