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Night photograph at an outdoor temple setting with a dark sky and a palm tree at right. In the foreground stands an ornate, carved copper-toned deepam-style lamp pillar with a broad base, decorated with relief figures, and dried palm-leaf fronds tucked near its top. Beside it stands a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold-edged borders, wearing a long ceremonial garland of white-yellow flowers and a red tilak on his forehead, with long dark hair swept back. He stands barefoot on a raised stone platform, his hands extended slightly as he looks down. Yellow flower petals are scattered at the base.

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November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12At night, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl with gold border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala. His long dark hair is swept back. Beside him to the left stands an ornately carved wooden or copper column with a temple-style niche and carved figures, decorated with an orange ribbon, palm fronds and yellow flowers. To the right, a second orange-robed attendant holds a silver tray. Palm trees are silhouetted in the dark background. Swamiji (probable) is present, a standing devotee in saffron with long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala; the figure is performing a devotional gesture before a ceremonial pillar.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12Night photo of a large ornate copper lamp pillar (deepam stand) with a tiered carved top and a wide base decorated with figures and flowers, a bright orange cloth wrapped around its shaft. A man in saffron-orange robes with a shawl patterned in leopard-print, a long beaded mala around his neck, stands beside it with one hand resting on the pillar, looking upward. To the right, a second man in orange robes with gold borders holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings. Scattered flower petals lie at the base. The scene suggests a Karthikai Deepam lamp-lighting ritual at a temple. Probable Swamiji: the standing figure wears long dark hair, saffron robes, a rudraksha-style mala and a patterned shawl, matching the page's account of the lamp lighting; this is an appearance-based candidate.2010-11-21November 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesNight photograph of a tall ornate copper ritual pillar wrapped with an orange ribbon and decorated with carved panels and palm-leaf fronds. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand beside it at night: the one on the left wears a gold-bordered orange cloth, a beaded necklace and a white forehead mark, and holds a silver bowl; the one on the right, shaved-headed and bare-shouldered, reaches up to the pillar. A coconut palm stands behind them.2010-11-12Night photograph of a large ornate copper lamp stand, a deepam-style pillar with carved panels and a cylindrical copper shaft wrapped in an orange band, standing in the foreground. Beside it, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and an orange saffron garment with gold border holds a silver bowl up to the lamp, while a second man with a shaved head and bare upper back, wearing an orange cloth with pink edging, reaches to support it. Dark palm fronds fill the background.2010-11-12Night outdoor ritual photograph in front of a tall ornate bronze-coloured lamp stand (deepa stambha) decorated with carved figures and dried palm-frond fibre. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded mala, a gold-bordered saffron/orange cloth over his shoulder and a gold-embroidered saffron dhoti, holds a bell in one hand and two lit oil lamps in the other. Beside him a bald man in saffron robes with a pink-edged cloth carries a silver tray. Palm trees stand in the dark background. The scene suggests aarti at a lamp stand; a person in white stands at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklace and saffron ornate clothing match the page's identification of Swamiji as present, but the face is not used for identification.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12