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Night outdoor ritual at a temple-like setting. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped over the shoulder and a red-and-white flower garland, holds a silver aarti lamp with a large flame toward a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in white and red flower garlands and a red cloth, with a metal face adornment. To the right, a saffron-robed attendant with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a tray of white flowers. Behind them, a crowd in white clothing and several photographers stand under string lights, with dark trees in the background.

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June 03 20122012-06-03Night outdoor ritual photo. A man in an orange-red saffron wrap and a long orange-beaded mala with gold bead ornaments stands center, holding a silver aarti lamp with a bright open flame and a bell-shaped handle. He has long swept-back hair and a tilak on his forehead, looking down at the flame. Seated devotees in white and dark clothing, some with hands folded, watch from chairs at the sides; a carved gold-toned ornamental panel edges the right side and a red cloth edges the left. Dark trees in the background. Swamiji (probable) matches the appearance cues of long hair, orange saffron clothing and ornate mala beads, shown performing an aarti as a ritual act.2013-04-01March 28 20132013-03-28A photograph at night of a man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with ornate gold beads, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass handbell in the other. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and a gold bracelet on his upper arm, and he smiles while facing slightly to the side. a person by appearance, given the long swept hair, orange clothing and rudraksha with gold adornments, performing an aarti-style lamp offering. Behind him, a second person in orange cloth is partly visible, and a brass plate sits at the bottom edge.2013-03-10A man in a rust-red unstitched robe with a bare shoulder and an orange-beaded necklace studded with gold beads stands at night holding a silver lamp with a flame in a silver bowl and tray. He wears a small tilak on his forehead and looks down at the flame. Seated devotees in the dim background, including a woman in white with hands pressed together, watch the ritual. Dark trees fill the backdrop.2013-04-01A man in a saffron-orange robe, with a long white and red-yellow marigold garland around his neck, stands in profile at night holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame and smoke rising from it, performing a ritual. Behind him a dark outdoor area lined with many black stone shivalingams, some draped with blue and gold cloth and marked with white tripundra, under streetlights and strings of red and white paper decorations on a bamboo-lined walkway.2010-12-29A night-time ritual photograph in which a man in an orange-red robe and a rudraksha mala with gold beads holds a silver bell in his right hand and a flaming aarti lamp in his left, with a white cloth wrapped around the lamp's handle. He wears a white tilak on his forehead and gold earrings. Behind him are silver ceremonial poles and a silver-framed ornate structure, and a few seated devotees watch, one in dark red clothing and an elderly woman at the left edge. Another person in orange stands in the background. Aarti with a bell in the evening setting.2014-03-18March 28 20132013-03-28A photograph of a man performing an aarti at night against a dark background. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and wears a thick orange-red rudraksha mala with gold ornaments, plus gold armlets and bangles. He holds a metal oil lamp with a large flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other, smiling as he looks to the side. A metal truss roof is visible above. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in person performing the aarti with lamp and bell.2013-03-10March 10 20132013-03-10Night photograph of an outdoor procession. A long-haired, bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth sits on a raised seat, wearing a garland of white flowers and red-and-yellow blooms with rudraksha bracelets on his arm. He holds a silver staff with a curved top and looks toward a lit oil lamp in a brass vessel. Devotees on the left raise their hands toward the flame and wear tilak. A decorated deity murti with gold ornaments appears on the right, and a fringed canopy hangs above.2017-09-30Evening outdoor ritual photograph. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands at right-centre, holding a lit oil lamp flame near a carved stone pillar draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. He wears an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders, a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles on his wrists. Dark trees blur in the background and a white cloth is wrapped over the pillar's top.2011-11-29