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A smiling person stands outdoors among tall palm fronds, holding a silver lamp with a flame in one hand and a small silver bowl in the other. The person wears a rust-orange garment with a gold-bordered cloth, a long gold necklace, a dark rudraksha-style mala, and a white and red flower garland. A red bindi marks the forehead. Beside them is a pink ornate temple pillar wrapped in a green and gold cloth, decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and carved figures. The scene looks like an outdoor puja or aarti.

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Outdoors under palm trees, a woman in an orange-brown sari and a heavy gold necklace stands beside an ornate copper-coloured shrine pillar wrapped in a green and gold cloth. Garlands of white, yellow marigold and red flowers hang on the pillar, and she holds a lit oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. A stone deity figure sits at the lower left, and a second person is partly visible at the right edge.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14Outdoors under palm trees and a bright sky, a smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an ornate reddish-brown wooden shrine pillar draped with white and gold-bordered cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds. He wears a dark orange-brown garment, a brown rudraksha-style mala, and a long white and red flower garland. In his right hand he holds a brass oil lamp with a tall flame, and in his left a small brass bell. The scene reads as a temple-style ritual of aarti offered beside the decorated pillar. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and rudraksha mala, ceremonial garlands; performing aarti.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beside a tall carved wooden or terracotta-coloured temple pillar wrapped in a white and green-patterned cloth with red trim, decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a red flower. A person with long dark hair stands at right in a saffron-brown wrap, wearing a dense mala of rudraksha-style beads, a white and red flower garland, and gold bangles, one arm raised to touch the pillar. Palm trees and bright sky form the background.2013-04-14April 21 20152015-04-21A photograph of a man in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark hair, wearing a white and red flower garland and a gold-coloured beaded necklace, standing outdoors beside an ornate copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and red blossoms. He smiles while holding a brass bell in one hand and a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in the other, performing aarti near the decorated pillar, with coconut palm fronds in the background.2010-02-12April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesA man with shoulder-length dark hair and a red bindi stands on a carved reddish-brown stone pedestal beside an ornate temple pillar, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. He wears a long garland of white jasmine and red and yellow flowers, a thick gold-bead and rudraksha mala, a rust-brown dhoti with gold borders, and gold bangles. Palm trees and a pink-and-green canopy fringe appear behind him, with a partly visible seated person at the lower right. a person by appearance: long swept hair, ornate gold necklace, rudraksha mala and garlanded saffron-brown attire, standing as the honoured figure in the scene.2013-04-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe standing outdoors under palm fronds, holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other. He wears a long white and red flower garland, rudraksha mala beads around his neck, a red tilak on his forehead, and a red thread on his wrist. Beside him is an ornate carved wooden canopy or palanquin decorated with white jasmine garlands and red roses, with dried palm leaves overhead. Swamiji (probable): long dark hair swept back, full beard and rudraksha malas, consistent with a sannyasi offering aarti.2017-01-01April 14 20132013-04-14Outdoors beneath palm fronds, a person stands beside an ornately carved reddish-brown stone shrine topped with a green and gold cloth wrap and red sash. Yellow marigold garlands hang on its pillars. The person, eyes closed in devotion, wears a long-sleeved rust-orange garment with a gold-striped waistcloth, multiple strands of gold beads and rudraksha malas, a white and red floral garland, gold armlets, and a bindi. They hold white flowers in cupped hands.2013-04-14 +1 copies