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Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard at dusk. A man with long dark hair in a saffron-orange robe sits on an orange cushioned seat with hands extended toward a flame. Beside him a woman in a maroon-red sari with a rudraksha mala sits with her hands together. A standing priest with a shaved head, rudraksha mala and bare upper body with white markings and a reddish-gold dhoti holds an oil lamp with a large flame in both hands. Behind them seated devotees in white and a standing figure in white garments watch, a drum player sits to the right, and red-roofed buildings and trees form the background.

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January 03 20152015-01-03August 28 20152015-08-28October 02 20142014-10-02Evening outdoor ritual in a garden setting with a dense backdrop of green foliage. A bare-chested priest on the left wears a red and white rudraksha-style mala with a white flower necklace, a pink and orange dhoti, and holds a silver aarti tray with lit oil lamps and a small bundle of green flowers, performing an aarti. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and a red shawl stands with palms pressed together, wearing red beaded garlands. On the right, a seated man with short dark hair and a leopard-print cloth over a saffron-toned garment sits with hands folded in namaskar in front of a white ceiling-style fan, while seated devotees in the foreground watch from the bottom edge.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Outdoor ceremony under an open pavilion with red-painted walls and an orange-cushioned throne chair. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a rudraksha-style garland of yellow-orange flowers and saffron-red cloth edged in gold, sits on the throne with hands folded. Swamiji (probable) based on the swept-back hair, flower garland and saffron-red robe with gold borders; he is seated on the throne as the central figure. In front, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-red cloth with gold borders stands holding a lit oil lamp or arati flame over a low offering table with orange flowers. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge, and a woman in a red sari sits at the right near the throne. A framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure rests on a gold-trimmed side table draped with cloth.2014-10-02September 15 20162016-09-15January 03 20152015-01-03Night outdoor ritual on a striped woven mat before a red and gold throne. A man in rust-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala stands at left, gazing upward, a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him a kneeling man in orange with an orange shawl and mala holds his hands together. A bald man in orange dhoti and shawl, with white tilak on his forehead, stands barefoot at centre-right holding a brass aarti lamp with a flaming wick. Seated devotees in red and white watch, some with hands folded in namaste, and a child in white kneels at lower right. A red flower petal lies on the mat.2013-07-19December 11 20152015-12-11October 03 20142014-10-03January 03 20152015-01-03