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Outdoor photo of a ritual preparation under a shaded open pavilion beside green pillars. At center, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha-style beads, and a bare chest with a marked forehead, standing at a long steel tray filled with small clay oil lamps and cups. Beside him a shaved-headed monk in saffron cloth holds a bottle, and a bare-chested man in a green lower cloth holds a plastic bag near the tray. Smoke rises from a large black iron pan on the left. A cameraman and several men in white shirts stand in the background, and a uniformed officer is visible behind them. Cups of oil lamps are being arranged for a ritual.

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Outdoor photo of a ritual at a stainless-steel table lined with small clay oil lamps. A large black iron kadai sends up thick white smoke on the left. A man with long dark swept-back hair, a saffron-orange garment and a rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold ornaments pours liquid from a plastic bottle into the pan, with an orange tilak on his forehead. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments in saffron clothing), in the role of ritual officiant. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in saffron cloth and rudraksha beads handles a small dish. Behind them, a man in white shirt and dhoti films with a camcorder, and several onlookers in white shirts and uniforms stand watching, with a green pillar at left.2012-07-23A photograph of an outdoor ritual scene under a pillared open hall. In the foreground a large metal pan sends up billowing white steam over a steel counter. On the right a man with long dark hair, orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders, and rudraksha beads and gold pendants around his neck pours water from a plastic bottle into the pan, with a small bindi and tilak on his forehead. Behind him a man in a khaki uniform stands near the crowd of onlookers, including children, a man in white shirt with a video camera on his shoulder, and a man in orange on the right edge. Teal pillars and a tree frame the scene.2012-07-23July 23 20122012-07-23July 23 20122012-07-23A photograph of a ritual scene under a covered hall with turquoise pillars. In the foreground a large iron wok-like vessel sends up smoke over a stainless steel table holding ash, small offerings and a shallow pan. On the right a figure with long dark wavy hair wears an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala, and is turned toward a bald man in orange cloth with a gold chain, who holds something in his cupped hands. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands, including a woman in a pink sari, a man in khaki police uniform, a boy in a white shirt, and a cameraman filming with a video camera. The setting suggests a homa or fire offering.2012-07-23April 19 20082008-04-19A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a gold-toned necklace, bending over a stainless steel stand to tend a row of small clay oil lamps with a dark clay bowl placed among them. Behind him a bare-chested priest in orange cloth and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti watch, a uniformed police officer stands at the right edge, and a woman in a pink sari stands at the left. A man in a turquoise garment holds a plastic bag of offerings at the right foreground. Yellow barrier poles stand in the lower left. Attendees are arranged around an outdoor ritual setting with corrugated metal behind.2012-07-23December 12 20172017-12-12July 23 20122012-07-23A ritual scene under a white canopy with coconuts arranged on leaf plates covered in cloths of blue, purple, green and red, with marigold petals and offerings. A bald man in an orange-saffron robe and an orange-brown shawl holds a brass plate with a flame, while a man in a dark red-maroon robe with a red turban and rudraksha mala holds the flame plate beside a woman in orange robes with a white garland. Other men in orange robes, white dhotis and turbans stand around, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and gold necklace stands at the left. A camera on a tripod is visible at the right edge, and a smoky haze fills the air.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13