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Outdoor fire ritual at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a tall decorated kalasha-style pillar. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes, some in saffron or orange, sit on the ground behind red trays and red containers holding offerings, with leaves, plates of fruit and food nearby. A marigold-garlanded stone post stands in the foreground, and white shrine structures with flower garlands are behind. A man in white with a lanyard stands at the right edge. A white vehicle with a printed banner is parked at the right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

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December 26 20062006-12-26Outdoor ritual gathering at dusk in a courtyard lined with coconut palms. Several dozen seated participants in white dhotis and kurtas and yellow shawls sit on mats and small square patches in rows, facing a tall copper-coloured flagstaff or dhvaja stambha draped with a red and orange garland. Behind them stand an orange-painted raised platform, a white pedestal and a stone deity murti. In the foreground at left, a bald man wearing a saffron-orange robe sits on a mat, and a second saffron-robed figure sits near the centre. A marigold-filled brass or white vessel rests on a red pedestal at right. A signboard stands at left.2010-08-15A seated ritual gathering in an open-air courtyard before a shrine with a deity murti of a couple in red and gold garments with crowns and garlands, beside a tall dark pillar and a red sculpted altar with a black Nandi bull statue. In the foreground, a seated man in an orange robe and orange shawl sits by a square fire pit with brass kalasha pots topped with mango leaves and coconuts, plates and small lamps nearby. Many people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on striped mats, some standing in the background. The scene reads as a satsang or homa-style puja.2013-03-29December 24 20082008-12-24September 03 20072007-09-03October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 03 20142014-10-03Outdoor ritual on a raised stone platform before a decorated deity murti framed by a golden arch, with garlands of yellow, orange and green flowers and a sheet of flowing red cloth. A small fire burns in a pit with rising smoke in front of an altar. Saffron-robed sannyasis sit and stand on the platform, one holding a brass pot-like vessel and another with folded hands. On the right, an empty ornate red and gold throne stands beside a bald man in orange robes seated with an offering. A woman in a white dress on the left holds a lamp. Devotees sit on colourful striped mats in the foreground wearing white, saffron and yellow clothes, with a man in a striped shirt. The scene resembles a homa or puja. A ceremonial throne is present but unoccupied.2013-09-09August 18 20162016-08-18Outdoor gathering at an ashram courtyard with a hexagonal tiled floor, where a large seated crowd in white clothes faces a raised platform on the left. Several people in front wear white dhotis and kurtas and sit with palms pressed together in prayer or attentive listening. A cameraman in white stands at the upper left filming. On the left, a striped pink-and-green cloth covers a low platform with ritual items, beside a red-and-white painted pedestal. Palm trees, orange-roofed buildings and a black speaker with a blue top sit in the background, with a red-painted shrine structure behind the crowd.2010-12-22September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony on bare reddish earth beneath tall coconut palms, with a tarpaulin-covered shed at left. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in a bright orange sleeveless top sits with bare feet on an orange cloth and black cushion, seen from behind; beside them another seated figure wears orange robes. A large gold trident (trishul) stands upright at left, and a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, women in sarees in blue, purple and green, and a girl in white stand in an open ritual area. Some devotees carry small vessels near a shallow pit. Colourful hanging decorations appear at top right.2008-12-31