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A photograph of a young man performing a ritual with a brass oil lamp held in both hands, its flame burning upward with a wisp of smoke. He is bare-chested, wearing a white sacred thread, a rudraksha mala of brown beads, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. His eyes are closed and he appears absorbed in the act. Behind him, slightly out of focus, a portrait of a smiling man in red and saffron robes with a red turban is displayed, and to the right is an ornate gold deity murti on a decorated altar with red and gold fabrics. The scene is a temple or ashram shrine setting.

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January 04 20192019-01-04May 18 20192019-05-18January 28 20132013-01-28A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and multiple rudraksha malas kneels and holds a lit camphor flame on a small metal aarti holder with his right hand, with smoke rising. White sacred ash marks cover his forehead and arms and he wears a gold bangle. Behind him, a man in white garments and a red shawl kneels and holds a metal vessel, with a camera operator visible at upper left. The setting is an outdoor courtyard with red pillars and trees.2013-03-29April 21 20182018-04-21A shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and matching shawl with gold border stands in the centre holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame in his right hand and a bell in his left, with white tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a beaded gold-toned mala around his neck. Seated people in white and orange clothing behind him join palms in prayer, with rows of red chairs at right and a small brass lamp at lower left, and a red backdrop with framed notices on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti ritual during a satsang gathering.2013-02-11A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl performs aarti with a lit ornate silver lamp held in his right hand, flames rising from the wick. He wears a gold bead necklace, a small rudraksha-style mala, and a sandalwood tilak with horizontal arm markings. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch and some have hands folded in prayer, with plastic chairs and a bell visible in the foreground and a red-orange tent interior.2013-02-11December 07 20162016-12-07A bare-chested man with matted dreadlocks, a red tilak on his forehead and white markings on his arms stands holding a lit silver aarti lamp aloft in his right hand. He wears layered rudraksha malas and a large ornate gold-and-silver necklace, with a red-orange cloth wrapped at his waist. Behind him, seated devotees in saffron and white fill a hall, with framed portraits and a red-robed figure on the wall. Aarti ritual in a temple hall.2019-05-18A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand, while his left hand rests on a small silver bell-shaped stand. He wears a long string of rudraksha beads with gold-coloured bead spacers, a gold bangle, and a white tripundra mark with a red dot on his forehead. Behind him stands a table draped in red fabric with gold border, topped by a brass bowl and a golden pyramidal ritual object. A glass cabinet stands at left against an orange wall.2013-03-07April 30 20152015-04-30A photograph of a man performing an aarti ritual with a lit oil lamp held in one hand and a silver bell in the other. He wears a rust-red wrap over his shoulder, a long rudraksha mala hanging to his waist, and a leopard-print lower garment. His hair is pulled back and he has a red-orange mark on his forehead. Behind a large ornate silver-framed panel, other people in white dhotis stand in the background amid rising smoke, and garlands of white and yellow flowers hang at the right edge. Nearby, a figure in a purple garment is partly visible. Two other men in white clothes appear in the background.2014-09-14