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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard. A bare-headed? no: a man with a long hair bun and white headband sits at the front on an ornate silver throne, back to the camera, facing a fire pit (homa/yagna) with flames and smoke rising. Brass lamps stand on the left beside a silver table with garlands and offerings, plates of food and a kalasha-like vessel. A monitor shows a close-up of a man with a white cloth wrap on his head. Behind, rows of people in saffron/orange robes sit on striped mats, and several people in white sit near the camera tripod and lights. Scene is a homa or satsang with a sannyasi-style presider.

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September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual gathering with a rectangular fire pit in the foreground where a fire burns and smoke rises, with cow-dung cakes stacked beside it. A seated figure with long dreadlocks, a white flower in the hair, a patterned headband and a reddish-brown wrap sits in a large ornate silver chair at the lower right, viewed from behind. Around the fire, several people in orange and saffron robes sit on striped mats, one holding a ritual item, and a crowd of devotees in orange clothing and garlands sits in rows behind them. A large screen shows a man in blue-and-saffron clothing, a golden throne stands at the upper left, and a green banner reads NITHYANANDA TV.2017-08-31April 16 20172017-04-16A night-time homa at an open-air ashram courtyard. In the foreground a fire burns in a square brick fire pit decorated with white painted geometric designs. Behind it a seated man in a rust-red robe, with a crown-like head covering, rudraksha-style beads and bangled arms, sits on a striped multicoloured cloth beside a metal microphone stand, offering trays of fruit and rice, copper pots and a silver-framed deity murti with flower garlands. Two shirtless men in orange-red dhotis stand behind him, and a woman in white with a garland, plus another person, stand at the left edge. A silver peetha with garlands sits at right. Whether the seated man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance; the cues are a crown, red robe and beads, but the image is uncertain.2017-09-07 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual on a striped multicoloured cloth with a square brick fire pit blazing at left, its walls painted with white designs. A seated man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with a silver-coloured headpiece and gold armbands sits on a raised silver-trimmed seat before a microphone stand, surrounded by brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, bowls, fruit, flower garlands and a silver shrine or throne with a small deity murti at right. Four people stand behind: two men in saffron cloth, one bare-chested with rudraksha, and two women in white saris at left. The scene reads as a homa or yagna with puja offerings. a person cues: ornate headdress, saffron-orange clothing and ceremonial adornments.2017-09-07 +1 copiesNight-time homa at an outdoor ashram setting. A square brick fire pit with a bright flame sits on a striped multicoloured cloth in the left foreground. Dozens of saffron-robed sannyasis, many wearing orange turbans, sit cross-legged in rows behind the fire. On the right, a seated man in red-orange robes, a patterned head wrap, a necklace and bangles sits on a silver-framed seat before a microphone, with brass pots, a kalasha-type vessel, a plate of offerings and a silver vahana figure in front of him. Several white-clad women stand at the back. a person is shown in ceremonial red robes, head wrap and bangles seated on a silver throne-like seat, leading the homa.2017-09-07 +1 copiesOctober 01 20172017-10-01September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual under a tent canopy. A large framed portrait of a figure in red robes, red head cloth and ornate silver-and-gem throne sits on a tiger-striped cushion, hands raised in a blessing gesture; the portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. Before the throne, a square yellow-edged fire pit (homa/yagna) burns with flames. Two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes sit at the right: one seated with a rudraksha mala and tilak-marked forehead, another in an orange turban holding a brass vessel and offering bowls. A standing sannyasi in orange and a brass oil lamp burning at left add to the scene. A garland of white and orange flowers rests on a silver seat, and a green-covered book with pink flowers lies on the striped mat.2017-10-01