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Close photograph of a ritual scene with silver oil lamps burning. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-striped border and gold chain sits centrally, looking upward while hands hold a silver lamp near his forehead. Another hand holds a lit silver lamp on the left, and a person in yellow cloth and white garments sits behind. Behind them, figures in red and orange cloth hold more lit lamps. Smoke or haze softens the frame. A silver tray is visible at the bottom edge. Practice appears to be a lamp-based puja or aarti.

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A smoky photograph of a seated man in white ritual clothing with a white dhoti and a white shawl with red edging, wearing gold beaded necklaces and a small framed pendant. He lifts a silver oil lamp (aarti) toward his face while his mouth is open in chant. Other hands holding silver lamps and a silver plate are in the foreground, and blurred figures in orange and white clothing sit behind him, with lit oil lamps visible. The scene is a puja or aarti ritual. The seated central man's appearance is not clearly that of the a person candidate, so he is described by role only.2010-09-08A photograph of a ritual aarti scene with several people holding small silver oil lamps with lit flames. In the foreground, a hand reaches toward a silver lamp with a flickering flame, while a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and white shawl with a red bindi holds a lamp near his face. Behind him, people in orange and saffron shawls hold lamps as well. A silver plate with lamps and offerings sits in the lower left. The setting appears to be a devotional gathering with lamp offerings.2010-09-08A photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti with a yellow shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing a long silver bead necklace and a small tilak on his forehead. He sits among devotees and gazes upward while a hand holds a small silver lamp with a flickering flame, and another blurred silver vessel with lit flame is in the foreground. Several people in white and orange clothing are behind him, and a faint haze of smoke or light softens the scene. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2010-09-08October 10 20102010-10-10 +1 copiesNovember 02 20102010-11-02A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual in a courtyard. On the left, a seated man in orange robes with a bare chest and shaved head sits behind a silver tray holding apples and brass bowls. Around him, men in white dhotis with red-and-white sashes and gold necklaces hold lit oil lamps aloft, and a woman in a yellow sari also raises a lamp. Several women in white saris with orange shawls sit in the background, and smoke drifts through the frame. Silver and brass vessels fill the foreground tray, and a man's shaved head is visible in the lower centre.2010-09-08A blurred, washed-out close-up of a ritual scene with a lit flame at left and a silver ritual vessel with a curved handle at center. A hand holding a silver item rises from the upper right, next to a person in white and a figure in orange and white draped clothing. Another hand grips a beaded strand near the bottom. Visible people include a child in white at left, a woman with glasses and a bindi-marked forehead at upper right, and a partially visible person in yellow. The scene suggests a puja or aarti with a fire lamp. No one can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2010-09-08October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual gathering seated on the floor. In the centre, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and white shawl with red border wears a long gold bead necklace and holds a small silver lamp with a flame, its wick burning, over a silver tray. A woman with hair pulled back wears a yellow shawl and a dark beaded necklace beside him, and a tilak mark is visible on her forehead. Behind them, several white-clad men sit with small oil lamps, and silver bowls and plates of offerings sit on the floor in front. A steel flask stands at the left edge. The ritual appears to be a puja with lamp offerings.2010-09-08Photograph of a puja inside a hall with red-toned walls. A bearded man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala holds up a silver oil lamp with a flame, looking toward it, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a woman with folded hands, wearing a yellow garment, and a shaved-headed priest in white with white tripundra markings and a gold necklace hold up another lit oil lamp in the foreground. Blurred people sit in the background. Silver oil lamps and a bronze vessel are visible at the lower right.2010-10-19November 24 20102010-11-24December 06 20092009-12-06