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December 14 2011

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Outdoor photograph of a man performing aarti with a silver lamp flame beside a deity shrine decorated with colourful garlands. He has long dark hair in a bun, bare upper arm, and wears a purple garment with a red-and-gold bordered wrap, with rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. In his other hand he holds a silver bell. Blurred trees and dry ground fill the background, and red flowers lie at the lower left.2011-12-14December 14 20112011-12-14A man in a red and purple sacred garment performs an aarti with a silver lamp holding a flame, outdoors among trees. He wears layered rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists, and his hair is tied in a bun. Visible at left are colourful garlands and a red cloth near a deity murti, and smoke rises from the flame.2011-12-14December 17 20112011-12-17April 19 20082008-04-19December 18 20112011-12-18 +1 copiesA smiling person in the foreground holds a brass oil lamp with a tall orange flame and wisps of smoke in the outdoor air, with palm fronds blurred behind. The person wears a red-brown shawl over the shoulders, a dense necklace of wooden rudraksha-style beads, long garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, and gold bangles on the wrist, with a red-and-white tilak on the forehead. This is an appearance-based candidate; the face and clothing cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so it is labeled unsure.2013-04-14December 13 20112011-12-13February 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesA bare-chested young male priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl stands in profile against an overcast sky, holding a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame in his right hand while a rudraksha-style mala hangs at his neck. A white tilak mark is on his forehead. Behind him, a red wall and a colourful striped cloth on a rail are visible, with blurred trees beyond. The scene shows an evening aarti offering to a hill.2017-02-04A man with a tall dark turban-style hairstyle and a red tilak on his forehead stands outdoors among green foliage, holding a silver oil lamp with a large open flame. He wears multiple strands of red and white beaded malas, layered gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and a dark red-brown wrap over his bare upper body. Tree trunks and a blurred green background fill the setting.2016-07-19