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September 14 2006

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A man seen from behind wearing a white turban wrapped with a maroon cloth, an orange shawl over white clothes, holds a brass lamp with a large open flame toward a deity murti decorated with white and yellow garlands. A microphone stands in front of him. Flower arrangements of pink and yellow blossoms and marigolds surround the murti.2006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14September 14 20062006-09-14April 14 20182018-04-14A shirtless priest with a red-and-purple headcloth and a white dhoti bends forward holding a brass lamp with a large flame, performing aarti before a flower-decked deity murti. The murti is draped in a pink-and-gold silk cloth, with a garland of marigolds and white flowers and a gilded arched prabhavali behind it. Other lamps sit on the floor in front. Two cameramen with cameras stand behind the priest, and a second robed attendant stands in the background. The setting is a temple with warm light and a visible smoke haze.2016-12-12A photograph of a temple ritual centred on a flower-decorated shrine arch with a flaming fire lamp at its heart. A bare-chested priest in a purple headcloth, seen from behind on the left, holds his hands near the flame. In the foreground, three decorated kalasha pots with bright yellow and red marigold garlands, green mango leaves, coconut halves and a palm-leaf topped lid sit on a pink cloth. Red, white and yellow flower garlands drape the arched shrine behind them. Only the priest is physically visible, so this is a puja or aarti scene rather than a crowd.2018-04-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a priest performing an aarti with a flaming lamp during an evening ritual. He wears a cream-coloured turban and a white dhoti or shawl, with rudraksha beads and red-and-white bracelets on his wrists, and holds a lit oil lamp over a deity murti decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red rose garlands. Smoke and haze surround the scene against a dark background, and a silver offering vessel sits in the lower foreground. The visible person is a priest officiating the ritual, not an identified individual.2013-11-07June 23 20172017-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine at night. In the foreground, a priest with a red head cloth and bare torso wears a white dhoti with an orange-and-blue border and a rudraksha-style necklace; he holds a lit multi-wick camphor aarti lamp over a floral offering. A second priest in white dhoti bends beside him over a tray of flowers, fruit and red powder. Behind them, a deity murti stands in a gilded arch decorated with garlands, with lamps and brass stands around it. Coloured fairy lights hang across the upper walls. At left, several people in orange-red garments stand with hands folded, and a figure in white rests in the frame; the aarti is a ritual lamp offering.2017-05-26A photo of a temple ritual in an evening setting. A man in orange saffron robes with the head and shoulders draped in an orange cloth stands on the left, holding a large brass oil lamp with a tall open flame and a looped cord or wick handle. Behind him hangs a red cloth and a carved stone pillar. On the right, a deity murti is heavily decorated with garlands of yellow and red marigolds and green leaves, with gold ornaments visible. Brass lamps and a small brass vessel stand on the ledge in front of the garlands.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA priest in white dhoti with a red turban-like cloth and a rudraksha-style garland bends over a homa fire, pouring offerings into flames rising from a fire pit. Marigold and white flower garlands and fruit sit on a tray before the fire. Behind, a shrine holds deity murtis draped in flower garlands, lit by string lights and a candle. A second person in orange robes stands at left, and another figure is partly visible at right. The scene is a homa or yagna ritual.2017-05-26October 03 20142014-10-03