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November 22 2013

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September 26 20142014-09-26January 18 20152015-01-18September 30 20142014-09-30December 18 20132013-12-18Outdoor evening ritual with smoke drifting across the frame. A man in a maroon-red dhoti-style wrap and a long gold necklace holds up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with flames in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, offering the flame. Beside him a figure in white ritual cloth and a gold necklace stands with hands folded. Lower right, a shaved-headed young man in white with a gold chain and forehead markings presses his palms together. Palm trees and dense foliage stand behind, with an orange-roofed building and a blue sign at right. Several devotees in white are seated in the background.2010-09-11A man with long dark hair and a red-orange garment performs a ritual outdoors beneath palm fronds. He wears a red-and-white flower garland, a gold bead necklace, and gold-coloured bangles on his wrists and upper arm. He holds a silver handbell in his right hand and a silver aarti lamp with smoke rising from it in his left, raised toward an ornately carved reddish-brown temple shrine decorated with yellow marigold garlands. The gaze is directed upward. Appearance-based label: a person, based on long swept hair, red-orange ceremonial robes, the gold ornamented necklace and flower garlands, while the page indicates his presence at the event.2012-04-23Photo 11692675 +1 copiesA photograph of a person performing a ritual outdoors beneath a coconut palm, with fronds and coconut clusters overhead. The person wears a red-orange garment, a thick garland of red and white flowers with green leaves, a gold bead necklace and gold bangles, and holds a small silver bell in one hand and a silver vessel with a flame in the other, with smoke or fire rising around the face. Yellow flower garlands hang at the left edge. The face is largely obscured by the smoke, so the person is described by role only as a ritual officiant; no identity is asserted.2012-04-23January 03 20162016-01-03April 23 20122012-04-23A smiling person in a red dhoti and red shawl stands outdoors before a palm tree, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame and smoke in one hand and a brass bell in the other. A large garland of red and white flowers hangs over the shoulders, with a gold-coloured rudraksha mala and gold necklace at the chest. Smoke drifts upward from the lamp. To the left, an ornate reddish-brown temple structure is draped with yellow marigold garlands. The scene suggests an aarti offering in an outdoor temple setting.2012-04-23Outdoor photo of a robed figure performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp under a large banyan tree. The person wears a red-and-gold dhoti and a red shawl, a long gold-and-bead necklace, gold armlet and bangles, and has long dark hair swept up. They hold a brass lamp with a bright flame and smoke rising, standing on exposed tree roots beside a low stone wall. a person: the appearance cues of long swept hair, ornate gold jewellery and saffron-red ceremonial clothing fit the page's description, performing the lamp ritual as an officiant.2016-01-03