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January 11 20172017-01-11A shaved-headed young priest with a white vibhuti band and red kumkum on his forehead holds a brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame in both hands during an offering. He is bare-chested and wears a rudraksha mala and a bangle. Behind him are ornate gold-coloured temple fittings, a golden arch with lion motifs, a small green-clad deity murti, and red and white garlands. A partially visible person stands at the left edge with white markings on the body.2017-01-26January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 07 20192019-01-07April 12 20132013-04-12 +1 copiesNovember 10 20102010-11-10A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, performs aarti by holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames in his right hand while ringing a small brass handbell in his left. Vertical tilak marks are on his forehead. He stands in a plain white-walled room with a wooden door behind him; a blurred figure is at the lower left edge. The lamp flames are bright and the scene reads as a ritual lamp offering during a devotional gathering.2016-08-16January 25 20172017-01-25A young man in orange saffron cloth stands in profile holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames, a ritual aarti. He wears a dense rudraksha mala and a ceremonial metal necklace, with a white tilak on his forehead and a small bell in his other hand. Behind him, more orange-robed men hold lit lamps in a row, with blurred devotees seated near the lit candles in a hall.2017-05-12May 12 20172017-05-12A bare-chested young man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulder and across his torso holds a brass multi-branched aarti lamp with several flames in his raised left hand, while his right hand holds a small brass bell. He wears long dark hair swept back, white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead, a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a thin neck cord, and a gold bracelet on his wrist. He gazes upward in an indoor hall with blurred walls and ceiling lights. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the identity is not established from the image.2017-07-21