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Outdoors beneath tall palm trees, a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands holding a silver oil lamp flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. He wears a thick necklace of red roses, white jasmine and green leaves over a red garment with gold border, plus gold bangles and a gold beaded necklace. To his left, a carved stone structure is draped with yellow marigold garlands.

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A photograph taken from below of a man standing outdoors beside a carved reddish-brown stone structure, with palm fronds behind him. He wears a red robe with a gold-bordered dhoti and a red and white flower garland with green leaves, a gold multi-bead necklace, and gold bangles. In his right hand he holds a bell and in his left a brass lamp with a smoking flame; wisps of smoke rise near a yellow and orange cloth tied to the structure. Yellow and orange marigold garlands drape the stone base. He is smiling and looking upward. The scene suggests a puja or aarti, with the man performing offerings at a shrine-like stone structure. Appearance-based cues: long swept-back hair and a rudraksha-style gold ornamented necklace, with the identity uncertain.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23A photograph taken from below of a person standing outdoors beneath tall palm fronds. The person wears a red garment with a gold-bordered sash, a long red and white flower garland, a gold bead necklace, and gold bangles. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders, and the head is tilted back with eyes closed. In the right hand is a silver bell, and in the left a brass oil lamp with rising smoke. To the left, a carved reddish-brown wooden shrine pillar is decorated with yellow marigold garlands, and a saffron cloth is visible at the top left. The person has a distinctive long swept-back hairstyle and gold ornaments, and is performing a ritual, with appearance-based cues matching the page's a person reference, labelled probable.2012-04-23A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands outdoors before palm trees, holding a silver camphor lamp with a lit flame and smoke in his right hand and a silver handbell in his left. He wears a red garment with a golden border, a thick red and white flower garland, a gold bead necklace and gold bangles. The scene suggests an aarti being performed with a bell and flame. Yellow marigold garlands appear at the left edge. The figure has distinctive long hair, red-and-gold clothing and gold ornaments, consistent with a probable appearance-based match, though the image alone does not confirm identity.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23A smiling person with long dark hair and a red bindi stands outdoors before tall palm trees, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. They wear a red garment draped as a shawl and a long red-and-white flower garland, plus a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles. Smoke rises from the flame, and a yellow marigold garland hangs at the left edge. The lamp and bell point to puja at an outdoor shrine.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23A man with long dark hair and a red-orange garment performs a ritual outdoors beneath palm fronds. He wears a red-and-white flower garland, a gold bead necklace, and gold-coloured bangles on his wrists and upper arm. He holds a silver handbell in his right hand and a silver aarti lamp with smoke rising from it in his left, raised toward an ornately carved reddish-brown temple shrine decorated with yellow marigold garlands. The gaze is directed upward. Appearance-based label: a person, based on long swept hair, red-orange ceremonial robes, the gold ornamented necklace and flower garlands, while the page indicates his presence at the event.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23