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A photograph of a smiling person in a brown-orange garment performing an aarti with a silver lamp in the right hand, flame and smoke rising from the lamp. The person wears a long multi-strand gold necklace of beads, a long garland of pink, red and white flowers, gold bangles and a red bindi. Their hair is swept back. To the right, a deity murti adorned with white flower garlands and an orange turban is visible, and a gold arch frames the scene. Behind, a backdrop of colourful flower arrangements in red, yellow, green and purple. The person's appearance is consistent with a person candidate based on swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and garland, though identity is uncertain.

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April 23 20132013-04-23April 23 20132013-04-23April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23June 28 20142014-06-28 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23A man in a rust-red saffron wrap and multiple rudraksha malas with gold ceremonial necklaces raises a lit silver oil lamp with a flame in his right hand while smiling. He has a red bindi and tripundra markings on his forehead and wears small gold earrings. Behind him are marigold and white flower garlands hanging from a decorated silver pole, a silver-embossed throne or seat, and draped patterned cloth. A silver kalasha vessel sits in the lower left foreground. The scene suggests an aarti. One person is visible.2014-05-20A photograph of a smiling person standing in front of a floral backdrop of red, yellow, green and purple blossoms, performing a puja or aarti. The person wears a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, a gold beaded necklace over an orange-brown shawl, a saffron-brown dhoti with gold borders, and a thick white and pink flower garland, and holds a lit oil lamp flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Gold ornate decorations sit to the left. Appearance-based label: a person is not assigned here since the candidate's cues are limited to the garland, gold necklace and shawl; the person is described by role as an officiant performing aarti with a lamp and bell.2013-04-23A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead holds a lit silver aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other. He wears a rust-orange wrap with a gold waistband, a red-orange rudraksha mala, and gold bead garlands; he is smiling and looking down at the flame. Behind him, a blurred monk in orange-brown robes stands in a room with a plain pale wall. The long hair, ornate gold beads and orange clothing are cues consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown performing aarti as the presiding person.2013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12A man stands at night holding a lit brass oil lamp in his left hand and a small brass handbell in his right, smiling and looking upward. He wears a reddish-brown garment, a heavy gold necklace with orange and gold beads, and a multi-strand garland of red, yellow and green flowers, with gold bangles on his wrists. A white forehead marking and red dot mark his brow. Behind him stand a stone pillar with carved detail and a string of coloured lights. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and garlanded saffron-toned clothing indicate the Nithyananda Paramashivam candidate, shown performing a ritual lamp and bell offering.2013-07-22May 31 20182018-05-31 +2 copies