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November 01 20132013-11-01November 01 20132013-11-01July 26 20142014-07-26A shaved-headed priest in a saffron-orange cloth and a wooden bead mala performs aarti with a tiered silver lamp holding many lit oil flames. He faces a shrine where a framed portrait labelled with a visible saffron-robed figure sits among golden ornaments and lit lamps. Two painted deity figures with multiple arms and green cloths flank the shrine, and brass lamps stand along the marble floor. The arm and forehead bear white ash markings. The scene is a temple puja.2013-11-13November 01 20132013-11-01A shaven-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti and upper cloth stands with his back to the camera, raising a tiered silver aarti lamp with many flames toward a shrine. Two painted guardian figures with four arms and gold crowns flank the doorway, and a framed portrait sits within the golden shrine. Seated attendants in white on the left hold books, and a red carpet lies on the floor. The priest wears a rudraksha mala around his neck. The shrine walls are blue and decorated with gold and red patterns.2013-08-02July 16 20132013-07-16April 10 20142014-04-10A shaved-headed priest in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, holding a tiered silver aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps before a temple shrine. Two painted deity statues with multiple arms and red and green dhotis flank the shrine, and a framed portrait of a man in an orange turban hangs in the centre. A second robed attendant in orange kneels at left beside brass lamps and puja offerings on a red carpet.2014-02-14A photo of a shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti-style garment seen from behind, holding a multi-tiered silver aarti lamp lit with flames toward a shrine. The shrine is decorated with painted pillars in pink, green and gold, with two standing deity murtis flanking a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange cloth set within a golden canopy. Brass oil lamps stand on a red carpeted floor. The priest appears to be performing aarti.2014-04-22A temple ritual in a decorated shrine hall with a glossy white floor. In the foreground, a bald priest in saffron-orange robes with a sash and white ash markings on his arms holds up a silver multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti) toward a deity murti on a gold-and-red throne draped in white and red garlands. A bronze oil lamp stands beside a painted standing deity with four arms, holding a trident-like staff and a lotus, wearing orange and green draperies. In the background at right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in an orange turban above a gold peetha draped with a tiger-skin cloth, with devotees in orange robes seated before it. Lotus-motif pillars frame the doorway.2013-11-07February 14 20142014-02-14