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April 17 2016

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May 04 20142014-05-04March 04 20192019-03-04March 04 20192019-03-04December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesA young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands in profile holding a tall brass aarti lamp with multiple tiers of lit oil lamps, flames glowing. He wears a rudraksha mala, white vibhuti marks on forehead and arm, and a red kumkum dot. Blurred seated devotees in orange and white clothing are visible at the lower edge of a pink-walled hall with framed pictures and an air conditioner. Aarti ritual scene.2016-08-04A photograph of an aarti ceremony in an indoor hall. Three bare-chested young men in saffron-orange dhoti-style cloth hold up lit oil lamps and flaming lamps. The foreground man holds a multi-wick brass aarti lamp aloft, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red-orange shawl with a beaded necklace and wrist bands, his hair in a high bun. Behind him, two others hold lamps with their hair in topknots. Blurred seated devotees fill the lower background, and framed notices hang on the walls.2016-10-12Evening ritual with a brass oil lamp burning in the foreground, held aloft by a child in a purple shirt with a striped sleeve. Behind him a bald man with white tilak marks on his forehead wears a white and cream cloth, and other seated devotees, including children and women in white, fill the blurred background with warm bokeh lights from many small flames.2011-12-15January 01 20192019-01-01A bare-chested man in an orange head wrap sits in the foreground at night, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame in his right hand. He wears red and blue beaded malas and a striped white and yellow dhoti. Behind him, a blurred crowd of seated devotees watches, with another small brass vessel and flame at the lower edge. The setting suggests an evening ritual with oil-lamp offerings.2016-12-05March 04 20192019-03-04October 12 20162016-10-12A young man in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment with gold border and gold waist sash stands in profile holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp in his left hand and a brass handbell in his right, with rudraksha beads and a gold-toned necklace around his neck and beaded bands on his arms. His hair is tied in a tall topknot. Behind and to the right, another arm raises a lit brass lamp with flames. Seated devotees in orange, teal and red saris and kurtas fill the blurred background, many with hands raised in worship. The setting appears to be an indoor hall during an aarti-style ritual.2016-05-24