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A photograph of a ritual inside a small yellow-walled room. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a gold headband, a white flower garland, and a red top, and raises one arm. Nearby, a man in white with an orange shawl and a green badge holds a plate of offerings, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace takes photographs. Two people in orange shawls film or photograph the altar, which holds a small decorated idol and a garlanded picture on a white-draped table. A flame and a plate of flowers are visible at the lower edges.

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A photograph of a yellow-walled room during an inauguration-style ritual. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange-and-saffron shawl stands with hands joined near his face, beside a framed portrait draped with white cloth and garlands on a white-covered table. A woman in a red top with a white flower garland and gold headband stands at the left, and a man in white dhoti and white kurta on a stair-top reaches toward a white cloth hung on the wall. Other people in white with orange shawls stand around, several holding cameras and a woman in white sari with gold border stands by the table. A tray with flowers and petals sits in the foreground.July 28 20082008-07-28A yellow-walled room with a green leaf garland over a doorway. A man with long dark hair, a gold headband, a white flower garland and an orange cloth stands at centre facing away, near steps leading up behind a white draped cloth. Two men in white with orange shawls stand on the steps photographing with cameras. On the right, a man in an orange shirt films with a handheld camcorder while others in orange and white stand nearby. A white-covered table holds a framed photograph garlanded with flowers, fruit, a kalasha-like offering and a plate of marigold and petals in the foreground. A person in white at left holds a long brass horn or ritual trumpet.A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe and a long white-and-red flower garland kneels before a framed portrait garlanded with marigold-and-white flowers, gesturing toward it with one hand while a brass oil lamp and a brass plate with offerings sit on a white-draped table to the left. Behind him a group of men and boys in white shirts, white dhotis and a red shawl stand watching, one boy holding a red-and-white item, and a man in white holds a small brass bowl. Wall posters of robed sadhus hang on the cream walls, a cameraman in white films at the right, and a striped runner rug covers the floor. A ritual puja setting in an ashram room.2010-02-15July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 10 20092009-07-10July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28