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Indoor photograph of a ritual in a plain room with peach and white walls, a ceiling fan and wooden shuttered windows. A man in an orange-brown robe on the left raises a lit oil lamp or aarti flame high with one hand. Seated on a white-covered platform in the centre, a long-haired figure in orange robes wears a large beaded mala and sits with hands resting on the lap. Several people in white clothes and orange robes sit on the floor in the foreground and behind, and a garland of flowers lies at the right edge. A bright light and a stand are visible at the right.

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Indoor ritual scene in a plain room with white walls, a ceiling fan, and a bright light flare. A man in an orange-brown robe on the left raises a lit multi-flame oil lamp (aarti) high. Seated on a white-sheeted bed in the centre is a figure with long dark hair and an orange robe, wearing beaded necklaces, with an orange-clothed sannyasi-like companion seated below. Several devotees in white and orange sit along the floor and bench. On the right a cameraman films beside a glass case of flower garlands and a framed picture.2005-11-13Indoor ceremony in a lamp-lit room with pale pink walls and a tall brown pillar. A standing man in orange robes raises a flaming torch on the left. Seated in the centre, a man in orange robes, an orange turban and a beaded necklace sits with hands folded before a row of orange-robed sannyasis and a seated audience. Beside them, a body lies draped in a pink-and-gold cloth on a white-covered bed, with white flower garlands at the right edge. A small oil lamp stands on the floor in the foreground. Devotees in white and orange clothing fill the lower portion, and a man in white stands at the back near a table. A wall picture hangs above. The scene looks like a funeral rite with a torch-bearing ritual. a person identification is based on appearance only: the seated central figure shows some cues, such as the orange turban and beaded necklace, but the image is small and uncertain.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14 +1 copiesIndoor evening ceremony in a whitewashed room. A man in an orange robe on the left raises a flaming torch toward the ceiling. Other saffron-clad men sit nearby, and a figure in white sits on a low bed at left. A body draped in red cloth lies on the floor at right, with a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds on the wall; a seated man in white works near a table. A large crowd of seated devotees fills the foreground, many in dark clothes, partly cut off by a pillar.2005-11-13Indoor photograph of a ritual in a plain room with white walls, wooden-framed barred windows and a ceiling fan. A man in a rust-orange robe on the left raises a brass vessel overhead. Seated in the centre on a white-sheeted bed, a man with long dark hair wears orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a necklace, and sits with monastics in orange and white. Several seated devotees in white and orange surround them. At right, a cameraman films beside a tripod, and flower garlands and framed pictures decorate the shelf. No clear face-based identification is made; the seated figure's cues are long hair, orange robes and a rudraksha mala, but his identity is uncertain.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13Indoor photo of a dimly lit room with pale pink walls and a ceiling fan during an evening ritual. A man in orange robes on the left raises a small brass bell, and a long-haired figure in orange robes and a beaded mala sits on a white-covered bed beside the window. Several seated devotees in orange and white clothes fill the floor, and a flash-lit ritual staff pole stands in the foreground. At right, a person in a white shirt holds his hands together beside a video camera on a tripod. A glass-topped box draped with flower garlands and a framed picture hang on the wall. The scene looks like a funeral-rite ceremony.2005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13November 13 20052005-11-13 +1 copies