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December 11 20162016-12-11Night photograph of an evening aarti at an outdoor temple setting with blurred colourful string lights in the background. Three men stand in a row. The man on the left in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a long brass torch with a flaming wick. The central man, shown in profile, wears a white dhoti and white shawl over one shoulder, with rudraksha malas around his neck and a saffron-yellow sash, and holds a brass fire torch with a cloth-wrapped handle. The man on the right in a white shirt, wearing rudraksha malas, holds a small brass vessel.2015-11-16December 07 20162016-12-07Night outdoor ceremony with a standing priest in a dark red-brown dhoti and wrap, bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace. He holds a brass bell in one hand and a small ritual vessel with a spouted lamp in the other, beside a dark wooden altar table with a lit oil lamp. Seated devotees fill the foreground in orange, white and saffron clothing, many with eyes closed or looking up. Lights and trees surround the open-air hall, with a golden deity murti and yellow banner in the background.2017-09-28 +1 copiesNight-time photograph of an outdoor puja at a temple. A bearded man with a vertical tilak on his forehead and a bare upper body wears a yellow shawl and a red-and-clear bead mala. He holds a silver tray with a lit multi-flame oil lamp (aarti) in both hands, with smoke rising from the flames, eyes closed in devotion. Beside him a younger man in a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style bead mala holds a microphone and speaks. A third person in orange cloth stands at the left edge. Blurred coloured fairy lights hang in the background. Visible actions are aarti being performed with a microphone for narration. Appearance-based cues for the central lamp-holder include a shawl, bead mala and ceremonial dress, but the image alone does not establish his identity.2016-12-15 +1 copiesNight outdoor photo at an evening ceremony. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a reddish-brown dhoti-style wrap holds a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a bright flame raised in his right hand. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and gold beads, with a bracelet on his wrist, and has a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a white-clad figure stands near a tall staff with gold-and-red ceremonial banners on the left. Green foliage and bright stage light fill the background, with seated devotees along the bottom edge.2017-09-28December 12 20162016-12-12A bare-chested man with a white tilak on his forehead and arms holds a lit oil lamp or ritual flame in his right hand, with smoke rising from it. He wears rudraksha and multicoloured beaded malas around his neck, gold bangles and earrings. Behind him are blurred dark stone shrines and small lamps, and to the left a person in white cloth is partly visible. The setting suggests a ritual puja or aarti.2016-12-18September 15 20112011-09-15July 18 20122012-07-18A photograph of a man performing an aarti at night, holding a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with several lit oil lamps in his right hand. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and a long dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with a gold armlet on his upper arm and a white tilak with red markings on his forehead. Behind him, blurred people hold small flames and sit on red steps near red flags and green hoses, under evening lights. Probable Swamiji cues are the long swept-back hair, saffron dhoti, rudraksha mala and bare-chested aarti performance, shown as a presiding ritual role.2016-12-11 +1 copiesJanuary 18 20132013-01-18