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Outdoor fire ritual on a riverside ghat. In the left foreground a priest in red-orange robes and a red-orange turban sits before a fire, with white markings on his bare shoulder and a rudraksha bead garland on his arm, performing a homa with raised hands. In front of him stand a brass bowl, a yellow brick altar holding red and white flowers, brass vessels, and kalasha-style offerings. Behind him, devotees in white clothes with red shawls sit on steps and on an orange cloth, some with hands joined in prayer. A woman in a red sari stands near a decorated shrine with a yellow umbrella above. Approximately 15 people are visible.

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May 26 20152015-05-26 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with red-walled buildings and palm trees. A seated man on the right, wearing a red-orange cloth, a beaded headband and many bead bracelets, extends his arm toward a large fire burning on a stone platform. In front of him, a row of young ascetics in saffron and orange robes and orange turbans sit on mats. Standing near a square stone fire pit with a gilded rim, two attendants, one bare-chested, tend the rite; a standing woman in orange robes holds bells and a lamp. A large steel vessel stands at the lower right. Visible offerings include a bowl and a brass lamp, consistent with a homa or fire ritual.2017-08-31July 06 20152015-07-06October 27 20142014-10-27January 19 20142014-01-19Outdoor riverside ritual on stone steps. A young priest in saffron-orange turban and dhoti, with white markings on his arms and chest, sits at left holding a bundle of grass and an open book, near a row of silver and brass ritual vessels and a small silver lamp stand on yellow bricks. Behind them a table draped in orange cloth holds two decorated deity murti figures with flower garlands and red-and-green kalasha-style vessels. Seated on the steps to the right, an elderly man in white kurta and dark vest wears a red shawl and sits beside a young man in white with a red shawl, while more devotees in red shawls sit behind. Flowers, a brass bowl and puja items sit in the foreground.2014-03-18Outdoor ritual on a riverside ghat stone platform. A priest in an orange-red dhoti and wrap with a matching turban, white sacred markings on his bare arm and chest, and a rudraksha mala sits at left reading from an open book while holding a bundle of grass. In front are brass and silver puja vessels, a bowl, flower offerings on yellow blocks, and a drum at lower right. Behind, seated devotees in white clothes with red shawls sit on steps, some with hands folded in namaskar, under a yellow umbrella and a row of trident standards. Two decorated pots with garlands stand on a draped orange table. Buildings and trees line the hillside.2014-03-18March 24 20142014-03-24May 13 20132013-05-13December 17 20142014-12-17August 01 20142014-08-01Outdoor fire ritual under a draped maroon and multicoloured canopy with a metal frame. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth with long unkempt hair sits at a brick fire pit, stirring a flame with a ladle; he appears to be the officiant. Behind him a standing attendant in white kurta holds a long pole with a red and multicoloured fringed parasol over the altar. Rows of seated devotees in white shirts, white dhotis and white garments, several wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and red tilak, watch and sit on the ground. Brass pots, a brass kalasha, bundles of sticks, fruit, flowers and brass lamps lie on a striped cloth in the foreground. Behind the fire, a gold-coloured arched shrine structure with deity murti sits within the tent. This is a homa/yagna with offerings and a fire in brick-lined pit.2005-07-21 +1 copies