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Outdoor 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.

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November 20 20062006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20Outdoor 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.2006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20 +1 copiesNovember 20 20062006-11-20November 20 20062006-11-20A photograph of an outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal shelter with bamboo supports and decorative cloth-wrapped posts. In the centre stands a man with long dark hair in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a staff. Behind him a decorated dark wooden peetha or throne with floral garlands and a framed image rises beside a draped altar table with brass vessels. Around small brick fire pits on mats, several seated participants wear white dhotis or saris with orange shawls; some sit on the ground near brass bowls, plates and flowers. Standing attendants in white clothes watch at the edges, and a hillside of rocks and grass forms the backdrop.2008-11-11Outdoor ritual gathering under a canopy with red, orange and green festoon trim. On a raised red-and-white striped platform, a priest in orange robes bends forward before an altar with brass vessels, a kalasha and offerings. A woman in white stands nearby beside a framed portrait of a woman in orange. Many seated children in white clothes sit on mats in the foreground, and adults in white, orange and blue saris sit on white chairs behind them. Palm trees and thatched huts surround the open ground, with a printed chart and banner in the background.December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa or yagna ceremony held under a tarpaulin canopy with a rocky hillside behind. Seated devotees in white clothes, many with orange sashes, sit on mats in rows before brick fire pits. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits in the foreground with her head bowed, and brass bowls, kalasha-style vessels, flower petals and offerings sit on banana-leaf plates. Smoke rises from the fire at the back, near a decorated shrine canopy with a deity murti and a priest in white standing at the altar.2008-11-11July 19 20052005-07-19November 20 20062006-11-20