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A bare-chested man with long dark hair coiled up on his head holds a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame raised high in his right hand, performing an aarti ritual at night under a corrugated roof. A rudraksha mala is worn on his arm and a white forehead mark is visible. Behind him stand colourful decorated deity murtis, including a blue-faced figure with a white crown and a gold-and-red decorated figure, with garlanded flowers in yellow and orange. Hanging decorations in red, yellow, green and blue with patterned tassels are suspended from the ceiling.

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October 29 20162016-10-29March 02 20172017-03-02Night outdoor photo at an evening ceremony. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a reddish-brown dhoti-style wrap holds a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a bright flame raised in his right hand. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and gold beads, with a bracelet on his wrist, and has a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a white-clad figure stands near a tall staff with gold-and-red ceremonial banners on the left. Green foliage and bright stage light fill the background, with seated devotees along the bottom edge.2017-09-28March 02 20172017-03-02December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph at night of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand, extending it toward a string of small decorative items. Smoke rises from the flame. He wears a wooden rudraksha-style bead necklace and bead bracelet, with white markings on his arms and shoulders, and has long hair tied back in a band with earrings. Blurred city lights glow in the background. The scene resembles an evening aarti or lamp offering outdoors. The man is a priest or devotee; identity is not established from appearance.2017-03-02Night photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark braided hair holding a lit brass oil lamp with a visible flame and smoke, a rudraksha-style bead band across his shoulder and arm, and white dhoti-style cloth. Sacred ash-like markings appear on his arm. Strings of small lamps and blurred city lights are in the dark background.2017-03-02September 28 20172017-09-28A man with long dark matted hair swept up into a knot stands in profile at a stage edge, holding a large multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with several flames burning. He wears an orange cloth, a gold-coloured beaded necklace, white ash markings on his arms and chest, and red and white bangles. Behind him, a temple-style stage with carved pillars, red drapes and a deity murti surrounded by brass ritual implements suggests an outdoor festival ritual. A tripod and audience heads are visible at the lower edge. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja offering.2016-05-24September 03 20172017-09-03A photograph taken at night outdoors of a man with long dreadlocked hair falling down his back, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha-type bead mala across his shoulder and a beaded band on his upper arm. He holds a silver oil lamp with a flame in both hands, lit amid smoke, with pink and white ritual items hanging from a string behind him. White ash markings are visible on his arms and shoulder. Blurred lights and a deity murti or decorated structure appear in the background.2017-03-02