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Photograph of an indoor stage with a red carpet strewn with flower petals. A figure in an orange-red turban and orange-red draped garment with gold border, with a rudraksha-style mala at the neck, holds a lit brass aarti lamp with several flames aloft in both hands. Behind and to the right, two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand, one holding a small metal vessel. Garlands hang on the wall beside a decorative carved panel, and a few seated audience members are visible at the left edge. A draped cloth canopy hangs overhead.

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October 13 20132013-10-13Photograph of an indoor ceremony on a red carpet scattered with flower petals. A man in an orange-saffron turban and matching orange-saffron dhoti-style garment stands in profile, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame toward a second person in white ritual clothes, who also holds a small brass vessel. Behind them, a few people stand near a pink draped arch. Wall decorations include floral garlands and a carved relief. A white-draped table with small items sits at right. The image is hazy, with a bluish tint.2003-11-16July 27 20082008-07-27October 13 20132013-10-13A night ritual photograph in which a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a long gold bead necklace holds a silver aarti lamp with a large open flame, performing the flame offering. Behind him a man in white with a yellow shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste. At the lower left, a seated man in white and yellow holds another lit lamp. Fresh banana leaves and neem leaves hang above, smoke drifts through the scene, and brass plates with yellow flower petals and offerings lie in the foreground. The orange-robed man is a person by appearance: a saffron robe, ornate gold beads and the central role in the aarti, though the appearance is only partly distinctive.2009-09-25A photograph of a ritual at night under a leafy canopy strung with dried leaves and fabric. A man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a beaded rudraksha-style mala stands at centre holding a silver aarti plate with a burning flame and red and yellow flower offerings, performing aarti. Smoke drifts through the frame. In the foreground right, a brass oil lamp with lit wicks and yellow flowers stands near the camera. Behind, a few seated people in yellow and white garments, one holding a microphone, are partly visible at the edges of the frame.2009-10-17A photograph of a night homa ceremony under a temporary pandal decorated with orange cloth and leafy garlands. A bald priest in orange robes with a red-edged shawl and a gold bead necklace holds a lit ritual lamp aloft in his right hand and a bell in his left. Smoke rises from a fire pit on a white platform scattered with yellow marigold petals and red kolam designs. Behind him an attendant in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds a long palm-leaf canopy stick, and seated devotees in white and yellow shawls sit on the ground. Brass plates of sweets, a kalasha and a brass lamp sit on the platform.2009-09-25A photograph of an indoor ritual in a plain white-walled room with tiled floor and a striped multicolour mat. A barefoot man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a white and red flower garland, holds a silver lamp with a flame and a bell-like vessel in the other hand, performing an aarti-style offering. Behind him, men in white clothes with orange shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaste. A man in white shirt and trousers holds a small silver bell near a white-covered armchair. Plates of flowers and petals sit on the floor at right. A white-draped chair and a wall-mounted electrical panel are visible. The orange-clad man is an appearance-based probable candidate for a person, but his face is not visible and the cues are limited to turban and robe, so the identity is uncertain.2008-11-11December 28 20112011-12-28October 02 20082008-10-02August 04 20172017-08-04August 04 20172017-08-04