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October 17 2012

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Outdoor evening ritual at night with a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and a long orange shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace, raising a lit aarti lamp high in his right hand while holding a small brass bell in his left. Seated devotees in white and colourful clothes, many with hands in anjali, fill blue and green plastic chairs in the audience behind him, and a brass oil lamp rests on the ground in front. Strings of lights and draped white cloth decorate the background. This is an aarti being performed for the seated audience.2012-10-17September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with maroon borders stands at the centre, raising a silver aarti tray with lit lamps high above his head with both arms. He has a shaved head and a white tilak on his forehead, and wears a wristwatch. Seated devotees fill the hall behind him, many holding small lit candles or oil lamps, some with hands in anjali. The room has red-trimmed wooden panels with patterned gold wall fabric, and most attendees wear white or cream clothing with some in red and yellow. The scene reads as an evening aarti during satsang.2012-09-08September 10 20122012-09-10July 09 20172017-07-09A night-time photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large spreading tree with hanging lamps. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands centre-frame wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe, holding a lit oil lamp aarti flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Around him a crowd of about twenty seated devotees in white clothes sits with hands folded in prayer; a woman in a lavender sari and a man with a white robe and beaded mala are prominent in front. Brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a cardboard box and offerings sit on a rug and sandy ground. The scene is an aarti performed during a gathering.2005-12-19Night outdoor ritual under a large spreading tree with a lamp hanging in the branches. A man in an orange saffron robe stands barefoot at centre, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, with a faint red tilak on his forehead. Seated devotees in white clothes with rudraksha malas sit with hands folded in namaste on a cleared ground. Brass puja plates and small offering dishes rest on cardboard boxes and a patterned rug in the foreground. A woman in lavender sari and another in an orange shawl are among those seated. Aarti is being performed in a devotional gathering.2005-12-19September 10 20122012-09-10September 26 20092009-09-26