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A photograph of a devotee performing aarti at an outdoor pool with tiered red seating in the background. In the foreground, a person with dreadlocks and an orange cloth draped over the shoulder holds a multi-tiered copper aarti lamp with several lit oil lamp flames rising from its tiers. The person wears a black beaded wristband and a gold bangle and has a tattoo on the hand. Empty red stone steps and orange banners fill the blurred background beside a water basin, and a distant seated figure in orange sits near a small altar on the left.

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July 17 20172017-07-17July 17 20172017-07-17 +1 copiesJuly 17 20172017-07-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-chested sadhu performing aarti with a multi-tiered silver lamp holding several lit oil lamps, at a riverside ghat with rows of empty red stone steps behind him. He has long dreadlocks tied up on his head, a silver hoop earring, a rudraksha mala, a black wristband, a gold bangle, and an orange shawl draped over his shoulders. His body has white ash markings on the arms and chest. Other people in orange robes are seated far in the background.2017-07-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple tank ritual. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, stands at water's edge holding up a tall multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with a lit flame at its top, with white markings on his arms. Behind him, people in white dhotis sit on red steps lined with small black lamp stands, and a cameraman with a tripod films the scene. Red flags stand along a white railing at the right.2016-12-14A photo of a bare-chested young sadhu performing aarti at a riverside ghat with a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp, its flames burning, held high in both hands. He wears rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists and a white tilak on his forehead, with long dark hair. Behind him stand red-saffron flags and a metal railing with spectators, including a bald bare-chested man on the right and a person in green. Red steps line the ghat.2016-12-19December 17 20162016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesPhotograph at a temple ghat with red-brick steps and a shallow water tank in the foreground. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and white ash markings on his arms and chest holds up a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti lamp) with both hands, a rudraksha mala on his wrist and a beaded necklace. Behind him, many people in white and cream clothing sit on the steps beside small black lamp stands with lit oil lamps, and red flags flank the stairs. A cameraman with a tripod stands nearby.2016-12-14December 19 20162016-12-19Night-time photograph of an outdoor temple tank at a Karthigai Deepam celebration. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a gold border stands at the water's edge with his back to the camera, holding up a tiered brass deepam lamp with several flames. Beaded bracelets and a sacred thread are visible. Behind him, a crowd sits on tiered steps lit by floodlights, and a small deity murti sits on a gold-and-red platform in the water. A large screen and a crane-mounted camera stand at the side.2016-12-12