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Outdoor scene at an ashram courtyard with red-and-white striped platforms and red walls. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis, some bare-chested with long hair and rudraksha malas, sit or stand near a golden trident and brass vessels. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits on the platform in the foreground. Two decorated parasols in red, orange and white stand in the background, with water tanks on a steel frame and a hillside beyond.

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Outdoor ritual at a raised stone platform with white pillars and a low red compound wall, with a hill and trees behind. A seated figure in red and gold garments with a garland sits under a colourful striped umbrella, while a standing figure in orange robes with bare upper body faces them. Seated devotees in white clothes and orange-clad attendants sit on striped mats on the dirt ground in front, and a camera on a tripod records the scene. Brass lamps and offerings are placed near the platform.2017-02-03May 10 20182018-05-10May 24 20182018-05-24August 09 20072007-08-09May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesA procession of devotees in orange and saffron dhotis and wraps climbs a stone staircase outdoors. Several people have white and grey sacred ash markings on their foreheads, arms and bodies, and wear beaded necklaces, rudraksha-style malas and white headbands. One man at the front holds a tall yellow pole, and a bare-chested man in a rust-red garment plays a round drum. Behind them stand black stone shivalingam bases on a red wall with chain-link fencing and green plants. A young person in orange carries a bundle of yellow flowers. The procession appears to be a temple or ashram ceremony with drumming and ritual attire.2018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesPhoto of a ritual at a riverside steps setting. A man with long dark curly hair in an orange saffron wrap and rudraksha mala pours liquid from a silver bowl over a small golden meru-shaped yantra on a yellow-and-gold carved wooden stand. Beside it stands a small gold deity murti with a crown. Seated devotees around him wear orange and saffron shawls; a man in white with an orange shawl sits behind, a bearded man in orange and beads sits further back, and a woman in orange and sunglasses sits at right. A microphone stand is visible behind the ritual. Red pillars and stone steps form the background.2008-07-03Outdoor photo on a dirt yard beside a plain concrete wall, with trees, a red-roofed building and a silver car behind. Five men stand together. Four wear orange or rust-coloured robes, and one in the centre-left wears white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl draped over his shoulder. A man on the far left in a striped shirt, dark trousers and long dreadlocks holds a red object and a shoulder bag. A colourful umbrella with a red, green and yellow canopy and pom-pom edging is held aloft by a robed man in the centre, while another robed man in orange raises a hand toward it. A ladder leans against a tree on the right.2018-05-10March 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copiesPhoto of a group walking along a metal railing outside a temple-like complex with a thatched palm-leaf canopy and stone-and-brick walls. Centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and waves his right hand, looking toward the camera; he has distinctive long swept hair and saffron clothing, a person candidate. Beside him, a younger man in a similar orange robe with a rudraksha-style cord walks behind. Left foreground, a shirtless older man in a white dhoti with a green-and-red patterned border and gold necklace holds his hands together. Behind, men in white shirts and white dhotis follow. A red-and-white signboard stands near a red metal gate. Approximately twelve visible people.2009-08-08A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on an orange cushion outdoors, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a saffron-orange sleeveless robe, a dark rudraksha mala, a red tilak on his forehead, and long swept-back black hair; a brass kettle-shaped vessel sits beside him on the ground. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit or stand on bare earth. Stone deity murtis and a small orange building with a tiled roof and palm trees appear in the background, with logs and ash on the ground. Swamiji (probable): the seated man's long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala are the qualifying cues; he is presented as the central meditating figure.2010-08-30