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May 21 2006

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A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at the right, long dark hair swept back, holding a silver bowl and an ornate silver arati lamp with a lit flame over a group of seated devotees. Several seated women in saris, shawls and jewellery sit with hands pressed in anjali, while men stand against a white wall behind them with framed landscape art and hanging greenery. The scene is an arati offering inside a meeting hall. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace is performing the arati, which fits the page's description of Maha Arathi.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A photograph of a ritual arati in an indoor hall. A standing figure in an orange saffron robe, long dark swept-back hair, a red tilak mark, gold ornamental necklaces and bangles holds a lit flaming camphor lamp in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Seated and standing devotees fill the room, many with hands folded in prayer, some in white and colourful saris, some wearing rudraksha malas. Framed devotional paintings and flower garlands decorate the walls. Probable Swamiji is the central figure performing the arati; the orange robe, long hair, gold necklaces and bangles are the qualifying cues.2006-05-21September 09 20122012-09-09A photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain room with cream walls, a blue-lit ceiling and flower garlands on the walls. In the right foreground a man with long dark hair and a red forehead mark wears an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace and rudraksha mala, holding a silver aarti lamp with lit oil lamps aloft in one hand and a small silver bell in the other, performing a maha arati. Behind and beside him, men in white shirts stand near the wall, and a large seated audience of about twenty people, many women in saris and salwar, sits on the floor facing him. Framed devotional paintings hang on the walls.2006-05-21August 01 20082008-08-01March 10 20132013-03-10September 09 20122012-09-09A photograph at night of a man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with ornate gold beads, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass handbell in the other. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and a gold bracelet on his upper arm, and he smiles while facing slightly to the side. a person by appearance, given the long swept hair, orange clothing and rudraksha with gold adornments, performing an aarti-style lamp offering. Behind him, a second person in orange cloth is partly visible, and a brass plate sits at the bottom edge.2013-03-10A standing man in an orange saffron wrap and a long gold-bead necklace holds a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other during an aarti in a room with framed landscape paintings and flower garlands. He has long swept-back dark hair, a red forehead mark and bare arms. Seated devotees in white, saffron and purple saris and kurtas, many with palms pressed together, fill the floor, and a man in a striped shirt films beside a tripod-mounted camera. Several people stand in the background along the wall. The appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable), based on the long hair, saffron wrap, gold necklace and ceremonial aarti action.2006-05-21A man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and wrap, with a gold-bead necklace of ceremonial gold beads and a red bindi and white tilak marks on his forehead, holds a silver oil lamp with a bright flame and a ringing bell-like handle in his right hand while his eyes are closed in devotion. Smoke drifts around him against a dark background with a blue-and-yellow painted pillar and a tent canopy above. Swamiji (probable): the long hair, saffron wrap and ceremonial gold necklace match the appearance cues; he is performing a lamp offering during the ritual.2010-02-12A man with long dark hair and a small red forehead mark stands at night holding a lit oil lamp in his left hand and a silver handbell in his right. He wears an orange-saffron garment and a dense layered necklace of gold beads and rudraksha-style red-orange beads. A second person in orange is partly visible at the right edge. Dark background with a metal roof above. Appearance-based label: a person, presenting in ceremonial saffron with rudraksha mala and gold beads, performing lamp and bell worship.2013-03-10