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Night ceremony in an open tent at an ashram. Several people in white ritual clothes, some garlanded with white flowers, sit cross-legged on a dark floor scattered with petals. In the foreground a woman in a white sari and a girl in a red top and green skirt sit among devotees. Standing men in white dhotis and shirts with ID badges stand behind them. At left a draped red-orange cloth covers a seat or peetha, with a brass oil lamp and kalasha nearby. Standing figure bends over an offering vessel, and a wooden pole stands at left. Scene suggests a puja or homa ritual with devotees seated in attendance.

Photograph of a ritual at night beside a homa fire pit with flames at the lower left and brass oil lamps and vessels on a stone platform. A figure in saffron-orange robes lies prostrate on the ground in front of a raised seat draped with orange and gold cloth. Around them, people in white clothes with white flower garlands sit and stand, a woman in a red head covering and green shawl sits among them, and devotees stand near a deity murti with flower garlands at the back. Offerings of bananas, fruit and flower petals lie on the floor, and a microphone stands at the left edge.

February 24 2007

A seated figure in an orange-saffron shawl and white dhoti, wearing red and white flower garlands with green leaves and a rudraksha mala, smiles while holding a long silver ceremonial staff upright. Before him on a brass tray, younger devotees in white garments with orange-clad attendants kneel and pour liquid from a small white bowl; fruit and flowers sit on the tray. Standing around are women in red and maroon saris and men in white shirts and orange robes with rudraksha beads, some with hands pressed in namaskar. The room has yellow walls and a window with grills, and a small red decoration hangs at right. The seated figure has distinctive long swept-back hair and ceremonial adornment, consistent with the page's reference to a person.

2014-07-04 +1 copies

Night photo of a homa ceremony at an open-sided pavilion. A fire burns in a rectangular fire pit at the centre, with a small oil lamp nearby. Many people sit on the floor in white and cream clothes, several women and girls wearing white garlands of jasmine-like flowers around their necks, seen from behind with dark hair. A figure in a saffron-orange robe sits near the fire at the right, and a man in white stands at the far right. Wooden posts frame the hall, and a few people sit at the back in white and red.

A photograph of a pavilion ritual with a bamboo-matted roof and concrete floor. A man in white dhoti and shirt lies prostrate face-down on the floor at the lower left, his head near the seated figure. Seated on a white cushion at right, a person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe, bare-chested with a long garland of red and white flowers and green leaves around the neck, smiling and holding a small green leaf toward the prostrate devotee. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits at the lower right and a brass water pot at the bottom edge. Standing spectators in white clothes and necklaces watch from behind, one man photographing with a camera at left. Seated attendants in orange cloth sit at the far left. The scene suggests a puja honouring a visiting guest, with the seated figure presenting the offering. a person: seated person with long swept hair, orange robe, bare-chested with a flower garland, in the role of the one receiving prostration.

2006-10-12 +1 copies

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Indoor ritual scene on a dark cloth-covered floor. A man in orange robes with a shaved head, orange-and-red sash, gold chain necklace and a tilak sits cross-legged on the left, holding a fruit tray with bananas and coconut. Beside him a woman in a red sari sits draped with a thick garland of yellow and purple flowers. Another person in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits nearby, and several men in white shirts and dhotis sit or kneel on the right, along with a bald elderly man in white with a green beaded necklace holding a small vessel. Standing devotees in white and yellow-sashed clothing crowd the background. The orange-robed man matches the a person cues only loosely, so identity is uncertain.

July 07 2009

A seated figure in a rust-orange turban and orange-red robe, with a white and green garland and rudraksha beads, holds a red apple in a crowded room. Devotees in white and orange clothing kneel and bend around them; a man in white with a garland leans forward. A tray of offerings with red fruit, flower petals and gold and beaded items sits on a table to the right. A tray of red apples and a gold staff rest nearby.

January 12 2007