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Outdoor ritual at an ashram site under a cloudy sky with large trees behind. A stone-lined pit with a raised slab sits in the centre, with brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and flower offerings around it. A standing figure in a saffron/orange robe stands at the far side of the pit, and two men in white with orange shawls stand to the right beside a tall decorated pillar. On the left a man in white kneels pouring liquid from a pot near the pit. Decorated saffron-yellow umbrellas and a painted bunting banner frame the stage area. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls fill the foreground, many with orange sashes, with a few women in white and a woman in a blue salwar. The scene suggests a consecration or purification ritual at a construction site.

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November 20 20062006-11-20Outdoor ritual at a stone-walled construction site. A woman in orange robes sits on a green chair at the far side of a square stone fire pit or sanctum platform, holding a lit oil lamp or flame. Two young men in white with orange shawls sit beside her. Dozens of women and girls in white clothes with orange shawls, several with long braids, sit in rows on a woven mat facing the platform. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and offering plates with fruit sit on a white cloth. Four tall decorated poles with painted elephant motifs and two colourful canopy umbrellas frame the scene, with a patterned banner strung between poles. Cut earth and stone walls surround the platform. Dense trees stand behind.2006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalaya +1 copiesNovember 20 20062006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20A homa ritual under an orange and green decorated canopy at night. A standing man in orange robes with a hood and a beaded necklace presses his palms together at the right of a square fire pit (homa kund) with smoke rising, flower garlands and marigold petals around its edge. Seated devotees in orange and red garments surround the pit, some with brass bowls and offerings. Behind them, a framed portrait labelled 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' is garlanded with flowers. Men in white with yellow shawls stand at the right and lower right, and banana plants and leaf festoons decorate the tent. A brass vessel with flowers sits in the lower left.2009-09-25January 01 20052005-01-01November 20 20062006-11-20July 21 20052005-07-21 +1 copies