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January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11A young boy in a saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a topknot stands before a golden shrine, holding a lit oil lamp with both hands and waving it toward a deity murti. His torso and arms are marked with white ash stripes. Behind him a gilded shrine with lion figures holds a small deity murti dressed in teal with a white floral garland, and brass pots and flower garlands surround it. At left, a large cardboard cutout of a smiling woman in red robes and a red turban with a rudraksha mala stands beside the shrine. Blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground.2017-01-13January 11 20172017-01-11May 24 20132013-05-24A shaved-headed man in profile, bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron shawl over his shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and shoulder. He holds an oil lamp with a visible flame near a temple shrine, appearing to offer aarti. Behind him, other people in orange and white ritual clothes stand in a blurred temple interior.2017-01-11A shaved-headed young priest with a white vibhuti band and red kumkum on his forehead holds a brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame in both hands during an offering. He is bare-chested and wears a rudraksha mala and a bangle. Behind him are ornate gold-coloured temple fittings, a golden arch with lion motifs, a small green-clad deity murti, and red and white garlands. A partially visible person stands at the left edge with white markings on the body.2017-01-26January 11 20172017-01-11A young man stands in an orange saffron cloth draped over his left shoulder and wrapped at the waist, bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala with gold spacers and a small pendant. He has white horizontal tilak lines across his forehead and arms, and holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several lit flames in his right hand while looking to the side. The setting is an indoor hall with white ceiling lights and blurred background. No other people are visible.2017-07-21August 07 20172017-08-07A shaven-headed young priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a red border kneels on a red carpet in a temple, raising a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with several flames toward a shrine. Behind him stands a framed portrait of a smiling saint wearing an orange turban and orange robes, set on a gilded throne with string lights around it. Painted guardian figures in orange and green flank the doorway. The priest wears a rudraksha mala and has white sacred ash marks on his arm and forehead.2014-06-06