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Night outdoor ritual scene with a seated man in a red-orange robe and black turban-style hair on a silver-backed chair draped with a leopard-print cloth. He wears a long rudraksha mala, a gold necklace, a red forehead mark and armbands. A bare-chested assistant in a red-orange dhoti stands at left holding a lit incense or lamp flame toward a clay vessel. Before them are a grinding stone, herbs, bowls, a small oil lamp on a stand, smoke rising, and a silver altar with flower garlands and a small deity murti at right, on a striped cloth.

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Night outdoor ritual at a yagna area. A seated man in a long black turban and rust-orange sleeveless robe, wearing a rudraksha mala, a crescent ornament on his turban and a gold necklace, holds a copper kalasha on a leopard-print seat. Beside him a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti leans forward toward a fire pit with offerings of herbs, fruit and bowls. Smoke rises, a silver peetha altar with flower garlands and a small deity murti stand at right, and yellow-painted steps lie in the foreground. Rust-coloured and striped cloths cover the ground.2017-09-14 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual scene with a fire pit and offerings. A man seated on a silver-backed chair wears a rust-red sleeveless robe, a long rudraksha mala, gold necklace, leopard-print waist cloth and a crescent-topped dreadlocked turban, with a tilak on his forehead. He grinds or mixes something in a small bowl with a pestle over a flaming brazier. Nearby stand a silver throne-style peetha decorated with white flower garlands, brass plates of herbs and fruit, a coconut, a woven basket and a small oil lamp. Another person in rust-red robes stands at the right edge. Plain pink-and-purple cloths cover the ground, and a yellow-painted stone fire pit sits in front.2017-09-14Night outdoor ritual in an ashram courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak sits on a silver-backed chair, wearing a red-orange sleeveless garment, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain, with bangles on his arms. Before him a small fire burns in a wooden mortar-like vessel, and a bowl of green herbs and leaves sits nearby on a striped cloth. Trays of offerings and a wicker basket are on the left. On the right stands a silver-ornate shrine with garlands and a small deity figure, and a yellow-painted homa fire pit with flames sits in the foreground. Smoke rises through the frame. The man is the only visible person, and the scene matches the page's aushadha preparation at a homa setup.2017-09-14 +1 copiesA ritual scene in an indoor hall with carved wooden screens and a stone wall. A standing man in a rust-red turban and sacred thread, bare-chested with rudraksha and metal necklaces, holds a silver bell in his right hand and gestures toward a fire pit. In front of him, a silver tray holds yellow-wrapped coconuts decorated with green leaves and pink flowers, and a burning fire is built from yellow brick. Behind him, a seated man in a rust-red wrap and a heavy gold pendant necklace sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne with hands folded, his forehead marked with white tilak. The floor has a striped woven mat. The seated figure's appearance is consistent with a person candidate in a sitting position, but the uncertainty is considerable, so the identity is marked as unsure.2018-04-26September 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual photograph beside a yellow-stone fire pit where a bright flame and smoke rise from burning cowdung cakes. A seated man in a maroon-red dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and a pendant, wears a patterned cloth headwrap and sits on an ornate silver chair, one hand resting on its arm; his appearance is consistent with Swamiji (probable), with long hair and a rudraksha mala. In the foreground a shirtless priest in a red cloth and beaded necklace sits with his back to the camera, tending the fire. Silver bowls, a pink flower, green leaves and metal vessels lie around the pit, and a silver-decorated altar with a deity murti stands at right under a shaded background.2017-08-31September 14 20172017-09-14A man with long dark matted hair topped by a small crescent ornament sits cross-legged on a silver-backed seat draped with a leopard-print cloth. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless top, a rudraksha mala, a gold chain, beaded armlets and a tiger-striped waistband, with tripundra on his forehead and eyes closed. He rests one hand on a wooden implement before a small fire burning in a clay vessel, with smoke rising. Around him are brass bowls of yellow powder, green leaves, wicker baskets, a mortar and pestle, a small brass deity figure, and a silver ornate seat on the right. Dark foliage and a microphone stand fill the background at night.2017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14September 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual at dusk beside a fire. A man seated on an ornate silver throne wears a maroon-red dhoti and wrap, a leopard-print headband, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace with a pendant. He rests his hand on a silver staff while smoke and flames rise from a fire pit at his right. A silver tray with offerings and a silver stand sit beside him, and a red building and greenery form the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears the saffron-maroon robes, rudraksha malas, ceremonial gold necklace and long swept-back hair of a KAILASA ritual leader during the Aushada process.2017-08-31September 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copies