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A shaved-headed priest seen from behind wears a white dhoti-style cloth with gold borders and a gold necklace, and holds a brass lamp with a bright flame toward a shrine. Gold bangles and beaded armlets adorn his arms. Behind him stands a gilded shrine arch decorated with red flowers, flanked by tall silver pillars, brass oil lamps and a glowing lamp on the left, inside a temple hall with white pillars. The scene shows an aarti offering at the shrine. No visible a person figure is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the person is described only by role as a priest.

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May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered cloth stands before a temple shrine, holding a lit multi-flame aarti lamp in his raised right hand and a silver handbell in his left. He wears a long rudraksha-style bead mala with a gold pendant and a red tilak. Behind him a decorated deity murti is draped in red and gold cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers, with brass lamps and vessels on the stone altar ledge.2012-02-09A shaven-headed priest seen from behind wears white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, an orange waist sash and a gold necklace, and holds a flame or lamp toward a shrine on marble steps. Warm orange lighting outlines an arched niche holding a deity murti, with brass lamps, a flower-draped altar and silver vessels. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at a temple sanctum. Only the priest is physically present; the person's face is not visible.2012-05-09May 09 20122012-05-09May 10 20122012-05-10May 10 20122012-05-10A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a plain white dhoti and white shoulder cloth with yellow borders, wearing a beaded necklace and bangles, turned away from the camera as he lifts a lit aarti lamp with a flaming wick in a stone-walled temple interior. A marble shrine ledge and carved pillars are visible behind him, with a small glass cabinet at upper left. The figure is a priest performing a lamp offering, and the flame is the main focal point. a person is not visibly identifiable by appearance here.2012-05-09May 11 20122012-05-11May 10 20122012-05-10Photograph from behind of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, bare-chested with a gold chain and bangles, swinging a lit camphor flame aarti at a shrine. The shrine is an illuminated niche with orange light strips, silver pillars and a gold-framed deity murti draped in a flower garland, with silver lamps and offering vessels in front. The priest holds a small brass bell in his other hand. No clear cues of a person's appearance (no long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha or crown), so the priest is described by role only.2012-05-09May 09 20122012-05-09