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A young woman in an orange-yellow short-sleeved top stands in a warmly lit hall with her black hair pulled back in a ponytail. She balances a small silver lamp with a burning flame on top of her head while raising her other hand upward. Behind her are red walls, ceiling lights and a blurred screen. No a person candidate is visible.

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April 21 20132013-04-21April 21 20132013-04-21A photograph of a yoga demonstration on a raised platform under a red tent. In the foreground, a performer in orange top and orange trousers with maroon trim sits cross-legged with arms resting open, face tilted upward, and a lit candle in a metal holder balanced on the head. Two more performers in orange stand blurred in the background, also with candles on their heads. A seated audience in white and blue clothing fills the right side. A small purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2013-04-21April 21 20132013-04-21April 21 20132013-04-21June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph of a tiered brass lamp stand with many lit oil lamps, held aloft on the head of a person seen from behind. The person has long dark hair and bangled arms raised in a ritual offering. The stand glows against a dark red curtain, with a tripod-mounted camera at the left edge of the stage. No face is visible. The lamp stand is a deepam-style lighting offering, used in an aarti-type devotional ceremony.2016-12-23A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace performs aarti in a dim hall, lifting a tall silver multi-tiered lamp stand with many lit oil lamps in both hands. He gazes upward at the flames. Behind him are a wall, a dark speaker box, a metal railing and a pale pillar. No clear identity cues are visible, so the person is described by role only.2011-12-28A photograph of a person in saffron-orange clothing seen from behind, holding up a silver five-flame oil lamp (aarti) with burning flames and smoke rising. The person has long dreadlocked hair and wears beaded necklaces and a white wrist cloth. Behind them is a red curtain, an ornate orange-red carved pillar, and a tall golden ornamental stand glowing with lights.2016-05-24December 31 20112011-12-31A shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a wooden bead mala performs aarti, holding a tiered silver lamp stand with many lit oil flames in both hands. He wears rimless glasses and silver bangles and looks up at the lamp. Behind him hang maroon curtains, a white projector screen is on the left, and a small brass oil lamp burns on a table in front with a laptop at the lower right.2011-12-31October 04 20112011-10-04