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Evening photograph of a devotional ritual in a crowd. In the foreground, a shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, wears a rudraksha mala and a small hoop earring, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and shoulder. He stands with hands raised over a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame held by a man in a white shirt. Behind them, men in white and checked shirts crowd the scene, and garlanded deity murti or decorated figures appear at the upper right with jasmine garlands and draped cloth. A small brass bell hangs from the lamp stand.2014-07-01Night ritual photo at a temple-like setting. In the foreground, a man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with white flower garlands and a red-and-green garland bows with hands pressed to his forehead. Beside him, an elderly bald man in orange robes, a red-and-white rudraksha headband and a white garland receives aarti from a man in white holding a brass lamp with flaming wicks. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron stand watching, and a bald man on the right wears orange clothing and a white forehead mark. The scene suggests an aarti or honouring ceremony with a crowd of devotees. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2012-06-05July 01 20142014-07-01December 26 20102010-12-26Night-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.2012-06-05July 29 20132013-07-29Night photo inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars. On the left, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark wears an orange-saffron cloth, gold necklaces and bangles, and extends his right hand over a brass plate holding flowers, white petals and a lit oil lamp. Facing him, a bare-chested young priest in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold shawl and rudraksha mala holds the plate. Behind them, a man in a striped white shirt stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, and other devotees in white shirts and dhotis watch from the background. The left figure shows distinctive saffron clothing, long hair and gold ornaments, matching a probable Swamiji (probable) performing a puja offering with the priest attending. Lamp and flowers suggest an aarti or puja setting.2012-04-05June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph of a nighttime ritual beneath a large banyan-type tree. A bare-chested priest in a red and gold patterned dhoti, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala and a bangle, holds a silver lamp with a flame and offers aarti. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaste. One figure at left wears an orange shawl and orange turban and has long swept hair, while a man in a maroon checked shirt wears spectacles and a red tilak. Brass lamps and a shrine area appear in the background.2006-12-20November 06 20112011-11-06A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti, bare-shouldered, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a gold-and-bead necklace, lifts a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame in his right hand. Behind him a bearded man in white clothes holds a silver ornate lamp stand, and on the right a young man in white with a gold chain and white shawl sits with hands folded. Women with long braided hair sit in the foreground, and brass and silver puja plates with offerings, including an apple, fill the lower right. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti ritual.2010-10-19July 15 20112011-07-15