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Outdoor photo of a puja at a temple courtyard with bamboo and a yellow wall behind. A bald older priest with a bare upper body and a white cloth around his waist sits at left, leaning forward over a small figure. Beside him, two women in orange-red saris sit with palms pressed together in anjali mudra while watching the ritual. A small child in an orange garment is seated in front of them. A brass or silver vessel and an open book rest on a low surface in the foreground.

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Outdoor temple pavilion with yellow pillars and palm trees, a yellow temple structure behind. A man with short grey hair, wearing a white shirt and a rudraksha mala, stands at the back. Seated in front, a woman in a red sari with her palms joined in namaskar, a child bowing, and another woman in red with her head bowed in prayer. A laptop and a manuscript stand on a low table, with brass oil lamps nearby. The setting suggests a puja or devotional rite.2022-01-24Jan 24 2022 sripuram2022-01-24Jan 24 2022 sripuram2022-01-24A four-panel collage of ashram photographs. Top left: a shaved-headed man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged in meditation, hands together, before a lit background with an oil lamp. Top right: men in white ritual clothing sit with hands folded in prayer beside plates of food. Bottom left: close view of a shaved-headed man in white with hands pressed together in prayer. Bottom right: a row of people in saffron and orange clothing sit with hands together, eyes closed, at a table with food. Collage of ritual and meditation scenes; the panels show devotees, sannyasis and a meditating figure.2011-11-09 +1 copiesA photograph taken in a doorway of a building with a green-and-orange signboard above. A bald man with a shaved head, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and an orange shawl, stands at left holding a cord or garland with both hands. Beside him, a woman in an orange sari with a red blouse holds a metal plate and looks toward the doorway. Behind them, two more people in orange clothing are partly visible in a dim interior, with a pillar and a cloth-covered area nearby. The scene looks like a ritual preparation in a temple or ashram setting.2012-05-18May 08 20122012-05-08 +1 copiesJan 24 2022 sripuram2022-01-24A photograph of a homa being performed outdoors under a open-sided yellow-pillared shelter. A bare-chested man with a short beard, wearing a dhoti, rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, sits cross-legged before a brick fire pit where a bright flame rises, surrounded by yellow marigold petals. A woman in a red sari with gold necklace and a red bangle, and a girl with a white forehead mark, sit at the left with offerings in a brass tray. A young boy sits in the lower left corner. Brass vessels, plates of fruit and flowers, and a kalasha-like pot sit on the ground nearby. Red walls and a tree frame the background.2022-01-24A photograph of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor temple courtyard. A bare-chested priest with a beard, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti, sits behind a brick fire pit with a bright flame and yellow marigold petals around it, feeding offerings into the fire. On the left, a woman in a red sari and a younger girl with a vibhuti mark on her forehead sit beside a brass pot and a wooden tray of grains, and a child in the bottom left corner reaches toward the offering. Brass lamps, silver plates of fruit and flowers, and an orange cloth on a table complete the scene. Whether the priest is a person cannot be established from appearance.2022-01-24A photograph of an outdoor-pavilion puja under a thatched canopy among palm and bamboo trees, with golden pillars. In the centre, on a gold throne with cushions, sits a figure with white hair and beard wearing a flower garland and a dark shawl over light clothing, a sannyasi-style presentation. In front, a bare-backed priest in a white dhoti sits at a fire pit ringed with marigold petals. To the right, a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala holds a book and reads, beside a woman in a red-and-pink sari with a white shawl who sits on a mat. A small child sits in front of her. Brass lamps and flower-decorated deity figures stand on a left-side altar with a red and orange cloth. The scene depicts a homa or shiva puja ritual.2022-01-24Four-panel collage of photographs from an ashram satsang setting. Top-left: a shaved-headed man in orange robe and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a stage before a wooden cabinet and a small altar. Top-right: several shaved-headed men in white dhotis sit on the floor in rows. Bottom-left: a close view of a shaved-headed man in white with a red-and-white shawl, seated in meditation posture. Bottom-right: women in orange saris sit before a brass plate with small lamps and offerings, with other people seated behind them. The panels show seated spiritual practice and teaching at the ashram.2011-11-07 +1 copiesApril 27 20122012-04-27 +1 copies