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July 16 2006

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September 26 20092009-09-26June 04 20062006-06-04July 07 20092009-07-07November 27 20062006-11-27July 17 20062006-07-17Evening outdoor ritual under a corrugated roof decorated with hanging colourful paper umbrellas and tassels. A golden throne with red cushions and a multicoloured fringed canopy holds a large framed portrait of a figure in a red turban with rudraksha beads, hands folded. A standing priest with long braided hair, white body markings and a crimson-trimmed orange dhoti holds a bell and a ritual implement beside a fire pit with flames and offerings of plantain leaves and decorated pots. A second orange-clad man at right speaks into a microphone while wearing a garland. Kneeling at right, another man in orange performs worship near brass lamps. A row of women and men in orange and green saris and robes stands with palms pressed together behind the fire, with a camera operator at right.2016-11-06Night-time homa at an open-air pavilion decorated with orange, blue and gold draped fabric, green leaf festoons and banana plants. A man in saffron-orange robes with a red-and-gold shawl, rudraksha-style garland, gold necklace and tilak stands at a fire pit holding a bundle of long dried sticks upright over the altar. Two young men in white dhotis with yellow shawls stand behind him, one holding a silver tray of fruit and flowers. Seated devotees in orange, some with yellow shawls, face the altar from the foreground, and a brass oil lamp with a bird finial stands at right. a person (saffron robes, gold necklace, shaved head with tilak) presiding over the homa.2009-09-26Night-time outdoor ritual at dusk among palm trees. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth with gold border and a gold-beaded necklace, stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him are several men in orange robes with rudraksha-style garlands, also with hands folded. On the right a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a lit aarti lamp with flame and is accompanied by people in white. A brass plate with flowers lies at lower left. Behind, devotees in white and red clothing stand and one person holds up a camera. The scene suggests a deepam lamp ceremony.2010-11-21August 25 20172017-08-25Outdoor evening ritual at a homa or fire pit: a square yellow-bordered pit with ash and offerings sits in the foreground. A kneeling man in saffron-orange cloth with a dark pleated lower garment and bare-shouldered wrap tends it, while a figure in white dhoti kneels nearby. Two men in orange robes sit in orange padded chairs behind; the seated figure on the left wears an orange-red turban, rudraksha mala and a bead necklace. A standing man in white dhoti and red shawl, and a row of devotees in white with red shawls, face a decorated yellow vehicle holding a deity murti with marigold garlands. A cameraperson in white kneels at right filming. Seven or eight people are visible.2015-07-07A large open pavilion with a thatched palm-leaf roof and tall bamboo-like poles hung with leafy strands and orange streamers, filled with a crowd. In the foreground, a row of shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas, stand barefoot holding brass vessels. Behind them, men and women in white dhotis and sarees stand among ritual plates with brass lamps, leaves and offerings laid on woven mats. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films at left.2006-07-17Night-time outdoor photo at a ritual site on bare ground strewn with straw. A row of people stands in the foreground. On the left, a man in a striped shirt stands with arms folded beside a man in white dhoti and shirt. At centre, a figure in a bright orange-red saffron wrap and rudraksha mala stands with hands together, and a man in orange robes and a mala stands beside him. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds a tray or vessel and another man in orange with a rudraksha mala stands nearby. Several people in white clothes stand behind them under a strip of multicoloured prayer flags. Bright flash glare sits on the centre.2011-01-14