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March 03 20112011-03-03Outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a red-roofed building behind. A row of men in white ritual clothes and white shirts stand on a sandy ground with coloured kolam rangoli patterns near a small fire pit. One man in white dhoti kneels and bends forward to touch the ground, another in a white shirt and light blue trousers touches his chest with a hand, and a bearded man in white kurta with rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. A woman in a light grey sari stands at the right edge. Bamboo mats lie on the ground and a wooden temple structure stands at the right. No one in the image is identifiable as a person.2010-12-22Outdoor ritual scene in a dusty courtyard beside a red-and-white striped compound wall and green trees. A fire burns in a shallow metal dish inside a ring of stones and logs. A young woman in white stands on a mat at the ring's edge with hands folded. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange cloth kneels and tends the fire. On the right, a tall man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange wrap, stands watching, which may be a homa or yagna. Two more men in white stand at left holding items, and a green bin sits behind.2006-08-17Outdoor photograph of a ritual at a temple courtyard with a multicoloured canopy umbrella fringed with tassels overhead. On the left, a person in an orange saffron wrap and loose orange garment stands barefoot on a patterned mat in front of a white-draped table holding ritual items, with a brass lamp and small vessel on a mat in the foreground. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand around; one bends low to pour water from a brass pot while others stand with hands folded in reverence. Stone wall and carved stone railing behind.2007-02-24Outdoor photograph of a ceremonial gathering under a canopy of red and pink drapes. In the centre, a man in orange robes with a long white-and-red garland stands with palms pressed together, beside a fire pit set in a low stone-edged platform decorated with flower garlands, marigolds and small metal oil lamps. A white ornate parasol stands behind him. Around him, many people in white dhotis and white kurtas stand with hands folded in namaskar, and a few women wear white saris and one girl wears yellow. A white-and-gold chair is placed at the right edge of the platform. Palm fronds, a stone gateway and a striped mat appear in the background.2006-12-30A large group of people stands barefoot in a courtyard of paved tiles, many in white kurtas, pants and dhotis with orange-red lanyards, hands folded or clasped in front, eyes lowered in a standing prayer or meditation. A small coloured rangoli floral pattern is laid on the ground at lower left. Behind them are orange and pink buildings, a corrugated roof, green trees and a trident mounted on a wall at upper right. In the centre a woman in an orange-saffron sari with a long rudraksha mala stands with hands folded; her face is not described and no identity is asserted. Several people wear white, one in a patterned pink and white kurta, and a man at right wears white with arms crossed.2016-09-26July 22 20102010-07-22July 22 20102010-07-22August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of men in white ritual clothes tending a homa fire pit at night. A man in a white shirt and dhoti pours liquid from a metal pot into a brick-lined square pit where wood logs are burning. Nearby, a man in white stands with his hands held together, another in white watches, and a man in white glances at the fire. At far right, a man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands with hands folded. The ground around the pit is decorated with white and red kolam-style patterns, and a lit lamp stands near the edge. Tables and a covered hall are visible in the background.2006-12-17July 12 20062006-07-12A photograph of a fire-walking event on a dirt path at an outdoor ashram setting, with a red-roofed building and palm trees behind. A young man in a white kurta walks barefoot along a shallow trench filled with glowing-grey charcoal embers. Around him, a crowd of devotees in white kurtas and white dhotis stand watching; several wear rudraksha malas and visitor badges. A woman in a light blue sari stands near the trench, and a child is partly visible at the lower left. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present among the visible people.2006-07-12