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Indoor scene in a bright room with white walls and colourful paper streamers. Devotees in white dhotis and sarees stand and kneel with palms pressed together in namaste. A monastic in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits on the floor at right, holding a brass plate and a small ritual item, while a woman in white kneels before him extending her hand toward the plate. A brass tray with flower petals sits at lower left. Several saffron-clad sannyasis stand in the background among the crowd.

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June 27 20142014-06-27A house visit ritual in a small room with cream walls. A bald, saffron-robed priest with a white-tipped vertical tilak and a white-and-gold cloth stands at right, holding a silver trident aloft in one hand and a shaved-head assistant in white cloth beside him. Seated women in white and red saris and a man in a grey striped shirt sit or stand with palms pressed together, while a woman in white holds a lit oil lamp on a tray. A floral garland hangs on the priest seated at lower right. Several onlookers in white, orange and red clothing surround them.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27A photograph of a devotional gathering in a room with a colourful banner reading "WELCOME SWAMI" on the wall. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes, with a white jasmine garland and red flower garland, sits on a green carpet facing the group and has a small brass plate of offerings before him. Around him, many devotees in white and cream clothing sit or stand with palms pressed together in namaskar; several women wear white saris with red or gold borders, and others wear pink, yellow and light blue saris. A man in a white shirt and dhoti kneels at the front, and a standing figure in orange holds a long ceremonial staff topped with a silver ornament. The people's count is 21-100 because of the large crowd of devotees visible at the back.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27A group abhishekam ritual in a room with people seated on a green and gold patterned mat around a brass tray holding a shiva lingam and offerings. A shaven-headed priest in orange robes and rudraksha beads on the left pours liquid with a vessel. A woman in white with a tilak and rudraksha mala leads the pouring, while men in white shirts with malas kneel nearby. Standing devotees in white, pink and blue saris press their palms together behind them, and a red garment and flowers appear at lower right.2014-06-27July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a household ritual indoors in a tiled room. In the foreground, several women in white saris kneel around a brass plate and a vessel, pouring water and washing the feet of a seated figure. The seated figure, at right, has bare shoulders, a white forehead mark, and a white-and-red flower garland, holding a silver ceremonial staff raised upward. Behind them, shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand, one holding a silver lamp and a tray of pink petals. A row of standing devotees in white and cream clothing, some with hands folded, watches; a young boy in a blue striped shirt and a toddler are also visible.2014-06-27A photograph of a home-visit ritual in an indoor room with white walls and a white ceiling. In the left foreground, a priest with long dark hair tied back, wearing a white flower garland and reddish-brown dhoti, sits cross-legged facing a large silver trishul held upright on a cloth. Beside him, a shaved-headed young man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads sits near plates of fruit and food. Several devotees in white clothes kneel and fold their hands, including a woman in an orange-and-white sari with a garland, and a man in white with a red shawl. Behind them a crowd of standing people in white and light-coloured clothes watch, some with palms pressed together. Plates of apples, bananas and rice sit on the floor.2014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27