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December 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22Night aarti at an outdoor ceremony under a canopy of green banana leaves and hanging glass and tinsel decorations. In the centre, a bare-chested figure with a swept-up dark hairstyle, white tilak marks, rudraksha malas and a heavy gold necklace holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame and a bell in the other hand. Around them, devotees in saffron and orange dress stand with hands pressed in anjali, a man in white holds a tray of green fruit, and a boy in an orange shawl watches. Strong light falls from above.2016-12-22A 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.2016-05-24October 19 20122012-10-19July 09 20172017-07-09A young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and wrap stands centrally, bare-chested, raising a thin wooden stick overhead in his right hand while holding a small brass handbell in his left. He wears layered rudraksha malas and a heavy gold-toned necklace, with a white horizontal forehead mark, dark dreadlocked hair tied up, and gold bangles and an armband. Behind him, seated devotees in white clothes with orange and red accents fill the hall, and a camera on a tripod stands at the right beside a brown sign reading NITHYANANDA. The setting is a pale pink-walled hall with a red fire extinguisher on the wall.2017-03-18December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesNight 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 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01At night, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border stands holding a flaming oil lamp (aarti) on a metal stand, with smoke rising. He wears a rudraksha mala and bracelets. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing, some playing drums and a brass horn, face him outdoors near a red pillar.2015-11-18November 05 20162016-11-05