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August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31Night ritual photograph of two priests performing aarti with a lit oil lamp in a brass lamp-stand held over a woven basket. The priest on the left is bare-chested with a white dhoti and white shawl, a gold chain around his neck, and short curly hair. The priest on the right wears a blue and gold turban, a purple and gold shawl, a white dhoti with blue border, and a gold ceremonial chain. Seated devotees in white fill the foreground and background. Floral garlands in pink and yellow lie on a decorated altar in front, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and lit lamps beside them.2015-08-31August 02 20172017-08-02November 18 20152015-11-18April 06 20172017-04-06Photograph of a ritual in a tented hall with white draped ceiling and hanging decorations. Two young men in ceremonial dress stand facing each other while one holds a silver tray with a flaming lamp and the other, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a wrapped cloth, extends his hand toward the flame. Both have white sacred marks on their bodies. The man on the left wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a radio at his waist. Seated devotees, including a woman in a white head covering, watch from the lower right, and a partition of framed photographs lines the foreground. The scene appears to be an aarti-style offering with lamp flames.2016-12-18December 02 20162016-12-02May 26 20172017-05-26Night-time temple ritual photo. In the foreground a man with a white-and-gold floral garland, orange-red shawl, gold armlet and forehead ornament faces right, his face lit by a lamp. Behind him a man in an orange garment and white-and-gold garland stands beside a bare-chested priest with a bow of sacred ash on his forehead. A priest in a red-and-orange shawl and white dhoti holds a brass tray with a flaming oil lamp, while another priest on the right holds a metal plate. Onlookers in white shirts stand in the background near a carved stone wall and metal grille. The setting suggests an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.2012-06-05A priest in white dhoti and a blue and gold turban stands bare-chested at a low table, bending forward to place his hands on a silver five-flame lamp (aarti) with lit wicks. Behind him a second priest in white holds a silver plate. The table is covered with pink and red flower petals, banana fruits, white flower bits and yellow marigold garlands. Open flames burn in a fire pit at left, and a deity murti with garlands sits in a lit shrine niche behind. A large portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda hangs at upper right. Dim lighting and smoke surround the ritual scene.2015-08-31Night ritual photograph with smoke drifting across the frame. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with yellow and red border and a blue head cloth stands at left, holding a flaming oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and reaching toward a second person at right who holds a small silver vessel. Flower garlands with red blossoms lie on the ground in the foreground, and a concrete structure and garlands are visible behind. The priest wears a plain gold chain and the scene suggests an aarti or purification offering during an evening ceremony.2017-08-22