A bearded man with hair tied in a top-knot holds up a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame, in a dim, smoky hall. He is bare-chested with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders and a red thread on his wrist, with white and orange sacred markings on his chest and arm. Bangles adorn his wrist. Behind him a bright light glows, and a second person is partially visible at the left edge. The scene suggests an evening ritual of aarti with incense smoke rising.