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A seated man in a rust-red robe and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged on a raised white throne-like seat before a microphone stand, holding a small object in one hand and a card-like item in the other. A black-and-white patterned headband is tied around his head, and rudraksha bracelets are on his arms. Before him on a table are stacked dried cow-dung cakes, a metal bowl, and a silver pot. Attendants in orange and saffron, and women in teal and red saris, stand or sit behind him in a courtyard with red-painted buildings and a flag strand overhead. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure wears long, swept-back hair, a crown-like headband, a rudraksha mala, and ceremonial red robes, consistent with the page's account of the Aushada cowdung purification process.

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A photograph of a seated man in a rust-red robe over a red-orange cloth, wearing a patterned white-and-black headband, rudraksha malas, a pendant, and beaded arm bands, sitting on a white ornate chair before a microphone. He holds a small object in one hand and a blue-and-yellow packet in the other while flat dried cow-dung cakes are stacked on a metal dish over a small fire on the floor. A low stone fire pit with flower petals lies in the foreground, with brass vessels, a silver lamp stand and a silver-legged table with flower garlands nearby. A woman with braided hair and a rudraksha mala sits at the left edge. Red pillars and a red building stand behind the open courtyard. This appears to depict the Aushadha purification process with burning cow-dung smoke.2017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual outdoors at an ashram courtyard. A man sits cross-legged on a white ornate wooden-style seat before a fire burning in a metal pan over a cowdung fuel stack. He wears a rust-red dhoti and wrap, a white and black patterned headwrap, multiple rudraksha malas, a pendant, and red beaded armlets. Behind him stands a woman in a white sari with a red border, and a group of onlookers in orange and red turbans and white headwear, including children, stand by red buildings and wooden pillars. A brass lamp stands at the left edge of the frame. The scene suggests a Siddha-style purification ritual with fire and cowdung smoke, described here by its visible elements only.2017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 08 20172017-08-08