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Outdoor photo at dusk on a dirt site beside a tree trunk. A man in a white shirt and belt films with a professional video camera on the left. Four ascetic-looking men stand in a line. The central figure, bare-chested with rudraksha beads and a red-and-gold dhoti, holds a lit flame or lamp aloft. Two young men in saffron-orange cloth with long hair, one with white markings on the chest, hold brass plates with leaves and offerings. A bright flame burns against the red brick wall behind them. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.

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October 31 20162016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor ritual at a dirt construction site beside a tree trunk wrapped in red thread. A man with long dreadlocked hair and bare back, wearing an orange cloth, holds a flaming lamp to the tree. Four other people stand in a row in orange and red-orange clothing with rudraksha malas; the one at centre holds a silver tray of offerings and another holds a leaf plate, one with white horizontal tilak marks on his face and chest. Red brick wall and trees behind. Five people visible in total.2016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor ritual scene on bare reddish-brown earth beside a tree and a low red brick wall. A bare-chested priest with long dark hair, wearing orange cloth, holds up a lit torch or flame toward the tree trunk. Four younger men stand in a row facing the tree, wearing orange and red dhotis with rudraksha malas; two hold brass plates with offerings and banana-leaf plates, and one has white painted markings on his arms and chest. Trees and bushes fill the background under a pale evening sky. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-10-31Outdoor photograph of a small group of ascetic devotees in saffron and orange dhotis performing a ritual beside a bare tree on a dirt ground. A figure at left with long dark hair, bare-backed, holds a lit flame to the trunk, where a red-and-white cloth is wrapped. Behind, a man in a red-and-orange dhoti and a bare-chested man with white markings stand with a tray of offerings and banana leaves; a young attendant on the right wears rudraksha beads and stands with hands held together. A red brick wall and green trees stand in the background.2016-10-31Outdoor scene at dusk on a dirt ground beside a red brick wall and leafy trees. A young man with long dark braided hair and bare torso, wearing orange cloth, holds up a lit oil lamp flame beside a tree trunk wrapped in red thread. Four young men stand in a row facing him wearing orange and red-orange dhotis and sashes; one bald man in red-orange wraps and rudraksha beads holds a small brass vessel, another holds a leaf-lined plate of offerings, and the others wear white forehead markings, rudraksha malas and long hair. The ritual appears to be an arati with a lamp and offerings. Nobody visible is identified as a person.2016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Five people stand on bare dirt beside a leafy tree in an outdoor yard with a red brick wall behind them. Several are bare-chested and wear orange and red dhoti-style cloths with gold borders, rudraksha malas and white ash markings. The man second from left raises one hand toward the sky while a small flame burns in a lamp on the ground. The man second from right holds a metal plate and a banana-leaf offering, and the figure at far left has very long black hair hanging down his back. Pink survey marks and a pale pipe lie on the ground nearby. No individual here is identified as a person.2016-10-31Outdoor ritual at dusk on dry red earth beside a large tree wrapped with yellow-and-red sacred thread. A bare-chested young man with long hair, tilak, and rudraksha malas stands at centre holding a lit oil lamp aloft, flame glowing. Beside him a man in orange cloth holds a silver plate, and another in orange dhoti stands behind. A shirtless attendant with a red cord over his shoulder and rudraksha beads faces away at left. Several younger men in white and orange dhotis stand in the background among trees and a low wall. The scene reads as an aarti-style lamp offering.2016-10-31Outdoor photo at dusk on bare earth beneath trees, with a brick wall behind. A young man in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha malas and a tilak, holds a lit oil lamp in a brass dish while facing a tree wrapped with yellow thread. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange cloth with rudraksha beads and a red-and-orange arm band stands with his back partly turned. Behind them, two other men in orange wraps and a shirtless man in a white dhoti stand near a brass vessel and a bell-shaped object. The scene suggests an outdoor puja or ritual offering at a sacred tree.2016-10-31