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August 15 2018

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Temple aarti in progress: a shaved-headed priest with long dark hair, seen from behind, bare-backed and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha mala, holds a tall multi-tiered silver lamp with several flames aloft toward a golden deity murti seated on an ornate golden throne decorated with garlands. Flower-decorated fairy lights glow behind the deity. Painted pillars in red, green and blue flank the shrine, with a standing deity figure on the right. In the foreground, two musicians in orange clothes play wind instruments, one holding a long pipe to his mouth. Ash marks are visible on the priest's shoulders and back.2017-08-02A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his body, raises a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with burning flames toward a shrine. In the background, a large golden throne-like seat holds a seated figure wearing a pink garland, flanked by golden deity statues and warm lights. Two orange-robed attendants sit at the lower stage, one holding a microphone. Red curtains hang above and a golden carved screen stands at left.2017-08-02May 24 20172017-05-24June 25 20182018-06-25January 09 20192019-01-09A photograph of a temple shrine with a bare-backed priest in an orange cloth draped over his shoulders, facing away from the camera and holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit oil lamps. Beyond him a golden throne-like seat holds a seated figure in red and gold garments, flanked by a golden standing deity figure in red and green cloth, with strings of small lights around the niche. A rounded brass vessel and lamps sit on the stage. A figure in white sits near the front railing. The priest appears to be performing aarti in front of the deity shrine.2017-05-24August 21 20182018-08-21Night ritual at a gold-and-blue shrine decorated with garlands. Two priests with bare upper bodies and orange cloths, seen from behind, perform aarti with lamps before deity murtis: a standing figure on the left and a seated goddess on the right wearing a crown, ornate jewellery and red garments. Multi-tiered oil lamps and flames burn on the left and at the shrine, with brass vessels and flower offerings on the stone platform. No individual in the scene is identifiable as a person.2021-06-20October 15 20182018-10-15Inside a temple shrine, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, seen from behind, holds a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with lit wicks toward a gilded deity murti. Two gold-and-red standing guardian figures flank the shrine, and string lights and hanging bells decorate the walls. A second person's hands holding a lit lamp appear at the left edge. a person candidate appearance is uncertain from behind, so the figure is described by role as a priest performing aarti.2014-11-20December 18 20182018-12-18A priest seen from behind, shaved head, wearing a gold necklace and rudraksha mala, raises a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with several lit flames toward a decorated deity murti. The deity, framed by a gold arch and garlanded with yellow flowers, sits in a shrine. Green mango leaf festoons hang across the grey backdrop, with a pink-draped altar at right and a floral-patterned panel below.2015-10-21 +1 copies