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Night outdoor ritual under a open-sided pavilion hung with saffron and multicoloured pennants and decorated pillars. A bare-chested man in white dhoti sits cross-legged on a raised white-draped platform before a brass plate, bowls, and a large carved wooden disc, performing a fire ritual. Beside him a man in white dhoti and white shawl stands holding a flaming lamp or ladle over a fire pit, with a smoky fire and a hoop-shaped ring frame behind. Seated women in red and orange saris and men in white clothes sit on mats with hands joined in prayer, and a brightly lit building with strings of lights stands at right. A man in a long white robe and white turban-like cap stands at the far left.

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October 16 20102010-10-16Night outdoor ritual photograph at an ashram courtyard lit with strings of coloured lights and hung with orange and red bunting. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace, stands at right holding a lit aarti lamp that sends up smoke, facing a seated priest in white clothes who is also shaded by a white cloth on a low altar table. The altar holds brass bowls, a kalasha-like vessel, flowers, fruit and oil lamps, and a carved wooden peetha-style panel stands beside it. Seated devotees in red and orange saris and white clothes fill the left foreground with hands joined in prayer, including a small girl, and more worshippers stand behind. A decorated pillar with green leaves and a painted palanquin-like frame rises in the centre.2010-10-16 +1 copiesMay 10 20172017-05-10December 02 20172017-12-02December 31 20112011-12-31A night ritual in a covered open hall decorated with red, yellow and green hangings and leafy garland strings. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red border and gold-coloured trim holds a flaming lamp and a small brass vessel in front of a seated group of white-clad priests on a low platform. Several seated devotees in white, a bare-headed man in a white garment, and a shaved-headed priest in white and gold chains sit in the foreground. On the left a red and gold throne-style seat holds a framed portrait of a figure in saffron robes, and a brass oil lamp stands on the floor. Brass plates and bowls rest around the platform, and a row of people in saffron and white sits in the background. The scene is a fire or lamp offering ritual, consistent with an aarti or homa setting.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual photo. A woman in an orange saffron wrap stands barefoot, holding up a lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with a bright flame. Behind a white-draped table, several people in white clothes sit and kneel with hands folded in prayer. On the right, men in white dhotis and shawls stand with palms pressed together. In the foreground, a patterned mat holds brass vessels, fruit, flowers and small oil lamps, and a few people in the lower corners are partly visible. The setting is dark with trees behind.2005-12-15October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesSeptember 06 20142014-09-06Night outdoor homa at a large open-air gathering. Two monks in saffron-orange robes stand at a fire pit built of brick and marigold-decorated bricks, one holding a metal plate of offerings toward the flames. A seated man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and beaded necklace kneels at the left with folded hands. Behind them a large crowd of mostly white-clad devotees stands with palms pressed together, with string lights overhead and a camera on a tripod recording the scene. Banana leaves, a bowl of liquid, lit lamps and marigold garlands sit around the fire.2011-11-10October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copies