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May 24 20172017-05-24A man in a red-orange saffron cloth wrapped over his bare upper body performs an aarti at night beside water, holding a brass bell in his left hand and waving a lit brass oil lamp with a visible flame and smoke with his right. A gold beaded necklace hangs at his chest. Behind him, a white-clad person stands in the dark. To the right, a platform is draped with bands of marigolds and garlands in purple, orange, yellow and pink, with a blue-and-gold cloth at its base. A brass plate with flowers sits at left. The man's distinctive adornments are visible but his identity is not established by appearance, so he is described by role as a priest performing aarti.2011-12-22December 19 20162016-12-19Night photo of a temple-side Deepam ceremony at a large open-air stage with a water-filled pool. A bare-chested man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange dhoti with gold borders and a white sash over his shoulder, faces away from the camera and holds up a tall multi-tiered brass lamp with several lit flames while ringing a small handbell. Ornamental red-orange beaded bracelets are on his wrists and white sacred markings on his arms. In front of him a golden throne-like seat with a red cloth stands on a red-draped platform, and a dark stone shivalinga-style structure with a yellow cloth is behind it. Strings of lights decorate the tiers, a crane-mounted camera overhead, and a large crowd of seated devotees fills the stands. a person: long swept-back hair, orange ornamental clothing and beaded wrist malas are visible cues for the lamp-holder.2016-12-12February 26 20172017-02-26December 19 20162016-12-19February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large black Shiva lingam wrapped with a garland of white jasmine and red-and-yellow flowers, with a silver band at its base. On a metal staircase platform to the left, a man in a red-orange turban with a white flower emblem, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace holds a lit flame, performing aarti. Another person in orange cloth sits beside him, and brass vessels and kalashas are stacked on the steps below. The man's long-hair and ornament cues are not clearly visible here, so identity is uncertain. Two people are visible.2016-12-08November 29 20112011-11-29November 15 20172017-11-15November 29 20112011-11-29February 26 20172017-02-26