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Brahmin priest Senthil tosses a flower garland into the waters of Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond) during ritual worship of Varuna, god of rain. Ramana Ashram president V.S. Ramanan (seated, center) looks on.
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Senthil (right) holds the brass tray with the camphor flame in his left hand as he ritually tosses flowers into Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond). V.S. Mani (left), Ashram manager, and V.S. Ramanan (center, in spectacles), the Ashram president, look on.
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V.S. Ramanan, Ashram president, (center) looks on as Brahmin priest Senthil perfoms arati (waving of sacred camphor flame) while immersed in the waters of Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond) during the ritual worship of Varuna, god of rain.
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Dipping a bunch of mango leaves into the brass water pot, Brahmin preist Senthil sprinkles consecrated water into the four directions during the ritual worship of Varuna, god of rain.
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Brahmin priest Senthil ceremoniously pours consecrated water from a decorated brass water pot into Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond) during ritual worship of Varuna, god of rain.
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Flowers float on the surface of Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond), ritually offered to Varuna, god of rain, during a special ceremony conducted to invoke more rains in midst of a monsoon that has been below-normal across many parts of India.
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Devotees gathered at the banks of Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond) at Sri Ramana Maharshi's ashram, to ritually worship and invoke the blessings of Varuna, the rain god.
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Devotees arriving in informal procession at the banks of Pali Tirtam (Milk Pond) at Sri Ramana Maharshi's ashram, bearing a pot of consecrated water that wil be ritually poured into the pond to invoke the blessings of Varuna, the rain god.
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Clarified butter (ghee) is poured into the sacred fire (homa) during worship of Varuna, god of rain, in Ramana Maharshi's Ashram, eliciting divine intervention for more rains in a below-normal monsoon season.
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Brahmin priest Senthil drops special offerings into the sacred fire during ritual worship of Varuna, god of rain, in Sri Ramana Maharsi's Ashram.
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Even as India faces drought and floods during an erratic monsoon across the nation, Brahmin priests at Ramana Maharshi's ashram perform Varuna Japa Homam, the ritual worship of Varuna the rain god to elicit his blessings of life-giving rain showers.
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