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A photograph of a fire ritual inside a wooden-latticed hall. A figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands at left, holding a ritual lamp with a tall flame over a sacred fire tray and ringing a handbell in the other hand, with a rudraksha mala around the neck. Behind them, several people in white ritual clothing stand and watch, some holding brass items. In the foreground, a table covered with an orange cloth is edged with pink and yellow flower garlands, with brass bells, a small bowl and a kalasha-like vessel.

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2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Indoor ritual photograph at night. A figure on the left wears an orange turban and orange shawl, holding a brass ritual vessel over a draped orange cloth on a stone table, apparently performing a pooja. Behind him, several people in white clothes stand near a lit oil lamp and a standing brass lamp decorated with flower garlands. A woman in white stands at the right with hands together. A green curtain hangs beside a red and green garlanded deity murti at the right edge, and a flame glows through a lattice screen in the background.2004-07-02Indoor ritual scene at a temple-like hall during a puja. A figure on the left wears an orange turban and orange robe with a rudraksha mala, holding a brass bell in one hand and raising the other hand with white ash markings on the arm. Behind him a group of people in white clothing stand with hands folded and watch; one older man in white holds his hands together in namaste, and a woman in white with a mala stands at right. On a low stone platform draped in orange cloth sit brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, a small oil lamp, and red and orange flower petals. A standing man in white robes at the right reaches toward a tall brass lamp decorated with a garland. A lattice wooden screen covers the back wall.2004-07-02A photograph of a night homa ceremony under a temporary pandal decorated with orange cloth and leafy garlands. A bald priest in orange robes with a red-edged shawl and a gold bead necklace holds a lit ritual lamp aloft in his right hand and a bell in his left. Smoke rises from a fire pit on a white platform scattered with yellow marigold petals and red kolam designs. Behind him an attendant in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a long palm-leaf canopy stick, and seated devotees in white and yellow shawls sit on the ground. Brass plates of sweets, a kalasha and a brass lamp sit on the platform.2009-09-25Night photo of an outdoor fire ritual on a raised yellow platform with a square fire pit filled with ash and surrounded by white and yellow flower garlands. A man in a flowing orange-saffron robe, with a shaved head, a beaded necklace and a long wooden staff, stands at the back holding a silver fire vessel aloft with flames rising from it. Around him, white-clad men and women sit and stand, some with hands joined, and a line of seated devotees fills the background under dim lamps. Coloured canopy umbrellas and smoke frame the scene. Other people wear white dhotis, saris and shawls, with orange stoles on some.2007-02-11Evening ritual at a pandal with banana leaves and palm fronds overhead. A standing man in saffron-orange robes and a matching hood, with gold beaded necklaces and bangles, holds a lit flame on a brass lamp and performs aarti. Several seated participants in white clothing with yellow shawls surround him; one holds a brass plate of offerings, and another plays a round frame drum. A microphone stands at left, and smoke drifts through the scene. A man in red-orange garments with a beaded necklace sits near the microphone.2009-09-25A night homa ritual under a decorated pandal hung with leaves and strings of flowers. A standing man in orange robes, with an orange hood and beaded mala, holds a silver tray with a flame toward the fire pit. Several women in orange saris and men in white with yellow shawls sit with hands folded in prayer around a dark fire pit. Brass kalasha pots wrapped in netting stand on the left, and a tall brass lamp with oil flames is at the right. A framed portrait of a man in orange sits on an easel behind the group. Plant foliage and marigold garlands decorate the altar.2009-09-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a standing figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe performing an aarti at night, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame in one hand and a brass vessel in the other. A white-draped table or bed stands to the right, with a brass kalasha and a tray of fruit on a patterned mat in the foreground. Two seated devotees in white clothes, one with an orange shawl, sit on the left. A dark textured backdrop fills the background, and a purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2005-12-192004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with a long rudraksha mala, raises a brass arati lamp with flame toward the sky while holding a small handbell in the other hand. Behind him a woman in white with a bindi and dark standing figures watch. Seated in the foreground, a bearded man in white clothes gestures with open hands beside a wooden side table bearing a brass kalasha and a brass puja vessel, and a row of brass pots and a plate of fruit and flowers lie on the ground. Several seated and standing devotees in white clothes surround the scene, and a rudraksha-adorned priest figure stands at the centre.2004-07-02A seated man in saffron robes and a long gold-beaded necklace holds a flaming oil lamp near his face during a ritual, with a brass bowl, flowers and a small brass kalasha-like vessel before him on brick and floor. A saffron-robed woman with palms pressed together sits to his left, and a man in white with an orange shawl sits at the right beside a microphone stand. Behind them a seated audience in orange and white clothing watches. The scene suggests a ritual aarti setting.2009-06-09Evening outdoor aarti scene. A central man in orange saffron robes with a gold-bordered dhoti and a long rudraksha mala holds up a tall brass lamp with multiple flames, looking upward. To his left, a man in pink-orange robes and a red shawl raises a similar flaming lamp. Behind them a man in white dhoti and shawl with a beaded mala stands eyes closed, and a man in a blue shirt and glasses holds another lit brass lamp. A shivalinga-like murti sits in the lower right foreground on a red-patterned cloth, with a white cloth below. An ornate pillar stands in the background.2010-09-24