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Outdoor dusk scene with a large fire burning above a wooden log or pyre-like offering on a table draped with a blue cloth and heaped with red and orange flower garlands. Palm trees stand behind. In the foreground at right, a person in a brown head wrap and bead necklace is seen from behind. Several people in white and red clothing stand watching, one holding a camera on a tripod and a laptop screen glows on the table. A small oil lamp burns at the left edge among scattered petals.

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November 17 20132013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesOutdoor evening ritual at a temple-style courtyard. A man with bare upper body, red-and-gold turban-style headwear, red and white garlands and gold armlets holds a flaming torch to a large bronze vessel filled with fire and heaped with red and yellow flower garlands. Behind him, a red-cushioned throne-like seat sits under a white and gold parasol. Dozens of people in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha beads crowd the scene, several blowing long brass horns, while others raise hands and cameras. Palm trees and a tiled building frame the background, and red flower petals lie on the stone steps at right.2013-11-17 +1 copiesEvening outdoor photo of a large ceremonial fire rising from a bronze vessel garlanded with red and pink flowers, set on a blue cloth-covered platform. A figure in a rust-orange and gold-banded dhoti, with an orange head wrap, orange-red beaded garland and gold armbands, holds a hand near the flames, seated or standing before a red-cushioned throne-like chair under a silver ceremonial parasol. Around them stand many people in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas, some with palms joined, plus white-clad priests and a figure in a tall ornate headdress. Long brass horns and ceremonial trumpets are raised on the right, and palm trees and foliage fill the background.2013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17Outdoor evening ritual at an ashram courtyard. A large brass bowl filled with red and yellow flowers holds a tall flame. A man with a long red-and-gold garland and a gold-banded red headpiece stands at left, reaching toward the fire beside a red velvet-cushioned throne. Behind him a white ceremonial umbrella with silver fringe is visible. Ashram devotees in saffron and orange robes line the scene, many with hands folded, and several long brass horns are raised at right. Stone steps and palm trees surround the scene, with a deity murti partly visible at far right. The image is a photograph.2013-11-17 +1 copiesEvening outdoor ritual in a palm-lined garden during a Karthigai Deepam-style flame offering. A central figure with a bare chest, a red-and-gold turban-style headwear, a red garland and a gold necklace holds a lamp beside a large bronze vessel of flame. Large red and yellow flower garlands drape the vessel and a blue cloth covers a nearby platform. Behind him a white-clad attendant with a mala stands to the left, and several men and women in saffron and orange robes stand near a white ceremonial umbrella. A tall flame rises from the vessel while a crowd with raised hands and phones watches from the right. A brass ceremonial staff is visible at the right edge.2013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copies