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December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesJuly 11 20062006-07-11A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual under a metal-framed roof hung with white and orange flower garlands. In the centre a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes and a white flower garland, raises a lit camphor flame in a metal aarti lamp, with smoke rising. Before him on a wooden table sit brass plates and vessels, and at right a deity murti in teal drapery is decorated with yellow and red flowers. Around them devotees in white and orange clothing stand with palms pressed together, and women in saris, one in yellow, watch the aarti. Behind them stands a large crowd under a tin roof.2006-12-26Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy of banana leaves beside a palm tree. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead holds up a brass lamp with a flame, smiling. He wears an orange-saffron shawl, a white flower garland with red accents, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace. Behind him, a crowd of devotees watches, including women in saris and a young girl in orange, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. Strings of small blue-and-white flags hang overhead, and a white stone platform with pink and yellow flowers lies in the foreground. This appears to be an aarti being offered with a lamp.2007-01-01Outdoor ritual photo under a metal-framed canopy strung with white and yellow marigold garlands. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe and white garland holds a small brass vessel and a lamp, with incense or smoke rising from it, beside a brass tray of offerings and a silver bowl. Two men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand to his right and left, hands folded in namaskar. Behind them a crowd of devotees, including women in saris, stands with hands joined. On the right, a deity murti with a blue-green body is garlanded in yellow and red flowers. A corrugated roof and tents appear in the background.2006-12-26Outdoor photo under large banyan trees at dusk. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a gold beaded necklace, holds a brass arati lamp with a burning flame toward the left, appearing to offer it in worship. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands and sits with hands joined in prayer; one man wears a rudraksha mala and a girl at right wears a white garment with red border. A man in the foreground with a camera is documenting the arati. The scene reads as an arati offering during a ritual gathering. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron robe, gold necklace) performing the arati; appearance-based label only.2005-12-31October 17 20102010-10-17A man in a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered edge and a gold necklace stands in profile on a raised platform, ringing a brass handbell in his right hand. Behind him, a crowd of about 20 people with palms pressed together in prayer, many in white clothes, stands in front of a white wall with a row of small triangular orange flags. A brass oil lamp (deepam) with a flame sits at lower left beside floral garlands in yellow and orange, under a corrugated metal awning with an orange-and-red cloth canopy at right. Hindu ritual setting.2008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 20 20102010-12-20A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees sits beneath a wide, spreading tree. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair and a white head wrap stands holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other. He wears a white and yellow shawl, a garland of white flowers with red, blue and white ribbon bands, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace. Around him, many people in white ritual clothing sit close together, with several women in orange and saffron shawls in the front row. Some hold their hands joined in prayer, and others sit with palms pressed together. A man in white stands behind the crowd near the tree. The scene appears to be an outdoor puja or satsang.2005-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 23 20092009-12-23December 20 20132013-12-20