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September 05 20132013-09-05January 03 20152015-01-03April 24 20132013-04-24April 29 20132013-04-29July 07 20152015-07-07Night ritual photo at a temple-like setting. In the foreground, a man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with white flower garlands and a red-and-green garland bows with hands pressed to his forehead. Beside him, an elderly bald man in orange robes, a red-and-white rudraksha headband and a white garland receives aarti from a man in white holding a brass lamp with flaming wicks. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron stand watching, and a bald man on the right wears orange clothing and a white forehead mark. The scene suggests an aarti or honouring ceremony with a crowd of devotees. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2012-06-05April 29 20132013-04-29Night ritual outdoors beneath a large tree with dense branches. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red-and-orange garment with gold trim, a red and white flower garland, and a gold bangle sits on an ornate gold-framed throne holding a silver bell in one hand while waving a flame-lit lamp over a fire with the other, sending smoke upward. Around him, several shaved-headed men in saffron-brown robes with gold borders, white forehead markings, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces stand with hands folded in prayer or holding a silver tray with offerings. The.2013-04-24November 21 20102010-11-21April 29 20132013-04-29Night outdoor ritual at a dark tree-lined setting with a raised stone platform. A man in saffron robes and gold necklace raises a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame high in his right hand. Beside him, an older man in white dhoti and shirt holds a small brass bell and stands with hands folded. To the right, a man in a saffron turban and rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Further right, another saffron-clad figure stands in profile. On the left edge, hands folded in namaskar belong to devotees in orange and white. Marigold petals lie on the ground at lower right. The visible rudraksha mala and saffron turban are appearance cues that may suggest a person, but identity is uncertain.2008-12-30Night-time homa at an outdoor shrine. Two men in saffron-orange robes with gold borders stand before a fire pit where flames rise from a brick-lined trench. The man on the left, bare-chested with a saffron shawl, leans forward offering into the fire. The man on the right, in orange dhoti and shawl with a beaded mala, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before an ornate silver-framed deity shrine decorated with marigold and multicolour garlands. Brass oil lamps burn on the altar steps and a brass vessel sits near the fire.2014-11-25