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January 02 20162016-01-02A photo inside a temple hall during a puja. A bald priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a gold border raises a flaming lamp (aarti) toward a deity murti. Seated beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing rudraksha mala and gold necklace, holds his hands in namaskar. Behind them stands a gilded deity murti with a crown and a blue backdrop. Ornate colourful pillar with lion sculptures and a cobra-hood base fills the left. Seated devotees in white with orange shawls face the altar from the foreground, many with their backs to the camera.2016-01-02A photograph of a bald man seen from behind, wearing a rust-red and gold-bordered shawl over his shoulders and rudraksha malas on his neck and wrists, raising a lit brass aarti lamp with a bright flame in his right hand. In front of him stands an ornate gilded backdrop with carved white-and-gold panels and a golden canopy over a seated deity murti or figure on a throne. A red carpeted stage platform lies in the foreground. No other physical people are visible.2015-08-28April 29 20132013-04-29A shaved-headed man seen from behind, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala around his neck, raises a silver multi-wick oil lamp with flames toward a temple shrine. Behind him, a doorway opens onto a gilded deity murti and a golden throne-like shrine. Painted pillars in blue, pink and green frame the hall, with two standing figures in red and green flanking the entrance, and small brass lamps stand on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti in progress.2013-06-14A photograph of a temple puja inside a shrine hall. A shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron garment with a gold chain and white ash markings on his arms raises a multi-tier silver aarti lamp with lit oil wicks toward deities decorated with garlands in yellow, orange and red. A golden bull statue and a painted blue and orange temple pillar stand behind him. A woman in an orange sari with folded hands stands at left beside a microphone stand. The scene shows aarti being performed as part of a pada-puja.2011-12-14A photograph of a shaven-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala, lifting a lit aarti oil lamp in both hands during a ritual in a hall. Behind him stands a gold-and-red throne (peetha) with a golden canopy and an empty seat draped in red, flanked by brass lamp stands, and a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers and framed in gold. A red curtain and a stage platform form the backdrop. A partially visible bald head appears at the bottom edge. No clear identity cue confirms the lamp-bearer as a person, so the person is described by role only. The page's caption and copyright overlay are ignored as visual evidence.2015-11-18April 30 20152015-04-30Night outdoor ritual photo. A shaved-headed young priest in orange robes with a red-banded waist cloth and rudraksha mala stands at right, holding a silver aarti plate with a large flaming lamp aloft in both hands, a small headset microphone at his cheek. Behind him a dark sky with smoke. At left, a decorated deity murti under a gold arch is garlanded with red, yellow and white flowers, with a silver kalasha and a small golden deity figure on a green leaf tray. In the lower left a seated devotee in orange cloth watches, and a brass oil lamp stands on a blue and purple cloth-covered table. Steps rise at right.2013-10-16December 03 20142014-12-03October 27 20142014-10-27 +1 copiesApril 30 20152015-04-30