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Evening aarti scene at night with several people in orange and saffron robes standing in a row near a water edge, holding lit oil lamps (diyas) toward a bright lit shrine or altar in the background. Warm orange glow from the flames reflects on the scene; small lamps are placed along the ground in front. The setting appears to be an outdoor evening ritual with devotees performing aarti before a decorated deity murti area.

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March 20 20142014-03-20Photo 11742738 +1 copiesOctober 04 20102010-10-04Evening Ganga aarti at a riverside ghat in Haridwar, with many devotees seated in rows on the steps in the foreground. Lit oil lamps and flames float on the dark water in front of several small shrines and a tall pinnacled temple on the bank. Terraced buildings and trees climb the hillside behind. In the right foreground, a figure in orange-saffron robes with long hair and a trident-topped staff faces the river, seen from behind and in silhouette, so no distinctive a person cues are clearly visible.2005-05-25Night photograph of a ritual at a riverbank ghat, with a bridge and lit lamps in the background. A figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and stands in the water, holding a brass kalasha-style vessel with a lit flame raised toward the sky, as part of an aarti offering. Beside them, a man in white clothing holds a long staff or pole. Several other devotees stand in the river and along the bank, with rows of lights reflecting on the dark water.2005-05-25July 27 20142014-07-27 +1 copiesMarch 20 20142014-03-20July 27 20142014-07-27 +1 copiesNight photograph at a riverside ghat with a lit bridge and crowd behind. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands on the water's edge at the front, holding a large flaming torch or lamp aloft over the river. Beside and behind them, figures in white clothing stand near the water. Illuminated lamps line the bridge and the far bank, and their reflections ripple across the dark river. The scene resembles a river aarti at dusk on the Ganga.2005-05-25A night-time procession photographed from a crowd level. Two priests in white dhotis stand in the foreground holding lit oil lamp arrangements, with flames rising from tiered brass lamp stands. A priest on the left wears white and an orange-saffron shawl; another in the centre wears orange clothing and holds a flaming lamp. Behind them a dense crowd of devotees fills the street, and a large colourful temple gopuram-style decorated structure with painted deities and banners rises at the top right. Flowering decorations and red-and-yellow pennants hang in the background under warm lighting. The scene suggests aarti during a yatra procession.2009-02-10Night photograph of a river ghat with a figure in saffron-orange robes and multiple rudraksha malas standing at the water's edge, holding a lit flame or lamp that reflects brightly on the dark water. A second figure in white stands beside them. Behind them, a lit concrete bridge spans the river with crowds of people visible along its railings and on the far bank, and additional small lamps float on the water. The figure in saffron has long dark hair and distinctive ceremonial adornments, which is consistent with a person presence, while the white-clad person is a priest or attendant. Evening river aarti ceremony with flame offerings.2005-05-25Evening aarti on a riverbank ghat at dusk, with large brass lamps with flames held aloft by priests in white dhotis on a stone platform at left and centre. A dense crowd of devotees, many women in headscarves and shawls in orange, red and yellow, stands on the steps and watches in silence, while hundreds of people in the foreground stand on the water's edge with their backs to the camera. Warm lamplight reflects on the flowing river. Ornate temple pavilions line the bank. Several dozen people are visible in total. No individual can be identified with confidence as a person from this distance, so no candidate is named.2005-05-25