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A photograph of a bald, bespectacled older man in a grey-and-brown striped collarless shirt holding a small gold oil lamp with a lit flame in both hands, his head bowed in concentration. A red-and-orange sacred thread is tied on his wrist and a small pendant hangs at his chest. Blurred figures in white stand behind him. Only one physical person is clearly visible, though others are partly in frame at the edges.

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Close photo of a shaved-headed man in glasses and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange-and-yellow cloth draped over bare shoulders, holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand. A gold bangle is on his wrist. A second person's partly visible head appears at the left edge, and a plain beige wall forms the background.2011-10-10September 26 20132013-09-26A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with a red border holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand, his left hand supporting the wrist. He wears thin-framed glasses, white vibhuti stripes and a red tilak on his forehead, and a heavy gold bead necklace with a small deity pendant. Blurred figures and a silver vessel appear at the edge of the frame.2010-10-19A man in a dark grey short-sleeved shirt and glasses holds a lit camphor flame in a halved coconut shell toward the camera, with a wristwatch and a name tag on his pocket. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red robe and a gold-bordered cloth stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Smoke rises from the flame in a dim hall with a few blurred figures in the background.2013-07-18A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-red shawl with a yellow border, wearing rudraksha beads and thin-framed glasses, holding a lit brass oil lamp aloft in his right hand while ringing a brass bell in his left. A plain white wall stands behind him and a pale panel fills the right side of the frame.2011-09-10July 18 20132013-07-18January 28 20132013-01-28July 18 20132013-07-18A bald man with a white horizontal tilak across his forehead, a red dot between his brows, and thin-rimmed glasses holds a small lit oil lamp toward the camera with one hand. He wears layered rudraksha malas, a gold bangle, a dangling earring, and orange-saffron cloth over a red garment. Behind him, seated devotees in red and white clothing hold lit lamps, and a red carpet and floor cushions fill the hall during a puja or aarti.2013-09-25December 01 20112011-12-01July 14 20132013-07-14A photo of a devotional gathering with a shaven-headed man in white clothes and a gold chain necklace holding a silver lamp with a lit flame, with a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, seated devotees include a woman in glasses with white tilak marks, an older woman with grey hair, and an older man on the right with a white moustache, white shirt and rudraksha-style beads, his hands pressed together in prayer. A blonde woman in a light outfit sits behind the lamp-bearer. Lit oil lamps and a blurred crowd in white are visible in the background, with orange chairs at the top right. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering. The lamp-bearer has no distinctive visible cues for the page's a person claim, so the identity is marked uncertain.2010-10-12