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Outdoor ritual at a white stepped shrine topped with a dark stone deity murti garlanded with orange and yellow marigold garlands. A seated figure in a saffron-orange shawl sits on a fire-circle platform before the shrine, with a kalasha-like brass vessel nearby. Two seated attendants in white clothing, one with an orange sash, hold a black umbrella decorated with a smiling yellow bee face. Another seated person in white and yellow sits in the background, with ash-marked ground, scattered petals and mats. The seated figure in orange has a distinctive saffron shawl and no visible crown or mala, so the appearance is uncertain and the role is a sannyasi-like devotee.

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July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his head and body sits cross-legged on bare earth inside a circular ring of grey ash, a brass kalasha vessel placed before him. Behind him rises a white stepped pedestal topped with a dark stone murti garlanded with red and yellow flower malas. To the left, a woman in white and another in a yellow-scarfed cream outfit sit at the ash rings, and woven mats lie on the right.2010-07-21Outdoor photograph of a sannyasi seated cross-legged in a saffron-orange robe and matching head covering, with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in meditation, on a circular raised platform inside a ring of grey ash in a dirt courtyard. A brass kalasha sits before him. Behind him stands a white stepped pedestal topped by a black Nandi bull statue draped in red and yellow marigold garlands, with a black shivalinga on a stone base to the right. To the right, a second man in white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl sits in meditation beside a small smoke rising from a fire-pit ring, and another seated man in white with a yellow shawl appears at the edge. Green trees and palms surround the courtyard.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 21 20102010-07-21Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard. A man in a saffron-orange robe and matching head wrap sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular fire pit of ash, hands folded, a small brass vessel placed before him. Around him, several people in white clothes sit in similar circular fire pits, some wearing yellow or red shawls and rudraksha malas. A standing man in white with a red shawl and a long-haired man in white with a yellow shawl stand to the left beside a black stone Nandi figure garlanded with orange and white flowers under an orange canopy. Palm trees and flowering shrubs frame the background.2010-07-09Outdoor photo of several people seated on bare sandy ground in a ritual setting, with small black fire pits of ash and charcoal scattered around them. In the foreground a figure in an orange robe with a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a low platform beside a brass kalasha, the face mostly hidden by a hood. Beside him a young man in white with a yellow shawl sits on the ground in meditation posture. Behind them a woman in white with a red-orange shawl sits among the pits, and a black stone deity murti stands on a white plinth draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. A person in white stands under a black umbrella in the background, and a corrugated wall and thatched shed frame the scene.2010-07-22July 21 20102010-07-21July 09 20102010-07-09Outdoor ashram scene in a palm-lined courtyard. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in front of a small brass lamp on a circular ash-filled pit. Behind a white plinth stands a dark stone Nandi bull garlanded with orange and white flowers, shaded by an orange-fringed umbrella. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with red and orange trim stands at left holding a stick. A long-haired man in white kurta with a yellow shawl stands centre-right. Three to four seated devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit with palms joined at right, each before a small ash circle. Wet paved ground in the foreground.2010-07-09June 18 20102010-06-18