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A person seen from behind in a white kurta with a yellow shawl and a gold ceremonial necklace, raising a golden leaf-shaped fan or lamp in one hand while holding a small object in the other. Framed portraits of goddess figures in gold frames hang on a salmon-pink wall, with blue name placards beneath them. Red-draped tables with small brass lamps and offerings sit in the foreground.

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December 24 20092009-12-24Photograph from behind of a man with dark wavy hair wearing a white kurta and a yellow shawl with gold bead ornaments, raising a yellow-wrapped ritual object in his right hand. Before him on orange-draped tables stand framed devotional portraits of deities, including a Chakra-haloed deity form and two figures in orange robes, with small brass pooja vessels and a lit lamp. Pink walls and placards reading Seattle and Oklahoma city mark the setting. Visible candidate appearance is uncertain, so identity is not asserted.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A photograph from behind of a man in white ritual clothes with a yellow sash, holding a golden fan-like object toward a shrine of framed portraits on an orange-draped table in a plain brick hall. Framed portraits of a saffron-robed figure stand along the table, one large gilt frame showing a deity-like scene, with name placards in blue above labelled Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Coimbatore, and Tiruvannamalai. Small metal murtis and brass lamps sit on the cloth below. The standing man is a devotee performing an aarti-like offering; he is not a candidate for the portrait figure.2009-12-24A photograph of a temple-like hall with pink brick walls and a long orange-draped altar table. A man seen from behind, wearing a white shirt with a yellow shawl, raises a golden ceremonial fan or chamara overhead, performing an aarti-style offering. On the altar stand several framed portraits of a saffron-robed figure, a framed image of a deity with a crown, small brass deity murtis, and lamps and ritual vessels. Blue name placards read Kuala Langur (Malaysia), Coimbatore and Tiruvannamalai, indicating centre locations. Overhead, a line of lights runs along the wall. One physical person is visible.2009-12-24A photograph taken from behind a man in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl draped over one shoulder, raising a long thin rod or stick above his head in a hall with pink brick walls. In front of him is a red-draped altar table holding small brass lamps, kalasha-like vessels and framed portraits of a woman in orange robes labelled with place names such as Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Coimbatore and Tiruvannamalai. A framed portrait of a deity murti stands at the centre of the table. Only one person is visible.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24June 06 20102010-06-06A photograph from behind of a man in white ritual dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl draped over one shoulder, a dark rudraksha-style bead band on his upper arm, and a dark cord or wrap at the back of his neck. He raises a silver multi-branched aarti lamp high in his right hand toward two ornate golden shrines on a stage. The shrine on the right holds a deity murti dressed in green and blue silk with a heavy jewelled garland, and the shrine on the left holds a figure in a pink and red cloth. A small seated person in orange appears at the lower edge near the stage, and a red-draped stage with brass lamps sits in the foreground. The scene is an aarti at a temple-style stage. The lamp is raised toward the deities.2015-10-17December 24 20092009-12-24June 12 20102010-06-12June 29 20122012-06-29 +1 copies