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July 20 20052005-07-202004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-022004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Night outdoor fire ritual. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a red cushion before a brick-lined homa fire pit blazing with flames, offering something into the fire with one hand. Behind them, two standing figures wear white dhoti-style clothing, and a white-draped table holds a garland of multicoloured flowers and a brass vessel. Dark background, rocks around the pit.2006-05-07A photograph of a fire homa in progress. A fire burns in a stone fire pit at the centre. A man in orange robes and a long gold necklace sits behind the pit, holding a small brass vessel and a bell-like object, with long dark hair. Around the pit, several devotees in orange and white clothing sit with their palms pressed together in anjali. Brass bowls, a small kalasha-style vessel, and ritual items lie on a stone platform to the right. A woman in the foreground has bangles and praying hands. The setting appears to be an open outdoor ritual area.2006-05-30July 20 20052005-07-20Night photograph of a homa fire pit lined with white brick and sand, with a tall flame rising from burning offerings in the centre. Two priests in white dhotis sit and tend the fire; the one at left wears an orange shawl and the one at centre wears a white head cloth and an orange cloth across his shoulder. Brass vessels, flower garlands and small offering plates sit beside the pit, and seated devotees in white are visible in the background under dim lights.2006-09-20A photograph of an evening homa at an outdoor fire altar built of white-painted bricks. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange sannyasi wrap, sits on the left holding a silver plate with a burning flame and offerings above the square fire pit. Brass vessels, a ladle, a small kumkum-marked bowl and a silver kalasha-style cup stand on the altar. Behind, several people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on mats in the dusk, some holding papers.2006-09-21Night fire ritual, a homa at a brick-lined fire pit with tall orange flames and smoke. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the left holds a silver vessel over the fire. Seated at right on an ornate silver-backed chair with leopard-print cushion is a man in an orange shawl over a maroon-red robe, wearing a white flower garland and a red-orange tilak on his forehead, hands joined in his lap. Behind him, priests in red-orange and white garments stand, and a woman in orange-red sari with hands folded stands nearby. A silver bowl sits on the brick edge, and a silver ceremonial staff with a fringed canopy rises at right.2014-08-012004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02August 01 20142014-08-01A night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site: a large tiered square stone fire pit with a bright flame burns at the centre. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a kalasha or offering vessel in hand, stands behind the fire, with another white-clad attendant beside him. A figure in orange-red garments stands at the right edge. Rows of seated devotees sit in the background with steel vessels on the left, a small oil lamp and garlands of flowers and fruit on a white cloth at right.2011-12-31