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November 14 2005

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2002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01Night photograph of a homa fire pit built from white-washed brick, with bright flames rising from the centre. Around it stand about a dozen devotees, mostly women, dressed in white and cream sarees and kurtas with some wearing saffron-coloured shawls. Several hold small brass plates and offering dishes, and one woman in a pale yellow saree reaches toward the fire while holding a plate of offerings. A man in white shirt and dark trousers stands at the left edge.2006-12-17December 31 20082008-12-31A woman in a white sari with a gold-bordered edge stands on a woven mat in an open-sided pavilion, raising a brass lamp and a small brass vessel in both hands during a ritual. She wears a dark beaded necklace. Behind her, two women in yellow and orange saris stand near a low red wall, and a woven mat and a tray of offerings rest on a table at left. Greenery, a garden and a parked car are visible beyond the open sides of the structure.2006-11-20December 27 20092009-12-27April 04 20082008-04-042002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01 +1 copiesApril 04 20082008-04-04Outdoor ritual on grass beside a cluster of onlookers. A young priest in saffron robes and an orange turban, with a flower garland, sits cross-legged on a striped mat and places yellow and red flowers on a stone platform. A brass kalasha and a raised stone with a cobra-hooded carving are garlanded with marigolds, and a small plate of offerings sits in front. Seated devotees beside him include a bearded man in white, a woman in a white sari with a red bindi, and a man with palms joined in namaskar, while others stand behind in white and grey clothing.2002-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor cremation ritual on open grassland. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and an orange saffron dhoti stands barefoot on the edge of a smouldering ash pit ringed with bricks, holding a small brass vessel. Seated on the left, a group of women and a boy in white and blue saris watch quietly. To the right, a man in a white dhoti bends over a steel pot and bottles of liquid set on a bamboo rod, while standing men and children watch beside a silver SUV and a white van.2005-11-14April 04 20082008-04-04Outdoor evening ritual at a rural ashram setting under palm trees and hanging string decorations. A yellow-painted square fire pit or homa altar sits at the centre, decorated with pink flower petals, with brass lamps, a metal vessel and banana and fruit offerings nearby. Two people in white clothes sit at the front, one wearing a rudraksha mala and another in white with a shaved head and rudraksha mala, both seated cross-legged near the altar. A woman in white with a long braid speaks into a microphone on a stand at the front right, while another woman in white with a braid sits beside the altar. Behind them a large seated crowd of men, women and children in colourful saris, shirts and dresses watches on white plastic chairs and mats.2007-10-01