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June 15 2013

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May 30 20132013-05-30A young woman in an orange saree with maroon border sits behind a row of silver bowls and holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in her right hand. She wears a white forehead band with a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, a rudraksha mala, and a small pendant with a photo locket. Behind her is a carved wooden door, with a blue cable coiled at left. She appears to be speaking.2013-06-16Photograph of two young boys in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads, holding brass oil lamps (flame visible) over a silver tray of bowls holding flower petals and offerings in a temple-like room. Behind them an older woman in white with rudraksha necklace stands with palms pressed in prayer, and a large carved wooden door with brass studs is in the background. Appears to be an aarti or puja offering.2013-06-15A young shaved-headed boy in saffron-orange garments with a red sash sits before a red drape, holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand. He wears a white horizontal tilak across his forehead with a red dot, long dangling earrings, and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads that hangs across his chest. Behind him, a seated devotee in white clothes and a golden ceremonial rod are partly visible.2013-09-06June 29 20132013-06-29A young boy with a shaved head and a white horizontal tilak stripe on his forehead sits cross-legged in an orange robe with magenta trim, holding a small silver plate with a lit oil lamp flame close to his face while gazing upward. A rudraksha bead necklace hangs on his chest. Behind him, another orange-robed child is partly visible, with brass vessels and ritual items on a low table in the background. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering in a temple or ashram setting.2013-04-06May 31 20132013-05-31A young sannyasi with long dreadlocks stands in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, holding a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with many lit oil lamps (aarti). He wears rudraksha malas, a pendant, a horizontal white vibhuti line with a red kumkum dot on his forehead, and white ash markings on his arms. Behind him, another person in orange clothing holds a similar lamp, and white pillars stand in the background. Two people are partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering. a person identity is not clearly established from appearance.2018-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of women in orange and maroon clothing performing an aarti ritual with oil lamps. In the centre, a young woman with a white vibhuti line across her forehead and a red kumkum dot holds a lit oil lamp aloft in her right hand and rings a brass bell in her left, with a rudraksha mala around her neck. Around her, other women in saffron and red garments hold lit diyas and lamps, several with white tripundra marks. A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari stands at the right holding a lamp. Soft warm light from the flames fills the scene, and the group appears to be in a devotional gathering.2013-09-18March 22 20132013-03-22August 11 20162016-08-11June 05 20132013-06-05