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Night outdoor ritual photo with a large brass oil lamp burning with bright flames in the foreground on a white platform scattered with yellow marigold petals. A bald man with a saffron/orange shawl and tilak on his forehead sits at left holding a small brass bowl and a microphone is in front of him. Behind him a man in a white garment holds a microphone and gestures, and a woman in red sits near. At right an older man in white sits beside a decorated altar with garlands and a framed deity image or murti. A saffron-and-gold patterned cloth backdrop and a tall wooden pole are visible.

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September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03Evening ritual scene in a hall. A standing figure in a draped saffron-orange cloth, with long wavy shoulder-length hair, holds a small metal bell in one hand and extends the other hand toward a lit flame. Beside him a seated attendant in orange holds a burning oil lamp on a wooden stand, with bright flame. Another attendant in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at the lower left. Behind them, people in white sit on the floor near a blank white easel board and a dark backdrop with a decorated altar area.2006-08-22Blurred photo of a stage event with several saffron-robed figures seated behind a microphone stand and water bottles. A man in orange robes and a draped orange shawl with a bald head speaks into the microphone at centre. To the left, a figure in an orange turban and robes sits partly visible. Right, a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robes with long dark hair sits near the edge. Behind them are gold-green ornate chair backs and draped white and silver curtains, with a bright light at upper right.2007-12-30Outdoor ceremony under a white canopy with marigold garlands hanging along the back. A group of saffron-robed sannyasis stands around a tall brass aarti lamp topped with a figure of a deity, its flames lit and smoke rising, with pink and yellow flower garlands wrapped around its base. On the right, a bald man in saffron robes and rudraksha mala holds a small object near the flame. Next to him, a bearded older man in saffron robes with a white beard stands with his hands folded. A man in a saffron-yellow turban stands at the far left, and bare-chested attendants and others in saffron stand behind the lamp. A person in white clothing is partly visible at the right edge. Ritual puja setting.2007-08-09Evening ritual in a hall with a large fire lit in a metal fire pit or lamp stand. A standing man with long, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and holds a small metal vessel in one hand while raising the other arm toward the flame. Beside him, a younger man in orange cloth with a dark cord looks toward the fire, and a seated man in orange sits at left. Several seated people in white and orange clothing are visible in the background near a person playing a stringed instrument. A woven orange banner hangs on the left and right walls and a large circular decorative piece is on the wall behind. Visible people: about five.2006-08-22August 09 20072007-08-09A photograph of a ritual scene with three men seated on the floor in a hall. The nearest man in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a red border and holds a small brass oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, a bald man in a saffron-orange robe lifts a lit brass lamp and a burning wick, with smoke rising. A third man in a saffron robe sits further back, partly hidden, holding a lit lamp toward the group. On a red tray in the lower left are brass plates, a small brass lamp and a brass vessel. Blurred figures in orange and red clothing sit in the background, with warm lights and a laptop on a blue table at left.2011-01-21A nighttime photograph of a stage event with several seated men in saffron-orange robes. In the foreground a man in an orange turban and orange shawl sits beside a golden ornate chair and speaks toward a microphone on a stand. Behind him another man in orange robes and turban sits close by, with a bald, bespectacled man in the background. A bright stage light glows above a white draped canopy, and a small white dove logo appears at the top left.2007-12-30Night ritual photograph with a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head cloth, a white tilak on his forehead and a gold bead necklace, holding a brass tray of yellow flowers and offerings. Behind him stands a dark deity murti beside a red and gold patterned cloth, and banana leaves hang overhead with string lights. Brass oil lamps with lit flames stand in the foreground. At left, a person in white holds a lamp, and pineapples sit in woven baskets at right, consistent with a puja or aarti.2009-09-26A standing man in an orange-saffron drape, with shoulder-length wavy dark hair and a bare upper torso, holds a small silver ritual bowl or lamp in one hand and gestures with the other near a flame. Beside him, a fire or lamp burns on a metal stand, and seated figures in orange and white clothing sit on the floor behind a wooden railing. Behind them are a blank white easel board and a dimly lit stage with framed decorations. The scene suggests a ritual or fire ceremony in an indoor hall at night.2006-08-22