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December 07 20162016-12-07March 16 20202020-03-16 +2 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesAugust 04 20172017-08-04A 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.2017-07-21February 19 20162016-02-19July 21 20172017-07-21Night outdoor photo at an evening ceremony. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a reddish-brown dhoti-style wrap holds a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a bright flame raised in his right hand. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and gold beads, with a bracelet on his wrist, and has a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a white-clad figure stands near a tall staff with gold-and-red ceremonial banners on the left. Green foliage and bright stage light fill the background, with seated devotees along the bottom edge.2017-09-28December 07 20162016-12-07A bare-chested priest with a topknot and white ash stripes on his arm holds a brass aarti lamp with a burning flame and smoke, performing aarti at night. He wears a yellow cloth over one shoulder and a red and white thread on his wrist. Another man in white ritual dress stands at the lower right, and white draped fabric forms the background.2016-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps aloft in a hall. He wears a long rudraksha mala, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders, and a red kumkum dot. His attention is on the flame as he performs the ritual, with blurred maroon curtains and framed pictures behind him.2016-08-24