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Pre-dawn outdoor photo at night showing a man in saffron-orange robes with a gold border and a long gold-bead mala around his neck, holding a lit oil lamp with a tall flame near his face while ringing a small silver handbell in his other hand. Behind him stands a man in white dhoti and kurta with a red shawl, and another figure in orange robes is partly visible at right. A large white cloth-wrapped pillar. Dark foliage surrounds the scene.

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Night-time outdoor ritual photo. A man in orange saffron cloth with gold borders and a gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala holds a lit silver aarti lamp up in both hands, flame rising, looking upward. Beside him a second man in orange and gold robes holds a brass tray with flowers and a bell is raised in the first man's hand. Behind them a drummer in white clothing plays a drum, and a figure in white stands at left. A large white-draped pillar fills the right edge. Foliage and dark trees frame the scene.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21January 01 20142014-01-01Night-time outdoor ritual photograph. A figure with long dark hair and a long-sleeved orange saffron robe with gold border, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala, holds a silver aarti plate with a bright flame and lamps toward a white-wrapped pillar. Beside them a second person in orange robe with gold trim and beads also holds a flaming lamp. Two men in white dhotis and red shawls stand nearby, and a stone deity relief is visible on the right. Dark foliage and green leaves frame the scene.2010-11-21Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam +1 copiesNight aarti ceremony outdoors. A standing man in orange and gold-bordered dhoti and upper cloth, bare-chested with a gold necklace and bangles, holds a silver multi-wick oil lamp with five flames aloft in his right hand, smoke rising, and a small silver bell in his left. Beside him, a bald man in white dhoti with gold border, gold chains and bangles sits in anjali mudra, palms pressed together. Other people in white are partly visible at the left edge, and a brass bowl sits on the ground in front. Lit lamps and a blurred floodlight stand in the background.2011-12-20Night outdoor ceremony under bright floodlights. A man in orange-saffron dress with a gold-bordered cloth and a beaded mala necklace stands on a raised stage, holding a silver kalasha-like vessel high overhead with a flaming wick and smoke rising from it. A white and pink canopy with gold trim and a banner with Tamil script stands behind him. a person appearance uncertain from this view.2011-12-08A night ritual fire pit blazes in the foreground at a homa. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a cream turban with a red bindi stands centrally, holding a silver bell and a lit oil lamp, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red-and-gold wrist band. Two young men in saffron-orange cloths stand behind and to the sides, one with shaved head and white markings on the arm, the other shaved-headed with orange cloth and hoop earring. Dark background, smoke rising from the fire.2013-10-15December 20 20112011-12-20A night ritual photograph in which a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a long gold bead necklace holds a silver aarti lamp with a large open flame, performing the flame offering. Behind him a man in white with a yellow shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste. At the lower left, a seated man in white and yellow holds another lit lamp. Fresh banana leaves and neem leaves hang above, smoke drifts through the scene, and brass plates with yellow flower petals and offerings lie in the foreground. The orange-robed man is a person by appearance: a saffron robe, ornate gold beads and the central role in the aarti, though the appearance is only partly distinctive.2009-09-25Night outdoor ritual aarti: a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron garment with a gold-bead necklace and a gold armlet holds a silver multi-flame lamp on a tray, with smoke rising. A white tent with yellow trim forms the backdrop. At right, a silver deity murti adorned with garlands of pink and yellow flowers is partly visible. The image is a photograph, the performer is a priest-type officiant, and no appearance cues qualify as a person.2011-12-08A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual at an open ground with coconut palms behind. A man with hair tied in a knot, a white sacred ash mark on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala draped over his bare upper body stands at a fire pit, wrapped in a flowing red-orange cloth. He holds a long wooden stick topped with a brass vessel with flames, and gazes down at the fire. Several white-clad devotees and a woman in a white patterned dress with a yellow lanyard stand nearby, hands folded, watching. A board with a portrait stands in the background. The page identifies the standing ritual figure as a person based on the rudraksha mala, red-orange garment and fire ritual, though the face is not clearly identifiable.2009-06-15