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September 24 2012

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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border holds up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with five lit flames, one hand on his chest. A red coral bead mala hangs around his neck and a red tilak marks his forehead. Smoke drifts around him, and a second man in white stands behind him. Banana leaves hang overhead at the left, and devotees in orange and saffron saris stand at the left edge, their hands pressed together.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24A photograph of a temple ritual inside a pillared hall. In the foreground a shirtless priest with a short grey beard and a long red coral bead mala stands in a white dhoti with lavender-striped border, holding a wicker basket of flowers and offerings and gazing upward. Beside him a second man in a blue and red striped cloth and white dhoti holds a brass five-flame aarti lamp on a tray toward the right, while smoke drifts through the air. Two more men stand behind, one wearing glasses and a red tilak, and the setting shows grey stone pillars and window grilles.2012-09-24A bare-chested man with a white and red forehead marking and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck performs an aarti with a tall brass multi-tiered lamp holding many lit oil lamps. He grips the handle with both hands and the flames glow brightly against a blurred hall interior with maroon drapes and a white ceiling. The setting suggests a temple or ashram ritual.2016-08-24Photo 11728712 +2 copiesA bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps aloft in a hall. He wears a long rudraksha mala, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders, and a red kumkum dot. His attention is on the flame as he performs the ritual, with blurred maroon curtains and framed pictures behind him.2016-08-24December 07 20162016-12-07September 19 20152015-09-19A bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti performs aarti with a tiered brass oil lamp (deepa) holding many lit flames. He wears a rudraksha mala across his chest, a sacred thread, and white and red tilak marks on his forehead and arm. The setting is an indoor hall with red curtains and white walls.2016-08-24September 30 20162016-09-30August 04 20172017-08-04