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Outdoors under palm trees and a blue sky, a person in an orange-saffron robe with long dark swept-back hair and a long gold-bead necklace pours milk from a brass pot onto a smoking fire pit of ash and embers, a homa-style offering. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti beside them holds a brass plate of flowers. Around the rope barrier, about a dozen onlookers in white and light clothing stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A boy wears a volunteer badge. Orange bunting hangs from a temporary white tent wall. The person's cues are long hair, saffron robe and ornate gold necklace, consistent with the page's a person claim, though the face is not used for identification.

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December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoor ritual on a dirt ground under palm trees and a tin-roofed tent. A long-haired figure in a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with a shawl draped over the shoulders and a heavy gold bead necklace pours water from a polished brass pot held in both hands. Water splashes down beside the pot. To the left, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of mixed flowers. Behind, a crowd of about a dozen people in white and bright clothing stands with palms pressed together in namaskar; a small child in a patterned shirt and a woman in a green top stand among them. A second brass pot sits on the ground at lower right. This appears to be an abhishekam-style water offering.2008-12-31November 14 20052005-11-14November 24 20062006-11-24An outdoor ritual at a dirt-floored ground with a fire-walk path of hot embers. A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange-beaded mala walks across the glowing ash-covered pit while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a long pole rakes the path beside him. Behind them, a crowd of devotees watches, many in white kurtas and dhotis, a woman in a pink sari, and a woman in a cream sari with gold border. A brass pot sits near a tree, and a drummer in a blue shirt plays a large drum at the lower right. A second saffron-clad man stands nearby in the background, and a man in white stretches an arm toward the walker.2008-12-31A photograph of an outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a tree-shaded ground with a sandy floor and a white rangoli design. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a ceremonial gold-and-white garland, and a saffron sleeveless robe holds a silver cage-like vessel, while a younger man in white dhoti and saffron shawl stands beside him. A row of people in saffron and white robes stands in the background, with a tall pole and saffron flags at the left and right. Several people press their palms together in prayer. The printed caption at the top corner reads Flag Hoisting by Swamiji, and a portrait-style label is not visible in the frame. Several cues on the foreground man (long swept hair, saffron robe, ceremonial garland) are distinctive, so he is described as a person with the role of the person performing the flag-hoisting.2006-12-23August 02 20082008-08-02November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor firewalk ritual at an ashram on bare sandy ground beside a palm-lined grove and low red-roofed buildings. A central figure in long dark hair and a saffron-orange wrap walks barefoot past a pit of glowing embers, with a long bamboo pole held horizontally across his path. Men in white dhotis and orange shoulder cloths flank him; one carries a brass ceremonial vessel with a long handle and another holds a metal pot. A yellow-filled ritual pit sits in the foreground beside the dark ember pit. Seated devotees in white clothes with rudraksha malas sit on blue tarpaulin, several holding bundles of straw, and a large pile of stones lies behind them.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14