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July 29 20082008-07-29A standing man in an orange saffron cloth wrap and a white, orange, and green flower garland performs aarti with a lit oil lamp held in both hands, flame rising high. He has long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, and wears a rudraksha mala. Seated around him in white and orange-shawled clothing, a man with hands pressed together, a young man looking up, and others sit on the floor. Behind, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a lamp overhead near a decorated deity murti with yellow flower garlands. A white wall, a wall fan and a microphone stand fill the room.2007-12-25August 01 20082008-08-01A photograph of a ritual scene at an outdoor ceremony. In the foreground, a man with long, swept-back black hair and a white and red flower garland, wearing an orange saffron-coloured shawl over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala, leans over a large brass tray of mango leaves and yellow and red flowers. Beside him, a second man in white clothes bends toward the tray. Behind them, figures in orange and white attire stand under strings of marigold garlands. A polished silver oil lamp with flower decoration stands on the left, and an ornately carved wooden seat is visible at the edge.2006-12-26April 21 20132013-04-21A photograph inside a small shrine room with pale tiled walls. On the left, a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes wearing a multi-coloured flower garland stretches an arm toward a brass lamp set on a low altar. In the centre, another saffron-robed figure holds a lit oil lamp aarti, and beside her a woman in a dark top presses her palms together. On the right, a smiling man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pink bowl of flower petals near an open wooden door with metal grille. Behind them a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garlanded with marigolds sits on a white-draped table with brass vessels, and small children are partly visible at the lower left.2010-01-10A man in an orange turban and orange robe holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward framed portraits on a white-draped table decorated with garlands and scattered rose petals. Another man in orange clothing stands behind him at left, holding a bell and a plate of petals. A small brass oil lamp sits on the floor at lower centre, and pink petals are scattered on the white wall. The setting appears to be a ritual aarti worship in a plain room.2008-07-28July 29 20082008-07-29May 21 20062006-05-21Indoor photo in a small tiled room with a wooden cabinet holding brass oil lamps and a framed photo garlanded with yellow marigolds. A man in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, wearing a red, green and white flower garland and with long black hair, stands at left with his hands extended over a shrine. A second person in orange robes holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) at centre, while a woman in a pink-red sari and a man in a cream shirt with glasses stand at right, hands joined in prayer. A pink bowl of flower petals is held at right. A framed portrait on the shrine shows a figure in orange with a bead necklace. The scene reads as puja and aarti at a home shrine.2010-01-10December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a ritual inside a white-walled hall. A standing figure in an orange shawl and orange garment wears a long garland of white flowers with red and green accents and a red kumkum mark on the forehead, holding a flaming lamp or camphor flame in both hands. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders. Seated devotees in white with orange shawls to the left and right, one with hands folded in prayer, watch. A man in white and orange at right pours liquid from a small vessel. A white pedestal fan stands nearby, and a deity murti draped in a yellow garland and orange cloth sits on a raised platform at right.2007-12-25