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May 26 2017

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A photograph inside a temple shrine at night. In the foreground, a priest with a red head cloth and bare torso wears a white dhoti with an orange-and-blue border and a rudraksha-style necklace; he holds a lit multi-wick camphor aarti lamp over a floral offering. A second priest in white dhoti bends beside him over a tray of flowers, fruit and red powder. Behind them, a deity murti stands in a gilded arch decorated with garlands, with lamps and brass stands around it. Coloured fairy lights hang across the upper walls. At left, several people in orange-red garments stand with hands folded, and a figure in white rests in the frame; the aarti is a ritual lamp offering.2017-05-26May 25 20172017-05-25April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14August 02 20172017-08-02December 05 20162016-12-05A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange border and a red headcloth performs an aarti with a lit flame before an ornate shrine decorated with gold arches, flower garlands and a deity murti. Brightly coloured fairy lights hang behind the shrine. Devotees in red and orange garments stand at the left and lower edge, and a floral offering with kalasha-like arrangements sits in the foreground. The scene is a puja at a temple, with incense smoke rising.2017-05-25A priest in white dhoti with a red turban-like cloth and a rudraksha-style garland bends over a homa fire, pouring offerings into flames rising from a fire pit. Marigold and white flower garlands and fruit sit on a tray before the fire. Behind, a shrine holds deity murtis draped in flower garlands, lit by string lights and a candle. A second person in orange robes stands at left, and another figure is partly visible at right. The scene is a homa or yagna ritual.2017-05-26A photograph of a temple ritual with an oil lamp flame. A man in a maroon-brown turban with a crescent ornament and a large multicoloured flower garland holds a lit lamp in cupped hands, his head bowed. Beside him a second person in an orange saffron cloth, with hair in a bun and white sacred ash marks on the arm, holds a flame. Carved dark wooden pillars frame the scene, with smoke haze in the air. The dim setting suggests a puja or aarti.2017-12-02October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20162016-02-19December 05 20142014-12-05