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A man in saffron-orange draped clothing performs an aarti at night, holding a silver lamp with a bright flame in one hand and a silver bell-shaped holder in the other. He wears a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a beaded necklace with a gold ornament. Smoke rises against a dark background, with metal poles and a striped orange canopy edge at the top of the frame.

Night photograph of a figure in an orange-red saffron wrap swinging a bright fire torch in an arc, with flames and smoke trailing from the flame. The figure has long dark hair falling behind the shoulders, and a lit earring or bright highlight catches the side of the face. Behind them, dark foliage and a tree trunk are faintly visible. At the right edge, two people in white clothing stand in the background, one with hands held together, and a camera is visible near them. The lower left shows other dim figures in the crowd.

A man in an orange saffron shawl and a long rudraksha mala stands in a dark setting, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame and rising smoke. He has a white and red forehead mark and long dark hair, and he looks down toward the lamp with a smile. Another brass vessel is partly visible at the lower left. This is an aarti scene with the lamp lit against a black background.

A dimly lit temple ritual scene with warm red tones. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a beaded necklace, sits cross-legged and holds a brass bell in one hand and a small dish or spoon in the other near a row of flames. Several lit oil lamps or fire flames burn on a metal stand, with a rising wisp of smoke, beside a small golden deity murti. A standing fan is in the background and another person in red stands at the left edge. The setting resembles a homa or puja fire offering.

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November 20 2006

2006-11-20 +1 copies

A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long gold-and-saffron rudraksha-style mala and a gold necklace, holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame toward a golden-brown lingam on a pedestal at right. A white-clad attendant with gold-bordered cloth stands at the left edge, with brass offering plates visible at the lower left. A dark background and wooden pillar frame the scene. The man has a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. a person (in_person candidate) performing aarti at a lingam, with ritual offerings in an interior hall.

A man in a saffron-orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala stands against a dark background, holding his hands over a brass oil lamp with a large flame and rising smoke. He has a white forehead mark with a red dot and long swept-back dark hair. The flame and warm light dominate the image.

A photograph at night in front of a large dark banyan-like tree trunk with hanging aerial roots. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his bare upper body. He holds a brass arati lamp with a tall open flame in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, performing an arati. To the left, a younger man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands near the tree, and a partly visible man's face appears behind the main figure. The lamp flame is bright orange against the dark background. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long hair, saffron cloth and bare-chested ritual dress of the central figure, who is performing arati with the lamp and bell.