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April 24 20132013-04-24Outdoor ritual on a green mat where devotees build a brick fire pit (yagna/homa structure) on reddish earth. A man in white dhoti with maroon border stands at left, a shaved-headed figure with white markings on his arm. A woman in white sari with long dark hair kneels at centre, placing offerings among marigold petals and a rangoli kolam. A woman in white with an orange shawl kneels at lower right, holding an offering. A microphone stand stands at left; a brass puja plate with flowers, a kalasha-like vessel and yellow garlands sits at right, and more people in white and orange stand in the background.2010-12-16Two women kneel on bare earth placing red clay bricks in a row, decorated with small yellow marigold flowers. The woman on the right wears a cream sari with a red and gold border, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, gold bangles and a gold ring, and presses a brick with her right hand. The woman on the left wears white clothing with a gold border and an orange shawl, her blonde hair tied back. A microphone on a stand, a wooden stand holding books and a tray with offerings sit on a green mat behind them, with a second person in white partly visible at the top edge. Coconut shell pieces and scattered flowers lie on the ground.2010-12-16November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23Outdoor bhumi puja at a construction site on bare dry ground. In the foreground a man in a dark-red robe with a rainbow-coloured flower garland and a tilak on his forehead kneels and pours yellow liquid from a brass bowl onto stacked bricks coated in turmeric paste. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and a loose white upper cloth with a rudraksha-style mala leans forward to touch the bricks. To the left a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold border and a red-and-cream headcloth bends over the bricks with a hand outstretched. Behind them, a row of people in saffron and orange robes and white garments stands watching, with a brass pot and yellow-and-green pot in the background. Several sticks are driven into the earth around the offering.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ceremony on bare ground outdoors. A man in a maroon-brown robe with a flower garland of red, yellow, purple and white blossoms kneels and places yellow-decorated red bricks in a row over a wet patch of earth. Around him, men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare torsos stand; one holds a brass bowl and another holds a tall bamboo pole. Brass pots, a painted clay pot and a small green sapling stand nearby. Behind, a crowd of people in saffron and orange robes and a red-orange canopy frame a pink multi-storey building. The kneeling man is wearing a garland and has his forehead marked with tilak.2016-11-23December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesNovember 23 20162016-11-23Outdoor bhumi puja ground-breaking ritual at an ashram. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe with a long multicolour flower garland kneels on bare dirt, pouring liquid from a small brass vessel over a row of red bricks daubed with yellow turmeric. Standing around him, bare-chested men in white dhotis with yellow borders, rudraksha malas and kalasha pots and brass bowls on the ground, assist with the rite; a young man holds a bowl and another a long wooden stick. Behind them, orange-robed devotees and a red-tiled building with balconies form the background, with a small sapling beside the bricks.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23