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Evening outdoor ritual stage under a corrugated roof with orange walls and paper bunting. A seated figure in saffron clothing sits on an ornate red and gold throne at right, with a microphone-like hand gesture, while a camera operator in white films from the right edge. At centre, a sacred fire burns in a fire pit before a decorated deity murti with garlands and a kalasha-style setup; a robed priest in orange sits at left beside offerings and brass vessels. A banner reads MEET the Master beside a satsang notice. Devotees sit on the floor in front, many shaved-headed or in white and saffron, with children in striped shirts. The scene suggests a homa or satsang gathering.

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A night-time homa in an open ashram courtyard with a large fire blazing on a raised platform. Several priests in white dhotis with bare shoulders and shaved heads sit around the fire pit, and a priest in orange robes sits on the left. Behind the fire stands a large deity murti with a trident, garlanded with marigolds and flowers, beside a smaller decorated image. On the right, a person in orange robes sits on an ornate red and gold throne. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothes watch from the foreground. Copper vessels and offerings are arranged on the platform, and a banner beside the stage reads MEET the Master. Strings of yellow and green paper flags hang overhead.2011-10-26Outdoor covered pavilion with a corrugated roof, palm trees behind, and an audience seated on the paved ground at right. On a raised orange-draped platform, a seated figure in orange robes and beaded necklaces sits on an ornate red and gold throne with a fringed canopy above it. Beside him, a priest in orange and red garments stands holding a ritual item. The platform holds steel vessels, bowls of fruit, banana leaves, and yellow flower garlands. Banners and a signboard are behind them.2011-12-13Evening outdoor ritual on a raised stage. On the left, a gilded arched shrine holds a pair of deity murtis draped with red garlands and yellow flowers, set against green drapery. In front, a white-clad priest with a bare upper body and white dhoti sits cross-legged, one hand raised in a mudra, beside a fire pit and brass plates of fruit, leaves, flowers and sticks. On the right, a man in saffron robes and a beaded necklace sits on an ornate red and gold throne, with a second saffron-robed attendant standing at the edge. Behind them is a red-orange wall with a banner and plants.2012-04-23December 31 20112011-12-31October 05 20112011-10-05April 23 20122012-04-23December 13 20112011-12-13Night-time ritual scene at an outdoor stage with string lights and a backdrop of framed photos and a painted deity murti at left. A figure in orange robes with a shaved head sits cross-legged at a stone platform, feeding a flame into a silver bowl of offerings. Behind him a priest in white dhoti and shawl sits before a microphone beside a tall brass oil lamp, and another white-clad attendant stands further back. At right, a man in orange robes and a dark rudraksha mala sits on an ornate red-and-gold throne with curved arms, smiling. Brass bowls, a red kumkum dish and a bowl of offerings sit on the platform.2011-10-03April 23 20122012-04-23October 05 20112011-10-05Outdoor evening homa ceremony beside an orange-washed wall with a fan, banana plant and a framed poster reading MEET the Master. Two figures sit on ornate gold thrones; the figure on the right wears orange robes, rudraksha mala and gold chain, raises a hand in blessing, and has long dark hair, a person cue. The seated figure beside him in orange with a shaved head, bead mala and gold chain is seated to his left. Standing in white dhotis, a priest and a devotee attend a fire pit with banana leaves, flowers and offerings. A gilded deity murti decorated with garlands sits in a shrine on the left, with a seated priest in white before it.2012-04-24April 23 20122012-04-23