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Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram under palm trees. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold border sits on a mat and holds a flaming camphor lamp aloft in his right hand while ringing a small handbell in his left. He wears a rudraksha mala and tripundra markings on his forehead, with a gold bangle on his wrist. In front of him are steel bowls, a brass tray with fruits and flowers, lit oil lamps, and a garland-draped boy in white and blue to the left. Around them devotees in saffron shawls and white clothes sit with palms pressed together in prayer.2012-04-30KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 10/26/20192019-10-26June 15 20092009-06-15Outdoor photograph of a man in a flowing saffron-red dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead tilak, long dark hair tied back, pouring ghee or offerings from a ladle-like vessel into a fire pit (homa/yagna) on a white stone platform scattered with leaves and petals. Coconut palms and a notice board stand behind. Around him, about ten people in white and cream clothes, some wearing yellow lanyards and yellow-and-black beaded necklaces, watch with hands folded. The white-clad onlookers stand nearby.2009-06-15A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with golden-yellow borders raises a silver multi-branched aarti lamp on a tray with both arms overhead. Behind him, a woman in a white and orange sari and another in white with gold border stand near a brass vessel and offering plates of yellow flowers and fruit on the ground. An orange-painted building with a chalkboard stands in the background.2011-10-07May 03 20122012-05-03September 26 20092009-09-26A bare-chested man in a flowing saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long dark bun, a white tilak on his forehead, and a dark rudraksha mala, stands at a smoking fire pit lined with white stone. He holds a long wooden pole and a golden ladle-like vessel, pouring offerings into the fire as a homa. Around him, people in white clothes with yellow-and-black garlands watch quietly. Tall coconut palms and a dark signboard with Kannada text stand behind, and scattered leaves and petals lie on the stone.2009-06-15December 21 20102010-12-21Night ritual outdoors. A shaven-headed priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold trim stands at right, holding a flaming camphor aarti lamp in a silver holder in one hand and a small silver pot in the other, with smoke rising. In the left foreground, a gold arched prabhavali frames a white and silver deity murti. Behind, seated devotees with folded hands, a man in white shirt, and women in saris watch, some in yellow and orange. A partial green sign with printed text stands in the background. Aarti during a night puja.2011-11-10 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 7/15/20192019-07-15