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December 14 20112011-12-14Outdoor photograph of a man performing aarti with a silver lamp flame beside a deity shrine decorated with colourful garlands. He has long dark hair in a bun, bare upper arm, and wears a purple garment with a red-and-gold bordered wrap, with rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. In his other hand he holds a silver bell. Blurred trees and dry ground fill the background, and red flowers lie at the lower left.2011-12-14A man in a red and purple sacred garment performs an aarti with a silver lamp holding a flame, outdoors among trees. He wears layered rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists, and his hair is tied in a bun. Visible at left are colourful garlands and a red cloth near a deity murti, and smoke rises from the flame.2011-12-14December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 17 20112011-12-17December 18 20112011-12-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a person in profile holding a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame, performing a ritual offering. The person wears a saffron-orange garment with a gold-bordered wrap, a long pink and white flower garland, gold armlets and bangles, and has hair tied back in a bun. Floral arrangements with yellow, red and white flowers sit at the right edge beside a brass vessel. A white wall-mounted air conditioning unit stands in the background. The person's face is partly turned away and the figure is identified only by role as a ritual performer; the image shows no visible printed caption identifying them.2013-05-26 +2 copiesJanuary 03 20162016-01-03 +2 copiesA photograph of a single person outdoors performing a ritual with a silver bell and oil lamp. The person wears a deep red garment with a gold-banded edge, long dark hair wrapped in a turban-style wrap, a tiered gold and bead necklace, a rudraksha-style mala, gold armlets and bangles. They hold a silver handled bell and a flaming lamp, with smoke rising beside a large banyan tree and sunlit ground. The setting suggests a puja or aarti.2016-01-03December 20 20172017-12-20Photo 11742523 +1 copiesA photograph of a person outdoors near a large tree with a dirt path behind. The person wears a black turban, a red wrap draped over the body with a gold-edged band at the waist, a brown rope-like shawl over one shoulder, layered gold beaded necklaces with a large gold pendant, a gold armlet, gold bangles and a red bindi. They hold a silver lamp with a lit flame and rising smoke, a ritual aarti gesture, and smile slightly. No other people are visible. The printed caption on the image reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, and the source is attributed to2016-01-03