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October 25 2006

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A indoor ritual scene in a plain hall with white tiled walls and orange cloth laid on the floor. In the centre, a man in an orange robe bends low over a plate of food placed on a banana leaf on the floor, beside a small bowl. To the right, a large framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes and beads, garlanded with white and orange flowers, stands on the floor as the focus of the offering. Behind, a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a vessel and a woman in a white sari with a green border stands nearby. On the left, several seated people in orange and white clothes, some with rudraksha malas, sit on the floor with brass vessels and cups in front of them. A large steel pot sits on the floor and a tray of leaves is in the foreground.2011-03-05July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA padapuja ritual in a home room with green curtains and a shelf of framed photos and figurines. A woman in an orange and gold saree kneels and pours milk from a small white vessel over the bare feet of a standing figure in a saffron robe, onto a brass plate holding a small black pedestal and fruit. Beside her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a white head cloth sits and assists. Several young men in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, white tilak marks and bare upper bodies sit or stand behind them, and a few seated women and a child watch from the right. A flower garland is visible near the women.2014-06-22 +1 copiesNovember 06 20112011-11-06A photograph of a ritual scene in a plain tiled hall with a white wall and a window. In the centre, a person in an orange robe bends low over a leaf plate of food placed on an orange cloth. To the right stands a gilded framed portrait of a long-haired man in orange robes and rudraksha mala, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands, resting on an orange cloth. Behind, three standing people in white dhotis and saris hold a brass plate and a small vessel, and a large steel pot sits on the floor. Seated people in orange robes and beads watch and sit near a microphone stand on the right. A green banana leaf with food sits in the lower right.2011-03-05A domestic ritual scene in a room with cream walls, a barred window and a framed picture. A shaved-headed young priest in saffron dhoti and white upper cloth kneels at a low orange-draped altar, holding a brass plate of white rice and fruit; a standing priest in white with a rudraksha mala and sacred marks on his forehead watches from behind. An older man with white hair and beard in white kurta and a woman in a maroon-and-gold silk sari with a flower in her hair kneel on the floor, each holding red kumkum powder in cupped hands. A flower-garlanded wooden throne with red cushion stands at left, and seated devotees in striped and plain clothing sit at right. The older man's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity.2014-06-20A photograph of a ritual in a plain white-walled hall with a tiled floor. A framed portrait of a long-haired woman in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace, garlanded with red and orange flowers, stands at right on an orange cloth, labelled as a portrait of Swamiji's picture. In the foreground a man in an orange robe bends over a metal pot beside a low wooden seat. Seated devotees in orange robes with beads and necklaces sit cross-legged on mats, some with small brass cups before them, and leaf plates hold food offerings. Standing behind them are people in white dhoti and saree-style garments, one woman in a green-bordered white saree, and a man with a white shawl. Bright lamp lighting fills the room.2011-03-05July 01 20142014-07-01August 11 20092009-08-11July 17 20152015-07-17A homa fire burns in a brick fire pit in a hall decorated with white cloth and golden torana arches. A bare-chested priest in saffron-orange cloth sits cross-legged before the fire, with marigold garlands on the altar beside him. Around the pit, several men and women in white ritual clothes with red and orange shawls stand and kneel, one man in white at right tending the offerings. Behind them a seated crowd in white and orange fills the hall, and deity murtis are visible in gilded shrines. A yellow powder mandala with red flowers lies in the foreground.2015-07-17July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copies