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Outdoor photograph of a Pancha-Tapas ritual on bare earth with circular fire pits of ash and charred wood. A standing man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a video camera under a black-and-yellow striped umbrella. Seated around the pits are devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, meditating or sitting in prayer. A bare-headed man in white sits on a woven mat at right. Stacked firewood and seated stone deity murtis stand in the background.

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July 19 20102010-07-19July 21 20102010-07-21A man with long dark swept-back hair sits cross-legged on a woven mat over a raised earthen platform, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a saffron-orange garment draped over the shoulders and a long dark rudraksha mala around his neck. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits at his side. Ash or charcoal lies around the platform, and two men in white dhotis sit in meditation further back among coconut palms, with orange-roofed buildings and small shrines behind them.2010-09-18Outdoor photo of a seated meditation gathering on bare sandy ground beneath coconut palms and a clear sky. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and dark rudraksha mala beads sits in meditation with eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, wearing a saffron-orange robe and sitting on an orange cushion on a woven mat. A brass kalasha-style pot stands beside him. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white upper cloths sit cross-legged in meditation across the courtyard, some with bare shoulders, near small ash-covered fire pits and a white building with a green roof.2010-09-20December 31 20082008-12-31July 23 20102010-07-23A photograph of a ritual gathering in an outdoor temple courtyard. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, wearing an orange robe, a long rudraksha-style mala and gold beaded necklaces, hands pressed together in prayer. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in saffron robes with a white tilak kneels with palms joined, and a man in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl kneels with hands folded. A shaved-headed person in orange with a white tilak sits with eyes closed and hands joined in the right foreground. Brass bowls, a plate of grains and flowers, and small vessels sit on the cloth. Standing figures in orange and white and a crowd of devotees in white fill the background, along with temple pillars.2010-12-29Four men sit cross-legged in meditation on bare ground covered with grey ash, in an outdoor setting with a black stone pillar, white structure and palm trees behind them. The foremost man wears white clothing, a yellow shawl, a red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala. The man beside him in white has a grey beard, folded hands and a red tilak, and two more men in white with yellow shawls sit behind them with eyes closed.2010-07-14Outdoor photo of a man seated cross-legged in meditation on a raised circular platform of stone chips, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and a long dark rudraksha mala, eyes closed, hands folded in his lap, with long hair swept back. Beside him stands a small brass kalasha vessel on a woven mat, and a green mat lies to his right. Behind him is a dark stone Nandi bull with yellow and orange garlands, a red-orange stepped pedestal, and a copper-topped column wrapped in flower garlands, with coconut palms overhead. In the foreground, white kolam rangoli lines are decorated with scattered pink, yellow and purple flowers. A second man in white dhoti and kurta with a yellow shawl stands at right with arms folded, and a small red sign is visible at left. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated in meditation in the orange robe with long hair and rudraksha mala.2010-09-02Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard: several seated people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit beside circular fire pits with black ash and stacked firewood. A standing figure in white with an orange sash and a striped yellow-and-black umbrella holds a video camera, filming the rite. Six more people in white sit on bamboo mats in the foreground, and a row of black stone deity murtis stands behind a low wall.2010-07-21Outdoor photo of a man seated cross-legged on a mat in meditation with eyes closed, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala around his neck, long dark swept-back hair. Beside him to the left, a shaven-headed man in white clothes with an orange cloth over his shoulder sits by a raked ash line. A brass kalasha-style vessel is at the lower right. Behind them are palm trees, a white building with red window frames, a small red pedestal with a garland, and a few more seated people in the background.2010-08-10 +1 copiesFour men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-edged borders sit cross-legged on bare ground in an outdoor ashram setting, hands folded in prayer and eyes closed in meditation. Each sits on a flat circular stone or platform ringed by grey ash and charcoal, with a thin line of smoke rising from the ash at left. The front man wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and the man behind him wears a white cloth wrap draped over his shoulders. Scattered wood debris and a green lawn with a blue bucket appear in the background.2010-09-20