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A photograph from behind of a bare-backed male priest with long dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a rudraksha mala, with white sacred markings on his shoulder and arm. He holds a brass lamp with several lit flames aloft toward a seated figure on a red and white throne in front of red drapes. The seated figure wears white and orange-red robes and a golden necklace. Another person in orange cloth is partly visible at the lower right. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp offering in a temple hall with gold carved panels at the right.

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August 04 20172017-08-04A photograph of a temple shrine with a bare-backed priest in an orange cloth draped over his shoulders, facing away from the camera and holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit oil lamps. Beyond him a golden throne-like seat holds a seated figure in red and gold garments, flanked by a golden standing deity figure in red and green cloth, with strings of small lights around the niche. A rounded brass vessel and lamps sit on the stage. A figure in white sits near the front railing. The priest appears to be performing aarti in front of the deity shrine.2017-05-24July 20 20172017-07-20August 02 20172017-08-02A blurred foreground figure with long dark hair in a single braid and an orange saffron cloth wrapped over the shoulder raises an arm holding a ritual object, facing a red-curtained stage. A golden carved pillar frames the left edge. On a white and red ornate throne at centre sits a life-size statue or portrait figure in orange-red robes, with a gold beaded necklace, rudraksha-style mala, bangles and a white turban-like headdress. Five illuminated lamps glow above the throne, and a colourful woven mat covers the floor.2017-07-20A 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.2017-07-20July 20 20172017-07-20A photograph of a man seen from behind in an indoor hall with pink walls and maroon curtains. He wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and wrapped at the waist, a dark rudraksha mala at his neck, and has a shaved head with a small topknot. He holds a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, a ritual act of worship. Two framed notice boards hang on the wall behind him and a wooden door is visible below. Appearance-based a person cues include the saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, but the head and face are not clearly distinctive, so identity is uncertain.2017-01-22A photograph taken from behind of a person with dark hair and bare upper back, wearing an orange cloth draped over the shoulder and a rudraksha-style mala at the neck. The person holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several lit flames and faint smoke rising, in front of deep red velvet drapes. Light ash marks are visible on the skin of the back and arm.2017-06-27A bare-backed priest seen from behind holds a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with three lit flames in his right hand during ritual worship. He wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over his left shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, with white sacred ash markings on his back and shoulders. He has short, dark, wavy hair. Before him stand two large painted deity murtis flanking a golden door, both with multiple arms and orange-red lower garments with green sashes. The scene suggests an aarti offering in a temple shrine.2017-08-04A bare-chested priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with white tilak marks on forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala, stands in a hall holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames in both hands. Dark maroon curtains and framed posters hang on the pale wall behind him, and a few seated people are blurred at the lower right. The scene suggests a lamp ritual performed during a puja, with the priest presenting the flame.2017-01-22A man seen from behind performs an aarti with a brass multi-tiered lamp stand, its many small flames lit, held in his right hand. He is bare-chested with an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and wrapped at the waist, a dark rudraksha mala at his neck, and a small topknot at the back of his shaven head. White ash marks are visible on his arm. The setting is an indoor hall with burgundy curtains, framed notice boards on the walls, a wooden door, and audience chairs in the foreground. The image appears to show a ritual lamp offering in an ashram-style hall.2017-01-22