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A man with long dreadlocked black hair and a trimmed beard stands bare-chested in a rust-red dhoti-style wrap, wearing a gold chain, gold armlets and red-orange bangles, and smiles as he lifts a lit lamp toward a deity murti. Behind him stands a golden-bronze oil lamp (deepam) with a flame, and at the right a tall brass lamp stand. The deity murti is draped in a red-and-gold silk garment with a crown-like headdress and is surrounded by thick garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. The backdrop shows a painted green hill with a temple gopuram, and a gilded throne is visible at lower left. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting puja at a temple-style shrine.

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June 08 20172017-06-08A man with long dark hair and a beard stands in a red-orange robe, bare-chested with red bead bracelets on his arms, both hands raised to his head in a devotional gesture. Before him stands a tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame, beside a golden throne-like seat and a decorated deity murti dressed in a red and white embroidered garment, garlanded with white, red, yellow and purple flower strands. Behind is a painted backdrop of a green hill with a temple gopuram, and a gold-framed ornamental panel. The scene reads as a puja or aarti setting in a temple-style room.2017-06-08A man with long dark dreadlocks and a beard stands at left in a rust-red saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and body, wearing gold armlets, bangles and a gold necklace. He smiles and holds a long brass-handled lamp while performing an aarti, with a flame burning in a tall brass oil lamp. Behind him, a deity murti in silver and jewelled ornaments sits on a throne, surrounded by garlands of white, yellow, red and purple flowers. A painted mountain backdrop fills the wall. Probable Swamiji is shown with long swept-back hair and saffron ornamented clothing, performing aarti before the murti.2017-06-08A photograph inside a decorated shrine room. A man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, gold ornaments and a gold necklace, and an ornate gold pendant, wears a red-orange saffron dhoti and shawl and bare arms with orange-red bangles. He holds a plate of pink flower petals in his right hand while standing before a deity murti in an elaborately decorated alcove, draped with garlands of white, pink, yellow and purple flowers and green leaves. Brass oil lamps with flames stand nearby, a gold throne-like chair is at left, and a painted backdrop shows a green hill and a temple gopuram. The man appears to be performing a puja offering. Only one person is physically present.2017-06-08A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a full beard stands at left in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold armlet and gold bangles, and holds his hands together in ritual gesture beside a large gold lamp stand. Behind him a gilded deity murti is dressed in silver ornaments and is decorated with dense garlands of white, yellow, red and purple flowers. A tall brass oil lamp stands in front of the shrine, and a golden throne-like seat with a red cushion sits nearby, with a painted backdrop of a temple tower and hills behind. This appears to be a puja or aarti at an altar. Swamiji (probable): the bare-chested figure with long swept-back hair, gold armlet and bangles, and red-orange ceremonial clothing is an appearance-based candidate for Swamiji, performing the ritual.2017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08A photograph inside a decorated shrine room. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard wears a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, a gold chain necklace, rudraksha-style beads and orange-red armbands, and holds a long white garland-wrapped stick while bending over a decorated deity murti draped in orange and white cloth and flowers. A second person to the left in an orange-red cloth holds a microphone and stands beside a brass lamp stand with a lit oil lamp. Behind them are a golden throne, garlands in red, yellow and white, and a painted backdrop of a temple tower and hills. Brass vessels and plates sit on the floor.2017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08Temple-style puja scene before a gilded deity murti adorned with jewelled silver ornaments and a crown, framed by long garlands of red, pink, yellow and white flowers. A man with long dark hair, a red-brown cloth draped over his body, gold armlet and bangles, is clapping with hands raised near a brass lamp stand. Beside him a priest in orange clothes and rudraksha beads holds a silver plate with offerings. Brass oil lamps with a rooster finial flank the deity, and a painted backdrop shows a hill and gopuram temple tower.2017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08A photograph of a man in a rust-red turban and matching rust-red garment with a long dark rope-like shawl hanging from his shoulders, wearing a white flower garland and a gold armband. He holds a lit oil lamp in a silver stand and is performing an aarti before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, green and purple flowers. A golden figure with a crown stands behind him, and a golden cobra hood appears beside the decorated idol. Gold ornaments and a jewelled necklace adorn the deity. Another figure in orange is partly visible at the left edge.2017-07-09June 08 20172017-06-08