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February 22 2017

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March 28 20172017-03-28November 29 20182018-11-29Photo 11709842 +2 copiesJanuary 08 20172017-01-08November 11 20182018-11-11Photo 11709799November 16 20152015-11-16November 20 20182018-11-20A young man stands in profile holding a tall ornate gold multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti lamp) with lit flames, raising it toward the left. He wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, with bare upper torso. Behind him a seated audience dressed in orange is blurred, and red curtains hang on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti being performed at an assembly.2017-07-20January 12 20172017-01-12November 22 20182018-11-22A shaved-headed young man in orange and maroon sannyasi cloth, bare-chested with a draped orange shawl, stands holding a brass multi-wick aarti lamp lit with flames in his right hand and a silver handbell in his left. Rudraksha malas hang across his chest and wrap his wrist and upper arm. Seated devotees in orange saris and robes sit on the floor behind him in a hall with cream walls, a wooden door, a wall-mounted air conditioner and framed posters, performing an evening aarti.2015-11-16