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Outdoor ritual photograph at a river-side camp. A man in a saffron-orange sash and white dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead, stands at left near a camera operator with a video camera. Center: a figure in saffron robes and a maroon-orange turban sits on an ornate gold throne under a gold-and-orange umbrella, wearing a heavy gold-beaded necklace and rudraksha mala, performing a ritual gesture with cupped hands over a silver and brass ritual vessel. A man in a pink-red shawl and white dhoti bends forward to assist at right. A bald man in saffron robes with a gold-beaded necklace stands behind the throne. Silver figurine, brass pot, marigold flowers and fruit lie on an orange cloth in the foreground.

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A ritual scene at an outdoor camp. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a gold canopy wears a rust-orange turban, orange robe, and a long rudraksha mala with gold necklace, his hands held over a brass kalasha and a silver figure of a turtle on a tray with marigolds, fruit and a copper vessel. Two men in orange and a man in pink shawl stand attentively, with a man in white at the right and a man with a forehead tilak at the back. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne performing the puja, with his distinctive turban, rudraksha and gold necklace as cues.2016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24April 24 20162016-04-24A photograph of a ritual at an outdoor camp with an ornate gold umbrella-shaped canopy overhead and pink temple spires behind. A man in a saffron-orange turban and long gold-bead necklace sits on a red-cushioned gold throne, his palms pressed together while he receives offerings. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl with a long red-and-green sash stands with hands folded. A man in a pink shawl and white kurta pours liquid from a small vessel near the throne. On a red-draped table are a silver ritual vessel, a brass kalasha pot, a steel bucket, bowls of fruit, marigold and flower garlands and a silver deity figure. Several men with tilak marks and bare upper bodies sit to the left, some wearing rudraksha malas and orange scarves, and a cameraman is visible at the edge.2016-04-24