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A photograph of a Hindu ritual with a standing man in white dhoti with a gold border, bare-chested, wearing a long brown rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant necklace, bronze armlets and a red tilak on his forehead. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame aloft in his right hand, appearing to perform an aarti. Behind him, an attendant in white garments with gold trim stands nearby. A large seated audience in white and colourful clothing fills the foreground and background, many with hands folded in namaste, beneath ornate decorated canopies with red, gold and green fringed umbrellas. The man's appearance with long hair, rudraksha and gold ornaments is consistent with the probable identity of a person, shown performing aarti as the presiding ritual leader.

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December 18 20162016-12-18March 04 20192019-03-04March 04 20192019-03-04A ritual aarti in a hall with a crowd. A young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a red and gold waist cloth, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red and gold arm band, holds a brass lamp with a bright flame toward devotees. A second man in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala stands beside him holding a metal vessel. Around them, seated and standing devotees in white clothes and saffron-red shawls reach hands toward the flame, with a woman in a red top and others in white looking on. Air conditioning unit and onlookers stand along the back wall.2015-07-16Outdoor gathering under a large spreading tree. A standing man in a white turban with a red bindi, long dark hair, a white and gold-bordered dhoti-style wrap, a rudraksha mala and a heavy gold pendant necklace, plus white and red-blue-striped flower garlands, raises a small oil lamp in one hand and holds a silver handbell in the other. Seated before him, a large crowd of devotees in white clothes, some with red shawls or red garlands, sits with hands folded or eyes closed. A few people stand behind, including a woman in a yellow and orange sari and another in blue. The scene resembles an aarti or satsang, with a man holding the lamp as the focal figure.2005-01-01 +1 copiesPhotograph of a ceremonial aarti at an indoor event. In the foreground a shirtless man with long hair tied back and white ash markings on his chest and arms, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, holds a brass tray of lit oil lamps. Opposite him a younger person in a maroon sari with green and gold border and a rudraksha mala reaches toward the flames. Seated devotees fill the hall behind them, and a decorative umbrella and a wall of framed photographs appear in the background.2016-12-18 +2 copiesA man in a saffron-orange robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at the right, long dark hair swept back, holding a silver bowl and an ornate silver arati lamp with a lit flame over a group of seated devotees. Several seated women in saris, shawls and jewellery sit with hands pressed in anjali, while men stand against a white wall behind them with framed landscape art and hanging greenery. The scene is an arati offering inside a meeting hall. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace is performing the arati, which fits the page's description of Maha Arathi.2006-05-21March 04 20192019-03-04January 01 20052005-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 1st 2013A man with long dark hair and a white head wrap stands outdoors beneath a large spreading tree, smiling and holding a brass oil lamp with several lit flames in his right hand and a handbell in his left. He wears a white and gold-bordered dhoti-style garment, a rudraksha mala, a gold pendant and layered white jasmine garlands with red, blue and white ribbon accents. Behind him a crowd of seated and standing devotees in white clothes, some with saffron shawls and red-thread neck cords, watches attentively, while a man in white with folded hands and a woman in blue stand among them. a person: the standing man with the long swept-back hair, white head wrap, rudraksha mala and gold pendant is the candidate, shown performing an aarti with a lamp and bell. The appearance cues are several but the attribution is uncertain given the crowd and lighting.2005-01-01 +1 copiesNovember 11 20172017-11-11