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Night ritual photograph in a open-sided pavilion hung with festoons and a row of green leaves. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with red-and-gold borders and a beaded gold-coloured necklace stands center, bare-chested, holding a brass camphor aarti lamp with a bright flame in his right hand and a small handbell in his left, offering the flame toward the side. Around him, seated devotees in white clothes with folded hands watch; a shaved-headed devotee with a tilak mark is in the foreground. Striped banners and a hanging cloth decoration are visible above. No clearly identifiable a person features; the central figure is presented as a priest performing aarti.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual photograph at an ashram. A bald man in white dhoti with a maroon border and a gold chain necklace holds a brass aarti lamp with a large flame aloft in his right hand, while a small bell is held in his left. Behind him a red-brick wall is strung with multicoloured lights, and a decorated pole with painted red and blue motifs stands at left. Seated men in white with gold necklaces sit at the lower left with hands folded, and several other white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together in the background. A carved wooden plate or stool lies in the foreground at right.2010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual at an open-air pavilion. A shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders stands at the right, holding a flaming camphor lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, performing aarti. Seated priests in white garments and gold-bordered shawls, some wearing rudraksha and gold necklaces, sit on the left and centre with hands folded in prayer. A brass pot and offerings sit in front. Behind them hang garlands of green leaves, a decorated pillar with floral patterns, and a woman in blue with a garland. Smoke rises from the flame.2010-10-15October 05 20112011-10-05Night outdoor ritual photograph at an ashram-style open-air mandap decorated with orange and white bunting, hanging leaves, and tall striped pillars. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with red-bordered edges and gold necklace holds a brass vessel and a small bowl aloft while performing a ceremony. Seated in a cream armchair with a red and gold throne behind, an elderly bearded man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in the centre. To the left, a seated person in white ritual clothes with a gold necklace and a white turban-like head covering sits before a large wooden drum. Smoke drifts across the scene, a brass plate with offerings lies on the floor, and a line of seated devotees in white watches from the lower right. A tall gold ornamental stand with a trident-like shape rises behind.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNight photo of a ritual in an open-sided tent hung with fringed festoons and plantain-leaf garlands. A standing priest in a white dhoti with a red-bordered shawl and a gold chain raises a lit oil lamp in one hand and holds a small bell in the other. Seated devotees in white and saffron clothing surround a low platform with brass plates, a brass oil lamp, flower petals, bowls and a kalasha-like vessel. Behind them is a red-and-gold throne bearing a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes, and a green-and-red sari-clad woman sits at left. The ritual appears to be a puja with aarti.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNight ritual photograph, the image rotated sideways. A man in white dhoti and white upper cloth with a gold-beaded necklace holds two lit oil lamps aloft in both hands, flames rising, while his other hand is open toward a carved wooden seat with a wheel-like motif. Beside him, a second man in white with a gold chain and a green-wrapped object stands at a decorated altar draped in white and bordered with flowers, with brass vessels and a bell. Several more people in white clothes stand in the background, and a line of small red lamps glows on a stepped platform at right. Overall it reads as a lamp-waving aarti at an evening puja.2010-10-16