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June 18 2013

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A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe stands in front of a row of devotees with hands pressed in prayer. He wears long rudraksha mala beads, a small red pendant, earrings and white sacred markings on his forehead, with a red dot between his brows. He holds a silver aarti lamp with multiple lit flame wicks in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Behind him, saffron-robed devotees stand with palms together, and a black barrier and screens are visible in the background.2013-06-18September 07 20142014-09-07A photograph of a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holding a brass multi-flame aarti lamp aloft with both hands, flames rising before his face. Behind him several people in orange and white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some with white tripundra markings on their foreheads, and a red curtain forms the backdrop. The lamp is an aarti performed as worship. The man's appearance does not clearly match the description of a distinctive presenter with several qualifying cues, so his identity is not established.2013-06-18November 18 20152015-11-18A bald man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stands in the foreground holding a brass trident-like ritual implement with a flame burning at its top, and a brass handbell in his other hand, during an evening ritual. Behind him, several people in orange and white garments are seated or standing in a whitewashed hall with framed pictures on the wall. Oil lamps glow on the floor and a red exit sign is visible. Several other people in orange or white clothing move around the room, and a seated devotee is in the lower centre.2015-11-18June 18 20132013-06-18November 18 20152015-11-18A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand, while his left hand rests on a small silver bell-shaped stand. He wears a long string of rudraksha beads with gold-coloured bead spacers, a gold bangle, and a white tripundra mark with a red dot on his forehead. Behind him stands a table draped in red fabric with gold border, topped by a brass bowl and a golden pyramidal ritual object. A glass cabinet stands at left against an orange wall.2013-03-07November 18 20152015-11-18A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala holds a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the camera, while seated in a hall. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, a red bindi and white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms, plus a gold bangle and earrings. Around him sit young boys and students in red and maroon robes with gold borders and red turbans, some with shaved heads and white markings, seated on red mats in a sacred ceremony setting.2013-08-03A bald man with a white horizontal tilak across his forehead, a red dot between his brows, and thin-rimmed glasses holds a small lit oil lamp toward the camera with one hand. He wears layered rudraksha malas, a gold bangle, a dangling earring, and orange-saffron cloth over a red garment. Behind him, seated devotees in red and white clothing hold lit lamps, and a red carpet and floor cushions fill the hall during a puja or aarti.2013-09-25August 13 20142014-08-13