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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.

October 31 2011

A shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a heavy gold necklace and wrist watch holds a lit camphor flame on a silver aarti lamp, seated in front of a red and white striped backdrop with potted plants and a silver brass vessel in the foreground. Apparent aarti performed during a puja; the figure appears to be a priest rather than a clearly identifiable a person.

December 17 2011

A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white ritual dress performing an aarti with a silver multi-wick oil lamp, its flames burning brightly. He wears a white dhoti and shawl, a gold bead necklace and bangles, with white tilak marks on his forehead. Behind him an orange curtain hangs beside a carved stone pillar, with yellow flowers visible at the right edge and a potted plant in the lower centre. A partially visible woman in white stands at the far left.

A photograph of a temple ritual with a young priest in white dhoti and shawl bordered in gold, wearing a gold bead necklace and a dark rudraksha mala. He holds a silver tray with a brass oil lamp, its flame rising, and a small silver vessel. Behind him, another priest in white with a red-and-gold border stands with palms joined in namaskar, with smoke or incense visible. A figure in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge. The setting is a temple with orange and white walls. Scene suggests aarti in progress.

A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with a maroon-and-gold border sits and performs a ritual, holding a small silver spoon in one hand and gesturing with the other above a silver oil lamp with a visible flame. He wears a gold necklace with beads and a bronze-coloured wrist mala, and has white ash marks and a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him a woman in a yellow-and-white sari with white bangles and a red bindi watches attentively. Behind them, devotees in white and an orange-clad figure with a red cloth sit in smoky, hazy light.

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A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged beside a fire pit, holding a handheld bell and a lit oil lamp on a long silver-stand. He wears a heavy gold necklace with a pendant and a bangle on his wrist, with a white vertical forehead mark. Brass bowls with yellow flower petals and a bundle of dried sticks sit on a stone ledge in front of him, with smoke rising from the fire. Behind him, a red and white striped wall and green plants frame the outdoor ritual, while seated men in the background watch.

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.