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Outdoor 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.

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A photograph of a long-haired man in a maroon dhoti-style garment with a gold border performing an arati with a lit oil lamp in a silver stand and a small bell in his right hand. Dark rudraksha malas hang around his neck and wrists. Smoke rises from the flame. Behind him, a man in white dhoti with a gold-edged cloth holds a metal tray of flower garlands, and a man in orange robes holds a gold-rimmed plate. A red-turbaned statue or murti with a garland sits in the lower foreground, and white and purple flower garlands appear at the right edge. The setting is an outdoor temple area with a tiled roof and terracotta-coloured wall, consistent with a puja. Swamiji (probable) is shown performing the arati, identifiable by long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and maroon ceremonial clothing; he is the central figure in the photo.2011-12-15November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 22 20132013-11-22September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesNovember 22 20132013-11-22July 11 20122012-07-11September 28 20172017-09-28September 30 20142014-09-30September 28 20172017-09-28January 03 20162016-01-03Night outdoor photo at an evening ceremony. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a reddish-brown dhoti-style wrap holds a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a bright flame raised in his right hand. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and gold beads, with a bracelet on his wrist, and has a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a white-clad figure stands near a tall staff with gold-and-red ceremonial banners on the left. Green foliage and bright stage light fill the background, with seated devotees along the bottom edge.2017-09-28April 28 20142014-04-28