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October 06 2006

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A seated man in an orange-saffron robe and rudraksha mala performs a puja at a small brass shrine in an open outdoor setting. He pours water from a silver kettle-like vessel over a gilded stepped brass pedestal topped with a red flower. Beside it stands a small gold deity figure with a crown, draped in white cloth, with a red flower garland. Silver bowls, a conch shell, a lit oil lamp and a brass dish sit on a green cloth and woven mat in front of him. Behind, a seated row of people in white ritual clothes listens, a man in white with a yellow-bordered dhoti and necklace prominent among them. Trees and a sandy ground surround the scene.2006-10-08October 08 20062006-10-08Outdoor ritual puja on grass beside a green truck and hills. A person in a saffron-orange robe with gold border sits on a leopard-print cushion, long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi and a long beaded rudraksha-style mala, holding a silver bell and offering white flowers over a golden pyramid-shaped peetha/yantra stand. Coconut halves, bananas, silver vessels and a kalasha-style pot sit on a cloth before him. Behind, two men in white dhotis hold tall silver-topped staffs, and a man in white kurta kneels with a silver cup. a person appears as the saffron-robed seated figure leading the abhishekam-style ritual.2005-12-25A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a red-bordered cloth sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform outdoors, eyes closed, with white and red vertical marks on his forehead and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. He holds a small brass cup over a tray of puja implements: brass and steel vessels, a silver-toned lidded container, a pyramidal brass object, an ornate brass lamp stand and a small silver-framed deity murti with an arched backdrop. Behind him stands a stone pillar and another person in white clothing, with a sandy construction area and trees beyond.2007-02-23Outdoor ritual at an ashram under trees and a colourful festoon. A shaved-headed priest in orange-and-gold shawl in the foreground tends a brass kalasha and a lotus-shaped offering on a low tray with small silver bowls, yellow marigold garlands, and red flowers. Brass oil lamps with lit flames stand at right; several devotees in orange robes and mala beads sit and stand around the altar, and a woman in white and a woman in orange appear among them. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam ritual.2014-10-02A photograph of a ritual at a stone pillar draped with white jasmine and orange flower garlands. A young man in orange robes and a white forehead marking kneels on a woven mat, handling pink and white flower petals over a white cloth-covered tray. Around him are brass lamps with a lit flame, incense sticks, small brass bowls with red and yellow powders, and a bowl of white substance. Behind him, several men in orange and white clothing sit with hands joined in prayer, one beside a microphone stand.2008-08-02Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram grounds with a seated man in orange ochre robes and a dark rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders, sitting cross-legged on a low wooden platform and raising one hand toward a small brass pot on a mat. Behind him, a large dark deity murti is garlanded with orange and yellow marigolds, set on a terracotta-coloured pedestal. Several grey stone sculptures stand in the background along with a red sign board, and a figure in white clothing is visible in the distance. Petals are scattered on the ground inside a circular decorated base. The man's appearance with long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala suggests a person, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2010-11-01 +1 copiesJuly 21 20102010-07-21December 25 20052005-12-25October 02 20142014-10-02December 25 20052005-12-25July 21 20102010-07-21