A young male priest in a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow sash stands outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with a red tilak on his forehead. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and extends a brass handbell in the other, performing a ritual offering in a leafy setting. - Nithyanandapedia

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A young male priest in a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow sash stands outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with a red tilak on his forehead. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and extends a brass handbell in the other, performing a ritual offering in a leafy setting.

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A man in a white collared shirt and a white dhoti with a yellow sash stands outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. He wears a red vermilion dot on his forehead and holds a lit oil lamp in his left hand and a brass handbell in his right, performing a ritual. Golden bangles are on his wrist. Green leaves fill the background.

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A photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in a white dhoti-style garment with a yellow shawl and a tilak on his forehead holds a lit brass aarti lamp up toward the tree with one hand while ringing a small handbell with the other. The flame glows orange against the green foliage, and a white stone platform lies at the base of the tree.

A man in white ritual dress stands outdoors before a leafy tree, performing aarti. He wears a white turban with gold border, a white dhoti-style garment with gold edging draped over his shoulder, and a long white and gold shawl. A garland of white flowers with red and teal stripes hangs across his chest, with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. He lifts a large brass aarti lamp with multiple flames in his right hand while ringing a brass handbell with his left. Behind him, a crowd of devotees with folded hands watches.

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A young male priest in white ritual dress with gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a cream and gold patterned turban, stands on a dirt ground holding a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in his cupped right hand while his left hand is raised beside it. He wears a beaded necklace and bangles, with a tilak mark on his forehead. Behind him, other people in white and yellow garments stand in a line, and a blue banner hangs on a fence. No candidate is identifiable as a person by the cues required, so the figure is treated as a priest.

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Photograph of two men in white ritual clothes with yellow shawls performing an aarti. The man in front, on the right, holds a brass bell in his right hand and a flaming lamp in his left, with a red tilak on his forehead and gaze turned to the side. Behind him, a large green banana leaf and a white doorway with a red decorative motif form the backdrop. On the left, a second man holds a lit oil lamp in a metal dish and wears a red-brown mala. A third flame appears at the right edge.