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Dim, low-light photograph of an evening ritual setting with warm lamplight. In the centre-right, a man seen from behind, shaved head, wears a long white kurta and white dhoti, holding a small object near a silver ritual vessel. To the right, a person in orange robes sits beside a flower-decorated table. Potted plants, a draped orange cloth and a flower-garlanded altar with lit oil lamps and offerings surround the scene.

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December 12 20112011-12-12Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. A standing woman in a long orange robe holds up a tall brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit flames, in front of a white-draped table. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with orange shawls, sit on mats with hands pressed together. Several more people in white stand or kneel with folded hands at right. On the floor in front are brass plates, offerings, flowers and small oil lamps on a striped mat.2005-12-15Night photograph outdoors beneath a large dark banyan tree. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands centre holding a small brass bell and a lit oil lamp flame in his hands, facing right. Behind and beside him, several men in white ritual clothes with orange shawls stand in a row, one holding a metal vessel with a flame, others with hands folded. A brass meru-shaped vessel and a folded white cloth rest on a wooden tray with a red-and-orange cloth at the foot of the scene, beside a decorated red cushion on a stone platform. The setting suggests a night ritual consecration.2006-12-11November 21 20102010-11-21December 30 20082008-12-30A night-time outdoor ritual photograph in a dim open courtyard beneath a large dark tree. A man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels on the ground at lower left, bending over small brass ritual vessels and a small pile of white material. Behind him, a line of about a dozen men in white dhotis and orange shawls stands in a loose arc, several holding small objects. A standing figure in a flowing orange robe stands at centre, facing toward the kneeling man. At right, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a ritual item. In the foreground a brass kalasha-like vessel with a domed lid sits on a red cloth beside a wooden tray holding an orange cloth and white cloth. A white pole stands at left. The scene suggests a consecration rite, with the kneeling priest attending to offerings.2006-12-11A night-time homa at an outdoor fire altar, lit by a few overhead lamps. A standing figure in a dark red-brown robe holds a tray of burning offerings and flames, with a bare-chested assistant in white beside the fire. A white draped curtain hangs on the left under a decorated arch with green leaves and banana plants. Several seated devotees in white clothing sit in the background. The a person candidate is a robed figure presenting the fire, with appearance cues limited to the dark robe, so identity is uncertain.2009-09-26February 16 20092009-02-16A dim indoor shrine scene. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands bent forward at left, draping a long garland of white and yellow flowers over a seated figure in orange-saffron robes. The seated figure is in front of a row of three framed black-and-white portraits on a red-curtained, lamp-lit altar with green lights. Potted plants flank the altar, and oil lamps glow at the base. The seated figure's face is not clearly visible.A night-time photograph of a ritual at an outdoor shrine, with smoke drifting through the dim scene. In the centre, a shaven-headed priest with his back to the camera wears an orange dhoti with a green-and-red border and a white upper cloth, and a bright lamp or light glows above his head. Around him stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, many holding flower garlands, metal plates and offerings. A large black-and-white patterned serpent body lies across the foreground, beside a rocky mound. On the right, a man in an orange robe stands among others in white, with brass vessels and lamps on the ground. Behind them, a banyan-like tree hangs overhead.2004-12-31Indoor ritual photograph at night. A figure on the left wears an orange turban and orange shawl, holding a brass ritual vessel over a draped orange cloth on a stone table, apparently performing a pooja. Behind him, several people in white clothes stand near a lit oil lamp and a standing brass lamp decorated with flower garlands. A woman in white stands at the right with hands together. A green curtain hangs beside a red and green garlanded deity murti at the right edge, and a flame glows through a lattice screen in the background.2004-07-02April 17 20112011-04-17