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2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02July 23 20062006-07-23 +1 copies2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Outdoor ritual aarti at a large banyan tree. A man in an orange saffron wrap with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a rudraksha mala, holds a brass plate with a burning flame. Around him devotees stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A woman on the left wears a white sari with a red border and red and gold bangles. A bearded man in a white shirt holds a brass handbell while praying. Other devotees in white and cream clothes, several wearing glasses, stand close together under the tree's aerial roots.2006-07-232004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02December 07 20072007-12-07July 02 20042004-07-02Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in an orange saffron wrap, bare-shouldered, with long swept-back dark hair, a vertical sandalwood mark on the forehead and a long rudraksha mala down his chest, holds a brass aarti plate with a flame aloft, performing an aarti. Around him a crowd stands with hands folded in prayer: a woman in a white sari with a red border and red bindi, a man in white kurta with folded hands, and a man in white dhoti holding a brass bell.2006-07-232004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-022004-JUNE-032004-06-03Outdoor photo under large banyan trees at dusk. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a gold beaded necklace, holds a brass arati lamp with a burning flame toward the left, appearing to offer it in worship. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands and sits with hands joined in prayer; one man wears a rudraksha mala and a girl at right wears a white garment with red border. A man in the foreground with a camera is documenting the arati. The scene reads as an arati offering during a ritual gathering. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron robe, gold necklace) performing the arati; appearance-based label only.2005-12-31July 02 20042004-07-02 +1 copies