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November 17 2013

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Outdoor religious procession at dusk with a crowd of devotees in saffron-orange and white dhotis, many with white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. A bare-chested man in white dhoti holds a tall golden ceremonial staff topped with a lamp stand, while a man in white holds a silver tray with oil lamps burning on it. Another man in an ornate embroidered crown or cap and layered beaded necklaces holds a small bowl. Men and boys behind them blow long brass horns raised overhead. Rudraksha malas and garlands are visible, with a red-brick building and trees behind.2013-11-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a Karthigai Deepam style ritual at an ashram outdoors. In the centre, a young man in a plain brown-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a tall ornate crown-like headdress and layered beaded malas, holds a small lit oil lamp in both hands. Beside him, an attendant in orange cloth and malas holds a brass plate with a flame, and a figure in white dhoti with gold border and a turban stands at left. A man in a brown turban and white shirt with a lanyard films the scene with a handheld video camera on the right. Several young boys in saffron robes watch, and a red-brown temple structure with brass lamps and offerings appears at right.2013-11-17 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at dusk under a canopy. A seated figure on an ornate gold throne wears a maroon-and-red turban, a red-and-white flower garland, a gold chest ornament and a dark maroon garment. Beside him stands a bald priest in a saffron-orange dhoti holding a long staff, and at the right a priest in a white head covering and saffron-orange garments with rudraksha malas holds a lit oil lamp in a brass tray. Seated devotees in orange and saffron sit behind them, with a row of lit oil lamps on the floor at right and a deity shrine visible in the background.2015-11-25December 05 20142014-12-05April 28 20152015-04-28November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesDecember 29 20102010-12-29A crowd of seated devotees performs a lamp ritual indoors. In the foreground, shaved-headed men in saffron-orange cloth hold brass oil lamps with flames near their faces, wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. Behind them, men in white dhotis with gold borders sit with their hands joined or holding lamps, and boys in maroon and orange cloth fill the room. Small brass plates and offering items sit on mats. Several people are visible, roughly twenty or more, and no one is identified as a person.2013-01-17 +1 copiesNight outdoor aarti at an ashram. Several devotees in saffron and rust-red robes with gold borders stand in a row, raising lit oil lamps (aarti lamps) overhead toward a deity murti on a red-draped altar framed by an ornate gold arch. The leftmost man wears an orange turban and rings a hand bell, and another holds a plate of offerings. A woman in a red sari with gold border and a rudraksha mala holds a lamp at the right. Other people in white and red clothes sit behind, and a cameraman with a tripod films at the right edge. Potted plants line the floor, and incense smoke rises from the altar.2013-10-13Outdoor homa fire ritual under a corrugated metal shelter with steel beams and floral garlands hanging on the pillars. A flame burns in a shallow metal fire pit on the ground while a man in white dhoti and shirt tends it with a long iron rod. Nearby, a monk in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a gold-looking chain holds a metal bowl of offerings. Around them, devotees in white and orange saris and white dhotis stand closely watching the ritual. The scene is a homa or yagna ritual, and no one present is clearly identifiable as a person, so no identity claim is made.2013-07-13 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple of a bare-chested man in a dark red-brown robe and matching turban, holding a metal plate with a lit flame, performing an aarti-style offering. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron cloth and rudraksha beads stands with hands folded, and another in a dark maroon garment stands with palms joined. Behind them, shirtless men in white dhotis and a white-robed man with folded hands stand on stone steps by old stone pillars, with a tall silver-topped staff visible near the top right. A white-garbed man with a vermilion mark and white shawl on the left stands with palms pressed together. Ritual temple setting with oil flame and devotees.2018-04-29 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copies