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Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with red-painted buildings and palm trees behind. A shaved-headed man in rust-red robes with a gold-bordered cloth holds a copper vessel aloft with his right arm while standing beside a fire pit. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala and red wrist threads stands with hands folded. Seated on an orange throne-like chair at right is a man in rust-red robes with gold trim, wearing white and orange flower garlands, hands resting in his lap. Behind him a priest holds a bell, and a brass pot and offerings sit near the fire. Yellow and red ceremonial banners hang from a red frame overhead. A homa or yagna offering is in progress; people in orange and maroon sit on the ground at left. The seated man has no distinctive appearance cues beyond garlands and throne, so identity is uncertain.

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Outdoor ceremony under a red-framed pavilion with coloured cloth streamers hanging at right. A young man in rust-red robes with a gold-edged sash and a rudraksha mala raises one arm high while holding an orange-and-yellow cloth above his head. To his left stands a young man in white dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala, wearing glasses and an arm band. Seated on an orange throne-like chair at right is a man in orange-red robes with a gold garland and rudraksha beads, his hands folded in his lap. A woman in a dark top stands behind. Several seated devotees in saffron and orange clothes sit at lower left. Tiles and palm trees form the background.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02Outdoor ritual under a red-framed corrugated shelter with a loudspeaker. A standing priest in rust-orange and gold-bordered robes, with a shaved head, waves an orange cloth over a brass lamp and offerings on a golden platform, where a small fire burns. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl wears a rudraksha mala and holds his hands together. Behind, a figure seated in an orange throne-like chair wears a red-and-orange robe and garland. Devotees in orange and red sit on the ground in rows, and several women in orange sit at the lower left tending brass vessels and a flower-decorated tray.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02Outdoor ceremony under an open pavilion with red-painted walls and an orange-cushioned throne chair. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a rudraksha-style garland of yellow-orange flowers and saffron-red cloth edged in gold, sits on the throne with hands folded. Swamiji (probable) based on the swept-back hair, flower garland and saffron-red robe with gold borders; he is seated on the throne as the central figure. In front, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-red cloth with gold borders stands holding a lit oil lamp or arati flame over a low offering table with orange flowers. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge, and a woman in a red sari sits at the right near the throne. A framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure rests on a gold-trimmed side table draped with cloth.2014-10-02A seated man in a maroon-red robe sits on an orange-cushioned chair under an open-sided pavilion with orange and yellow hangings. He wears a gold-bead mala with dark beads, a sandalwood or kumkum mark on his forehead, and his hands rest together in his lap. Beside him on the left, a young man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark rudraksha-style mala looks upward; he wears red-rimmed glasses. A third person in red-brown cloth stands at the right edge. a person is seated on the throne-like chair in a maroon robe with ornate gold-and-bead garlands, a distinctive ceremonial presentation, while the figure beside him is a devotee in white. Orange walls and a red pillar frame the satsang setting.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A temple-courtyard ritual photograph. A shaved-headed young priest in an orange-red dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl bends forward over a brass platter, pouring from a silver vessel near a small oil lamp with flame. Behind him another priest in white dhoti stands beside a tall, ornate brass lamp and a gold-edged wooden stage. Seated on a plush orange throne at right is a man with long swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-red robe with gold borders and a gold-and-red garland, hands folded. Attendants in orange and red robes sit or stand nearby, and women in white and red saris watch. Flowers, silver bowls, a kalasha-like vessel and marigold garlands are arranged on the platter. Red buildings and green foliage fill the background. This appears to be a puja or abhishekam setting.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02August 28 20152015-08-28