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A photograph of an outdoor riverside ritual on a pink-and-white concrete platform with blue-and-white striped pillars, with pale rocky riverbank stones behind. A man with long dark hair and an orange ribbed long-sleeved top, wearing a gold-toned bead necklace, holds a small shallow metal cup or bowl raised above the head of a seated person in an orange shawl with dark hair, facing away from the camera. Brass vessels, a brass plate, a small lamp and a wooden box sit on the platform. In the background at right, an older woman in an orange shawl sits. Several people are visible, so the scene is a small gathering.

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Outdoor ritual on a stone platform beside a river with pale rocky banks. A man with long dark swept-back hair and an orange knit top sits cross-legged on a leopard-print mat, holding a brass plate of ash or offerings with a red dot on his forehead. Beside him a second man in orange robes sits with his back turned, wearing a rudraksha mala. Brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot and incense sticks in a holder sit on the ledge; marigold garlands lie in a bowl nearby. Other orange-clad people sit in the background and a standing spectator watches at right. This appears to be a puja or river ceremony at the Gangotri ghat.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor ritual at a riverside shelter with blue-and-white striped poles and a blue canopy, near a rocky Himalayan riverbank. A central figure in orange robes, long dark hair, rudraksha mala and a gold pendant holds a small brass lamp (aarti) over a fire pit with burning flames and a bowl of offerings. Below him, a devotee with bowed head and folded hands in orange kneels. Behind them, several people in orange and white sit and stand, some with orange turbans and shawls, while a man in white and orange holds a staff-like ceremonial rod. A small metal deity murti with a decorated arch sits near the fire, and strands of rudraksha beads lie in the foreground. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the central figure with long hair, rudraksha mala and gold pendant performing the aarti.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 24 20062006-05-24May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor puja on a riverside platform beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank at Gangotri. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and long dark-beaded rudraksha malas sits in a saffron-orange robe, smiling and holding a silver bell and a small flame over a brass tray. Nearby stands a silver kalasha-style vessel and a brass lamp with incense smoke rising. In the background, a row of people in saffron and orange shawls sit on rocks and steps, several with hands joined. A dark-clothed man sits at the far right edge. An ornate metal murti with an arched frame sits in the lower left. Blue-and-white striped pillars frame the scene.2006-05-27A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair sits on a wooden chair at an outdoor homa fire pit lined with white-painted brick. The figure holds a brass bowl and a silver ladle over the fire altar, with marigold petals scattered on the bricks. A microphone on a stand stands beside, and a second person in white clothing and an orange cloth on the left holds a long wooden staff. Brass pots, a small brass lamp, a red flower and bundles of sticks lie on the blue mat. The description carries a person cue: the robe is saffron and the hair is long and swept back, and the figure is leading the ritual. The scene is an outdoor fire ritual.2006-09-21 +1 copiesMay 27 20062006-05-27January 22 20082008-01-22Outdoor photo beside a river bank where a fire burns in a metal bowl at left. A man with short hair and a rudraksha mala of many beads across his chest, wearing an orange-red robe with a gold-yellow edge, extends his hand over a silver kalasha-style vessel on a tray of red flowers and white petals, part of a homa setting. A red and gold embroidered cloth covers the table. Behind him, a second man in orange robes stands near the water, with a power line and trees beyond. The person's appearance does not clearly match distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2014-03-24Outdoor photograph at a riverside ghat beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank, with a blue-and-white striped pillared canopy in the foreground. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a small bell and a brass dish with a lit oil lamp, sits smiling under the canopy. Probable Swamiji (saffron robes, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, seated ceremonial role) leads a small puja at a shrine with a brass arch, rudraksha beads, incense smoke and a small deity murti. Behind, about two dozen seated devotees in orange shawls and white clothing sit with palms pressed together in prayer on stone steps and the riverbank.2006-05-27