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A tiered brass oil lamp (nilavilakku-style) with many lit wicks dominates the foreground, held up before a shrine. In the left foreground a shaved-headed man in white with a rudraksha mala is seen from behind. Behind the lamp, several people in white clothes with orange-saffron shawls sit in devotion. In the blurred background a golden-framed deity murti is decorated with flower garlands and seated on a red cushioned throne under a golden canopy. The scene is a temple aarti setting with warm golden light.2016-07-15A photograph from behind of a shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron robe with a gold trim, wearing a rudraksha mala, holding a lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with several flames. He faces a deity murti seated on a golden throne within a temple shrine, framed by a golden halo and strings of warm bokeh lights. Tall painted guardian figures in red and orange stand on either side of the shrine, and a few other people in white clothing are blurred at the edges. The scene suggests an evening aarti during worship in a temple.2013-01-28A shaven-headed priest in an orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, with rudraksha malas and white ash marks on his arms, stands with his back to the camera holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps. He faces a shrine doorway flanked by painted guardian figures in red dhotis. Inside, a framed portrait with a golden halo sits on an ornate gold throne. Bokeh string lights frame the doorway and a red carpet covers the floor.2014-06-03October 06 20142014-10-06October 12 20142014-10-12A photograph of a temple sanctum. In the foreground a bald man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a bead bracelet on his wrist holds a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit wicks, seen from behind. Two standing guardian figures with golden crowns and red-and-green sashes flank the entrance. A framed portrait with a gold frame sits within the shrine, and a seated person in white dhoti and shawl with a red thread sits at left, reading or chanting. Brass lamp stands line the walls and a red carpet covers the floor, with a string of small lights around the shrine doorway.2014-04-27October 06 20142014-10-06Temple aarti in progress: a shaved-headed priest with long dark hair, seen from behind, bare-backed and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha mala, holds a tall multi-tiered silver lamp with several flames aloft toward a golden deity murti seated on an ornate golden throne decorated with garlands. Flower-decorated fairy lights glow behind the deity. Painted pillars in red, green and blue flank the shrine, with a standing deity figure on the right. In the foreground, two musicians in orange clothes play wind instruments, one holding a long pipe to his mouth. Ash marks are visible on the priest's shoulders and back.2017-08-02November 07 20142014-11-07April 04 20142014-04-04A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange cloth with a gold-bordered shawl and rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamp wicks toward a shrine. Behind him, two painted guardian figures with multiple arms and gold crowns flank the doorway, and a dark shrine door hung with rows of rudraksha beads frames a deity murti draped in green and white flower garlands. Another person in orange sits near the shrine, and white horizontal vibhuti stripes mark the priest's upper arm. The scene is a temple aarti.2014-11-28April 04 20142014-04-04