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October 23 20062006-10-23Night-time photograph of a crowded devotional scene. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands center-right holding a lit oil lamp aloft, while a bare-shouldered priest in white cloth beside him also holds a flame. Around them devotees press close in shirts of brown, red, and checked white-and-red, some with hands pressed together in prayer. A decorated deity murti with white garlands is visible at the upper right. Warm lamplight and bright flares dominate the frame.2014-07-01December 11 20152015-12-11Night procession photograph with a bare-chested man in orange cloth draped over his shoulders, long swept-back dark hair, reaching out to hold a small brass lamp or bell held by a young man in white dhoti and orange shawl. Behind them a crowd of men in white, several with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with palms pressed together. A tall brass kalasha-style lamp stand stands at right, and a flaming torch is raised at left. Gold ceremonial crowns or ornaments appear in the background. Dwajarohanam-style festival setting at night.2006-12-23December 12 20112011-12-12December 20 20062006-12-20October 23 20062006-10-23October 25 20062006-10-25A 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.2006-12-20A night-time photograph of a bright fire flaring upward from a vessel held by a man in white clothes at left, his palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with a red-bordered edge stands with hands folded, and other devotees, some partly in shadow, gather closely around the flame. At right, a man in an orange-yellow shirt with a light forehead mark watches the fire. The scene suggests an outdoor devotional fire offering during a procession, with the warm red and orange glow dominating the frame.2006-10-24A photograph of a night fire ritual under a corrugated metal roof. A bright fire burns in a low stone-rimmed pit in the foreground, with smoke rising. Several men stand around it with palms pressed together in namaste. The man second from left wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, with rudraksha beads around his neck. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange upper cloth and a bare-chested man stand with hands folded. At left edge a woman in an orange sari also folds her hands. Several men in brown and rust-coloured robes with gold-bordered cloths stand in the background. On the right, a bare-chested man in a golden-bordered orange dhoti stands near a man in a white shirt and checked lungi. A purple logo appears at top left.2013-09-04 +2 copiesNight photograph of a procession with a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, many with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, hands folded and eyes lowered. Beside him, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a small oil lamp flame, and a man on the right in white extends a hand over it. A brass torch with a flame is raised at left, with lanterns and an ornate golden palanquin or canopy glowing in the dark background.2006-12-23