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A photograph inside a dim temple sanctum during an aarti. A bare-chested priest in the foreground holds a silver plate with a lit oil lamp toward a central figure. Around them stand several men in orange and white ritual clothes, some with rudraksha malas and shaved heads, and an elderly woman in an orange sari with a tilak raises her joined hands at right. Warm light and a lit deity alcove glow in the background.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16Indoor temple scene with red-painted railings and a metal lamp in the foreground where a flame burns. A man in a deep red-maroon turban, bare-chested with a saffron-orange shawl and layered gold necklaces, is lighting or tending the flame with his hands. Beside him a shaved-headed priest with a yellow tilak on his forehead, a gold-bead necklace and a red-brown wrap holds a small white object. Another man in glasses and a red robe stands at the right edge, and a few other devotees are partly visible. Swamiji (probable): the turbaned man in the center, identified by his maroon turban, bare chest, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklaces; he is performing a lamp or fire offering.2015-10-27September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29 +2 copiesDecember 02 20172017-12-02June 05 20122012-06-05January 13 20152015-01-13September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13August 17 20122012-08-17