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A shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron dhoti and orange upper cloth, wearing gold armbands and a beaded necklace, stands with his back to the camera and performs aarti with a flaming oil lamp before a framed photograph hung with red marigold garlands. The framed portraits show a man in orange with a rudraksha-style necklace and a woman in white draped cloth with folded hands, set above a draped cloth altar with a green leaf offering. Orange and cream fabric hangs behind the altar under a thatched roof of wooden poles. Two devotees with palms pressed together stand at the edges, one in white. Several people are partly visible in the background.

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April 17 20112011-04-17A priest in saffron-orange robes with a maroon sash, a bare shaved head with a gold headband, and white ceremonial markings on his arms, holds a brass oil lamp and bell during a puja beneath a thatched shelter. Two framed portraits on a draped altar are decorated with red flower garlands: one shows a seated figure in orange clothing with a mala, the other a seated woman in white with long hair. Two devotees with hands folded in namaskar stand at the left and right edges, and a bright lamp glows in the background.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17A photograph of a devotee in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a long pink and yellow flower garland around his neck, holding a small silver lamp and making an offering before three framed portraits draped with pink and yellow garlands on a white-covered table. The left portrait shows a woman with long hair, the centre portrait shows a man with long hair in orange robes and beads, and the right portrait shows a deity murti with a crown and red-and-gold garments. A second man in a yellow-orange cloth stands at the left edge, partly out of frame. Bare concrete walls and a window are behind them, and a poster with Tamil text stands at the left.2011-09-092002 - Beautiful Pictures +1 copiesPhoto of a night ritual under a bamboo-and-thatch canopy. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes, with white forehead markings, white arm bands and beaded rudraksha necklaces, holds a lit oil lamp and a small brass vessel. Beside him another man in orange stands near the flame. Behind them a framed portrait of a smiling figure in orange robes, garlanded with red flowers, sits on a draped table with a patterned cloth. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand around the wooden railings and watch.2011-04-17A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with white sacred markings on his arms performs an aarti before framed portraits draped with red garlands. An oil lamp with a visible flame sits on a green leaf before the photos, and a bronze lamp stand stands nearby. The framed portraits show a man in orange seated in meditation and a woman in white. Thatched bamboo walls, a patterned cloth-draped altar, and a striped orange and yellow curtain form the setting. Several people with hands folded in prayer, dressed in white, stand behind the rail, and a brass pot sits on a table at left.2011-04-17July 29 20082008-07-29July 05 20012001-07-05A photograph of a thatched-roof open pavilion where a shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and bare chest stands at a brick fire altar, holding a flame over a small lamp in front of a deity murti decorated with white and pink flower garlands. A second bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds a bell near the altar, and a third man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right with palms joined in namaste. Two framed portraits behind the altar, garlanded with flowers, show a man and a woman in white. A patterned pink floral backdrop and brass vessels and a kalasha complete the puja setting.2001-07-05April 17 20112011-04-17