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December 24 20092009-12-24A ceremonial stage scene with a fire ritual. A man in saffron robes and a garland of red, orange and white flowers stands centrally, wearing a tall white and red headdress topped with a peacock feather, and holds a microphone. Behind him, a saffron-robed priest holds a lit oil lamp aloft. To the left, a bearded man in white with a yellow shawl presses his palms together, and a younger man in saffron with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with hands folded. A fire burns in a pit, with offerings and flowers arranged on white blocks in front. Floral arches in pink, orange and green frame the stage, and a gold-framed shrine stands at right. a person: the central saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair, a garland and a decorated crown, leading the homa as a presiding teacher.2009-12-24October 07 20112011-10-07A ceremonial fire ritual on a stage with a floral backdrop. A man in an orange sleeveless garment and orange dhoti wears a white and pink flower crown with a peacock feather and a long red-and-yellow flower garland. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a silver lamp with burning flame in the other, beside a brass bowl and white blocks with marigold petals. Behind him an orange-robed man with a red head cloth and gold necklace holds a microphone and speaks, and another man in orange presses his palms together. A brass tray and a tin of ghee sit on the floor near incense sticks. The setting suggests an aarti or homa at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam event.2009-12-24December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor photograph in warm late-afternoon light of a long-haired man in an orange saffron garment with a sleeveless drape, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace with dark rudraksha-style beads and a forehead tilak. He smiles and looks down toward a silver tray of yellow marigold garlands and a coconut on a plate held by a person at lower left. At right, a hand holds up a white and red flower garland. Behind him a second man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Trees, shrubs and a palm are in the background. Ceremonial welcome or puja setting, with a person candidate present.2010-02-12July 07 20092009-07-07Outdoor procession at a Dasara celebration. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange draped garment, a gold bead necklace and a gold armlet, and walks barefoot-style in orange sandals while looking ahead. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a red-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, and a red-and-yellow fringed parasol is held above the group. On the right, a man in white kurta and dhoti holds a brass tray of red and yellow flowers. Other people in white and yellow garments stand behind on a raised red platform.2010-10-17A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban performs an aarti with a lit camphor flame in a silver lamp held in his right hand, his eyes closed. He wears a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant and white sacred markings on his arms. Behind him, a bearded man in white holds a small brass bell, and another man in white sits at the left edge. A garland of white flowers and leaves hangs on the wooden doorframe. In front, a silver vessel, a brass kalasha-style pot, a coconut, flower petals and a green leaf sit on a white cloth. +1 copiesOctober 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor festival stage under a striped canopy with orange pennants. A smiling young man seated on an orange-draped throne wears a white and gold turban, a long red and white flower garland, orange saffron robes and a gold-embellished ceremonial necklace; he holds a tall gold ceremonial staff. A devotee in orange robes bows low before him at the platform's edge, with orange-clad attendants and a smiling man in dark clothing to the right. Behind them, a white-robed elder stands before a decorated altar with a deity murti and a framed portrait under colourful garlands and bunting.2008-12-29October 17 20102010-10-17