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Outdoor cremation-site ritual on an open grassy field with a dry red-earth clearing. In the foreground a large bed of grey ash and charred fragments lies inside a ring of stones, with a boulder at its edge and scattered pink-purple powder on the ground. Three seated men in saffron/orange robes sit on the grass behind small clay pots, brass lamps and offering vessels, with orange-tipped bamboo poles planted behind them. Three men in white dhotis and shirts crouch at the stone ring tending the ritual objects, while a man in a checked shirt stands at left holding a clay pot. Several other men in white stand in the background, and a white car and motorbike sit parked beyond the field under a hazy hillside.

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November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation-site ritual on open grass with a silver SUV parked behind. A man in a cream dhoti and shirt pours water from a brass vessel onto a blackened brick-ringed ash pit in the foreground, water streaming down onto the ashes. Beside him a line of men in white dhotis and shirts stand barefoot; a bearded man in white with a saffron-orange shawl stands second from left among them, but his appearance is not distinctive enough to identify him. A man in white squats at left by a steel vessel and terracotta pots sit at right. Red earth, scattered brick and clay pots complete the scene.2005-11-14November 14 20052005-11-14Outdoor cremation site on bare reddish earth beside a silver SUV. A man in white dhoti and shirt pours water from a brass vessel onto a bed of grey ash and charred remains ringed by bricks. Behind him a bearded man in white with an orange shawl stands among onlookers, including a young boy in a green uniform and a man in a pink shirt. Other men in white sit at the edges, with a metal pot and water bottle nearby.2005-11-14Outdoor photograph of a cremation-site ritual on a grassy field with a hill and trees behind. In the foreground a grey ash-and-charcoal pit is ringed with bricks. A woman in a peach-orange sari holds a small brass vessel and steps across the bricks, a small child in white clothes held at her side. Behind her two seated men in orange robes sit before small clay pots and offerings on the ground, and a bearded man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at left. At right a standing person in orange robes wears a long gold-and-beaded necklace. Orange-tipped bamboo poles stand in the field and a silver car is parked in the background.2005-11-14February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a monastic training homa at an open dirt courtyard. Several seated practitioners in white ritual clothes sit beside circular fire pits ringed with dark cow-dung cakes and flaming wood; the fires burn low with smoke rising. In the foreground, a young man in white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees. Two women in white with orange shawls sit at the nearest fire rings. Behind, a bearded man in white stands near a stack of bricks, another seated figure wears an orange shawl, and a silver SUV is parked in the background. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2006-08-17November 14 20052005-11-14August 17 20062006-08-17