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A ceremonial outdoor ritual under a white canopy with bamboo and banana stalks. In the centre, a man in saffron robes and a long-sleeved saffron garment holds yellow flowers and offers them over a row of coconuts wrapped in cloth of blue, green, purple and maroon. Beside him, a bearded man in saffron robes stands with hands folded. A woman in saffron sari and a man with a red turban and rudraksha mala, wearing a red-and-gold dhoti, stand nearby. On the right, a bald man in white dhoti and orange shawl offers flowers, and other men in orange garments stand behind. A priest in a white dhoti with bare back stands on the left, facing the group. A video camera on a tripod is visible at the top.

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Outdoor ritual under a white tent where several saffron-robed sadhus and devotees stand around a ritual arrangement on an orange cloth. In the foreground, coconuts wrapped in green, blue, purple and red cloth sit on platters strewn with flower petals and grains. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered orange wrap offers flowers from a tray. Behind them, a tall figure in a red turban and red-brown robe with a long rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and a figure in a red-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands nearby. A bearded man in a white turban and white robe stands at the rear. Several others in orange and white attend the scene, and an ornate gold-bordered orange shawl is worn by one attendant. The photo shows a ritual with coconut offerings.2015-01-13Outdoor ritual under a white tent in hazy light, with a row of coconuts wrapped in red, blue, green and purple cloth arranged on plates and heaped with flowers and grains in the foreground. A woman in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate with a lit flame, and a figure in a maroon-and-brown robe with a red turban stands beside her. Around them, saffron-clad sadhus and men in white and orange shawls stand watching, and a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti at left has a yellow garland. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the flame-offering devotee in orange and the maroon-robed figure are described by role only.2015-01-13A ritual outdoors under a white canopy with haze. A barefoot man with long grey hair and a white dhoti stands bare-chested with a small white cloth draped over one shoulder and reaches toward a brass plate of flame held by a woman in orange robes and a red-orange headwrap, with a rudraksha mala around her neck. Near the center, a man in a maroon-brown robe and red head cloth, with long hair and a gold necklace, stands beside her smiling. Around them, several men in saffron and orange robes and turbans stand with hands folded, and men in white kurtas and orange shawls stand at the right edge. In front, several coconuts wrapped in green, blue, purple and maroon cloths sit on plates of flowers and leaves, indicating a puja or homa offering. A camera tripod is visible at the right.2015-01-13Outdoor ritual gathering at a hazy riverside or camp setting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold chain and a shaved head stands at left beside a man in a maroon wrap and yellow-striped cloth; an elderly bearded man in orange robes raises a hand. In the centre a man in a deep red turban, maroon-and-gold robe and multiple rudraksha malas stands with a long swept-back hairstyle; the appearance is a person candidate with distinctive turban, rudraksha and ceremonial gold cues, but this is uncertain. Around him stand many people in saffron and orange robes, white kurtas and orange shawls. In the foreground coconuts wrapped in coloured cloth in red, blue, green and purple sit on leaf plates with flower petals and grains. A camera on a tripod is at upper right.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual gathering under a white canopy with hazy light. Several saffron-robed sadhus and priests stand in a semicircle. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and pink-edged cloth kneels at center among a row of plates on the ground, each holding a coconut wrapped in red, green, purple and blue cloth, with flowers and offerings. Nearby stands a man with a long hair and shawl, wearing a red-and-orange turban-style head cloth, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, hands folded in anjali, with a white-clad devotee to the right in an orange shawl. A camera on a tripod is visible at right. People: about twenty visible.2015-01-13Outdoor ritual under a white tent: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a long grey beard and rudraksha mala kneels near rows of coconuts wrapped in coloured cloths (blue, purple, green, maroon) set on plates of grain and flowers. Around him stand several men in saffron and orange shawls, one holding a plate of marigolds, another in a red turban and red-brown robe with a long rudraksha garland, and a man in white with an orange stole at right. A camera on a tripod is visible at top right. The figure in red-brown robe and red turban has long hair and distinctive rudraksha adornment, a probable Swamiji appearance, present in person.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A crowded outdoor tent scene with many saffron-robed sadhus and devotees. A central figure in a red-maroon turban and dark-maroon dhoti, with long dark hair and a layered beaded necklace, smiles with hands clasped at chest level. Beside him an older man in an orange shawl wears a dark rudraksha mala. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in a pink dhoti and maroon shawl offers a plate toward the group. Surrounding people wear orange robes, white kurtas and white saris, with hands folded in greeting. Green coconuts and marigold petals lie on the ground, and a metal railing and ceremonial poles appear behind.2015-01-13A photograph of a ritual at an open-sided pavilion with a bare dirt floor. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand in a line, some with rudraksha malas and one with a red-and-orange turban. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti at left holds a brass plate with a lit lamp toward the group. In front, coconuts wrapped in red, purple and green cloth sit on plates of flowers and grains. A bald man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands at right. a person figure stands near centre in a deep red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and a red turban, hands folded, with a bearded man in orange beside him.2015-01-13 +1 copies