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January 04 2019

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A young man in orange saffron cloth and a dark wrapped turban performs aarti before a decorated deity murti. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a handbell in the other. His bare upper body shows beaded bracelets and armlets, and he wears rudraksha malas around his neck. Behind him, the deity murti is adorned with garlands of pink, yellow and white flowers on a silver pedestal. The setting is a temple-style shrine in a plain room.

April 18 2018

A photograph of a young man performing a ritual with a brass oil lamp held in both hands, its flame burning upward with a wisp of smoke. He is bare-chested, wearing a white sacred thread, a rudraksha mala of brown beads, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. His eyes are closed and he appears absorbed in the act. Behind him, slightly out of focus, a portrait of a smiling man in red and saffron robes with a red turban is displayed, and to the right is an ornate gold deity murti on a decorated altar with red and gold fabrics. The scene is a temple or ashram shrine setting.

A dim, purple-lit temple scene with a bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti or wrap holding a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with lit flames in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a pendant, a white forehead mark, and gold hoop earrings, and his hair is tied back. Beside him on the left, a deity murti is decorated with white and red flower garlands, and a golden ceremonial embellishment and a yellow-gold ornate banner hang nearby. Brass lamps stand on the floor. Only one person is visible. The image shows a puja or aarti in progress. The man's appearance matches the page's a person reference only through partial cues (rudraksha mala, long hair and jewellery), which is not sufficient for a confident identification, so this is marked unsure.

January 06 2019

April 30 2015

A young man in saffron-orange turban and orange dhoti-style wrap holds a silver aarti tray with a lit lamp, the flame rising from a multi-branched silver oil lamp. He wears a rudraksha mala and a long orange-and-gold beaded necklace, with a bindi on his forehead and a rudraksha armband. Behind him, a deity murti stands framed by a large floral arch of red, yellow and white garlands. Another figure in a deep red garment and gold necklace is partly visible at right, and a man in white garland-draped clothing stands at left. The setting suggests a temple aarti during a ritual, with a gold kalasha-like base at the lower centre.

April 21 2018

A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a tiger-striped tunic, rudraksha beads and a silver necklace, holds a lit flame on a brass lamp during an aarti. His forehead and arms bear white sacred ash marks, and his long hair is tied up. Behind him, two adorned deity murti are dressed in flower garlands with yellow, white and red strands; the one on the right wears a leopard-print garment. Rows of small brass bowls with offerings sit on the floor, and gold-painted pillars frame the stage. A wooden peetha sits beside them.

A photograph of a night ritual at a temple shrine. A woman in a tall black turban and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, wearing a dark red garment, smiles while holding a lit oil lamp aarti over a black Shiva linga on a stone pedestal. Beside her, a man in a rust-coloured dhoti and shawl holds a second lamp and a ritual vessel. The linga is decorated with flower garlands. To the right, a large deity murti is adorned with yellow and multicoloured marigold garlands, gold ornaments and a white and gold cloth. Other figures in orange robes stand at the edges of the frame.