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A photograph of a long-haired man seated cross-legged on a wooden mat on bare ground, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a long dark rudraksha mala, with a red mark on his forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits beside him. Behind him, small fires and smoke rise from fire pits, and a kneeling man in white clothes tends the ground. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, seated at a fire ritual in meditation.

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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on an orange cloth and wooden seat at an outdoor ritual site with bare earth and fire-pit ash. He wears a sleeveless orange robe, a long orange shawl, and a dark rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. Hands rest in his lap. To his left stands a polished brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle and spout. Behind him, several people in white clothes sit in meditation on low stone platforms, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits with hands in mudra.2010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor fire ritual at dusk. A man in saffron-orange robes with a long swept-back hair, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat, eyes lowered, hands resting on his knees. Beside him stands a brass kettle-shaped vessel on the ground. Smoke rises from shallow fire pits in sandy earth, with flames visible at left. Behind him a person in white clothes and a white shawl tends the fire, and another seated figure in white with a red cloth is at upper left. Probable Swamiji, identified by long hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala cues, seated in a homa-style fire ritual.2010-06-13July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20Outdoor photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform with an orange cushion, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, in meditation. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead and has long dark hair. A small brass kalasha-style vessel sits to his left on the ground. Behind him, a woman in white and another woman in a yellow shawl sit on the ash-covered ground near small fire pits of grey ash, with a white stone structure and a flower garland at the right edge.2010-07-07A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden seat on bare ground, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his body and a long necklace of brown rudraksha beads, with a red mark on his forehead. A brass vessel with a spout sits at the lower left. Behind him, two seated people in white with yellow shawls sit on the ground, and palm trees and a wall are visible in the background, with pale ash-covered patches scattered on the ground.2010-07-07Outdoor ritual scene on dry earth with several circular fire pits lined with ash and smouldering embers, smoke rising. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange sleeveless garment, rudraksha mala and bare feet sits cross-legged on a raised mud platform beside a brass kalasha-style pot, hands folded in lap, eyes closed, in a meditative posture. Probable Swamiji by the long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala. Behind and around, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged at other fire pits, some with hands raised or folded, one holding a small object.2010-06-13A man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a woven mat with eyes closed in meditation, hands resting in his lap. He wears a long rudraksha mala of dark seeds around his neck and has his long dark hair tied back, with a red mark on his forehead. Beside him on the mat is a brass kalasha-style vessel with a spouted handle. Behind him, two seated people in white clothes, one with a yellow shawl, sit near blackened ground that suggests a fire pit. The setting is an open sandy ground with a temple-like structure in the background.2010-08-26July 08 20102010-07-08