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Night outdoor ritual photograph beside a yellow-stone fire pit where a bright flame and smoke rise from burning cowdung cakes. A seated man in a maroon-red dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and a pendant, wears a patterned cloth headwrap and sits on an ornate silver chair, one hand resting on its arm; his appearance is consistent with Swamiji (probable), with long hair and a rudraksha mala. In the foreground a shirtless priest in a red cloth and beaded necklace sits with his back to the camera, tending the fire. Silver bowls, a pink flower, green leaves and metal vessels lie around the pit, and a silver-decorated altar with a deity murti stands at right under a shaded background.

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August 31 20172017-08-31 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31Photograph of an evening fire ritual at an open outdoor ashram setting with smoke rising. A seated man in the foreground, shaved-headed and bare-chested with a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder, tends the rite near a square yellow-edged fire pit with bright flames. Behind him a seated figure in a white headwrap and rudraksha mala, wearing a reddish-brown shawl and ornate gold necklaces, smiles while seated on a silver-legged chair. Silver offering bowls, a small metal cup, flower petals and a pair of silver lamps with lit flames line the pit. A white ornate deity murti shrine stands beside them amid tropical foliage. a person is the seated figure with the white headwrap and rudraksha mala, described by appearance only.2017-08-31December 20 20172017-12-20March 03 20182018-03-03August 29 20172017-08-29Night outdoor ritual in an ashram courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak sits on a silver-backed chair, wearing a red-orange sleeveless garment, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain, with bangles on his arms. Before him a small fire burns in a wooden mortar-like vessel, and a bowl of green herbs and leaves sits nearby on a striped cloth. Trays of offerings and a wicker basket are on the left. On the right stands a silver-ornate shrine with garlands and a small deity figure, and a yellow-painted homa fire pit with flames sits in the foreground. Smoke rises through the frame. The man is the only visible person, and the scene matches the page's aushadha preparation at a homa setup.2017-09-14 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual scene with a fire pit and offerings. A man seated on a silver-backed chair wears a rust-red sleeveless robe, a long rudraksha mala, gold necklace, leopard-print waist cloth and a crescent-topped dreadlocked turban, with a tilak on his forehead. He grinds or mixes something in a small bowl with a pestle over a flaming brazier. Nearby stand a silver throne-style peetha decorated with white flower garlands, brass plates of herbs and fruit, a coconut, a woven basket and a small oil lamp. Another person in rust-red robes stands at the right edge. Plain pink-and-purple cloths cover the ground, and a yellow-painted stone fire pit sits in front.2017-09-14December 20 20172017-12-20Night outdoor fire ritual in a homa or yagna setting. A square brick fire pit with bright flames sits in the foreground on a striped multicoloured cloth, its border decorated with white painted motifs. Two men kneel behind it: one wears a red-orange garment, a white turban-like headwrap and a long swept-back hair with bare upper arms marked with white paint; the other wears a white dhoti-style cloth, a rudraksha mala and white markings on his body. Around them are brass and clay vessels, a bowl of yellow-tinted offerings, a brass pot, a small kalasha-like urn and a silver peetha-style shrine with a silver deity murti at right.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA night homa ritual in an open-sided hall. A priest in an orange-brown dhoti and orange head cloth, bare-chested with gold bangles, holds a lit oil lamp toward a shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti draped in yellow and orange marigold garlands, with a large gold cobra hood above it. A fire pit blazes with smoke, surrounded by brass vessels, fruit, flower offerings and a ladle. On the right, a figure in red-brown robes sits on a red velvet throne with gold trim, hands folded near the face, and a second robed figure stands behind with palms joined. A pedestal fan and a small framed deity picture hang in the background.2013-10-06A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban and red-brown robe with rudraksha malas sits cross-legged beside a small burning fire pit and wooden ritual apparatus, his hand over the offerings. To his right, a bare-chested young man in orange cloth with white body markings tends the flame. Behind them stand garlanded deity murtis and a decorated altar, with silver kalasha vessels and lamps set on a patterned mat in the foreground. Marigold garlands hang across the stone pillars.2018-03-03