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A young man in profile performs aarti outdoors against a pale sky, holding a brass aarti lamp with a round flat tray and two hanging bells, the flame visible at the top. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange cloth wrapped around his lower body and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a gold-toned pendant across his chest. A white tilak marks his forehead and a beaded bracelet is on his wrist.

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February 04 20172017-02-04A photograph of a single man performing an aarti outdoors against a pale, overcast sky. He is shown in profile facing left, bare-chested, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a matching orange shawl draped over his shoulder with a white flower garland. He has short dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha-style red bead necklace, and a bangle on his wrist. He holds a brass multi-branched oil lamp (aarti lamp) aloft in his right arm, with several flames burning, and a small brass bell in his left hand. Trees and a colourful striped cloth are faintly visible at the lower edge of the frame.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02A bare-chested man in profile holds up a brass five-flame aarti lamp with a lit wick against a pale, hazy sky at dusk. He wears an orange cloth wrap, a red-and-gold beaded necklace, a sandalwood or vibhuti mark on his forehead, and a bracelet on his wrist. Smoke drifts from the flames. No a person candidate is visible, only a priest performing aarti.2017-02-02 +1 copiesA man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, performs aarti by holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames in his right hand while ringing a small brass handbell in his left. Vertical tilak marks are on his forehead. He stands in a plain white-walled room with a wooden door behind him; a blurred figure is at the lower left edge. The lamp flames are bright and the scene reads as a ritual lamp offering during a devotional gathering.2016-08-16A man seen from behind stands against a pale overcast sky, holding up a brass aarti lamp with a bell-shaped base in his right hand. He is bare-chested and wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his left shoulder and a saffron dhoti, with a beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck and bracelets on his wrist. Bare trees and distant bushes sit at the bottom edge.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02Outdoor photograph of a shirtless male priest in an orange cloth wrapped around his waist and draped over his shoulder, wearing a gold-beaded garland and a white vibhuti mark on his forehead. He raises a brass aarti lamp with a burning flame in his right hand while holding a small bell in his left. Behind him are a pot and a colourful striped cloth on the ground under a pale, overcast sky, with bare trees and a utility pole in the background. The scene shows an aarti ritual.2017-02-02 +1 copiesA young man with short curly dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands bare-chested in an outdoor evening setting, holding a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with several lit flames. He wears saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and wrapped around his waist, and a long rudraksha mala with gold bead spacers hangs across his chest. White ash horizontal stripes mark his shoulders and chest. He gazes off to the side while performing the aarti. A blurred person stands at the left edge.2017-02-04A young man in profile performs aarti at dusk against a pale grey sky. He holds a brass five-branched oil lamp on a flat tray in his right hand, with a lit flame and faint smoke rising. He is bare-chested with an orange cloth wrapped at his waist, a beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck, and a bracelet on his wrist. Light ash-coloured markings appear on his shoulder and chest.2017-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-chested man in profile against a pale, overcast sky, holding up a brass arati lamp with a flame rising from its bowl. He wears a red-orange cloth wrapped around his waist and a long necklace of gold-toned beads or bells. A white tilak mark is visible on his forehead. The lamp is raised toward the sky.2017-02-02 +1 copies