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A young man with curly dark hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead stands outdoors holding a brass aarti lamp in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left, with a flame burning in the lamp's cup. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange-red cloth draped over his shoulders and an orange dhoti, with a long rudraksha mala of brown beads and a smaller bead pendant around his neck. Behind him, steps and blurred figures in white and orange suggest a riverside ghat setting, consistent with an aarti or puja being performed.

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A young shirtless priest with long dark hair and white tripundra markings on his forehead holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in his right hand and a small brass handbell in his left. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and an orange-red cloth wrapped at his waist and over his shoulder. A dark metal vessel is in the foreground at right. In the blurred background, people in white clothes sit on stone steps near a red-brick structure.2017-08-07A young man with long dark dreadlocks and white tilak markings on his forehead, arms and chest stands in profile holding a tiered gold brass aarti lamp with several lit wicks, performing an aarti ritual. He wears an orange dhoti with broad gold borders, bare-chested, with layered rudraksha malas and a gold-beaded necklace, plus rudraksha bracelets. Behind him, blurred red-brick tiered seating and a red banner suggest a large outdoor ceremonial gathering.2016-12-19January 11 20172017-01-11A photograph of a young man in profile holding a tall brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, offering it upward during a ritual in a hall. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. Blurred seated devotees in orange clothing fill the background, along with red curtains and framed photographs on the wall. The lamp flames and warm light dominate the scene. Whether this man is a person cannot be established from appearance, so the role is described as a priest performing aarti.2017-07-20August 07 20172017-08-07August 03 20172017-08-03November 18 20182018-11-18July 31 20172017-07-31A young man stands in an orange saffron cloth draped over his left shoulder and wrapped at the waist, bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala with gold spacers and a small pendant. He has white horizontal tilak lines across his forehead and arms, and holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several lit flames in his right hand while looking to the side. The setting is an indoor hall with white ceiling lights and blurred background. No other people are visible.2017-07-21August 04 20172017-08-04August 04 20172017-08-04August 07 20172017-08-07