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October 03 20142014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03Outdoor evening ritual on a raised open platform beneath palm trees, with a tall ornate copper pillar behind. A man seated on an orange throne-like chair with a white headband and a red-orange robe, wearing a white garland, raises one arm and holds marigold petals, appearing to bless the gathering. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a pink turban and a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala presses his palms together. In the foreground, several shaven-headed young boys in red, blue, purple and green cloths sit facing the platform, and a standing attendant in an orange-gold dhoti with a lit oil lamp stands at right. A crowd of devotees in orange and white watches from behind, with a camera on a stand visible at left.2014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03Night photo of an outdoor ritual on stone steps. A young man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a white forehead tilak, rudraksha mala and white arm markings, holds up a burning aarti flame toward a seated figure. That figure sits on a red and gold throne-style chair, wearing a dark maroon robe, with hands raised in a namaskar gesture. Several devotees in orange sit in the foreground, and a brass lamp stand is visible at left. Smoke drifts in the dark background.2013-11-04October 02 20142014-10-02Outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard with red-painted buildings and orange-and-gold banners. In the foreground a young man in an orange-red robe with a gold-bordered cloth and a red-orange shawl holds a brass oil lamp with a flame toward a group of seated children in orange robes with white forehead markings. Behind him, several adults in red and orange robes and beaded malas stand watching. On the right, a man in a red robe with a garland and beaded necklace sits in an orange armchair on a raised platform, with fruit and a covered metal dish nearby. A metal altar table holds red flowers and a small vessel, and a woman in red sits at its edge with devotees in the lower right corner.2014-10-02Night outdoor ritual on a striped woven mat before a red and gold throne. A man in rust-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala stands at left, gazing upward, a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him a kneeling man in orange with an orange shawl and mala holds his hands together. A bald man in orange dhoti and shawl, with white tilak on his forehead, stands barefoot at centre-right holding a brass aarti lamp with a flaming wick. Seated devotees in red and white watch, some with hands folded in namaste, and a child in white kneels at lower right. A red flower petal lies on the mat.2013-07-19Outdoor evening ritual at night with a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and a long orange shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace, raising a lit aarti lamp high in his right hand while holding a small brass bell in his left. Seated devotees in white and colourful clothes, many with hands in anjali, fill blue and green plastic chairs in the audience behind him, and a brass oil lamp rests on the ground in front. Strings of lights and draped white cloth decorate the background. This is an aarti being performed for the seated audience.2012-10-17A photograph of an evening ritual at night with smoke and a bright flame. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a gold beaded necklace holds a silver aarti lamp with a large flame in his right hand and a small bell in his left, speaking as he performs the ritual. Behind him, several people in white and yellow garments and one in red stand or sit, some with hands folded in prayer. Banana leaves and palm fronds frame the scene at the left and top right.2009-09-25