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Night ritual photograph in which a man in a red-orange turban and a red-brown garment, wearing long rudraksha-style beads and a gold-toned necklace, holds a brass chalice-shaped lamp with a large flame at a table covered in a patterned cloth. Potted plants with leaves and flowers, small brass vessels and a bell-like object sit on the table, with a second bell in his other hand. The setting is dark with blurred background figures and warm lamplight. Based on visible cues the man may be a person, performing an aarti or lamp offering.

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December 20 20132013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20December 20 20132013-12-20Night outdoor ritual scene. A man with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and an orange-red head wrap, leans over a draped blue-and-gold table lit by a silver oil lamp with several flames. Potted green plants and silver vessels sit on the table. In the foreground a brick fire pit burns with offerings. Rudraksha beads are visible around his neck. The background is dark with a few distant lights.2013-12-20Outdoor night ritual photo. A man in a maroon-red dhoti with gold-bordered shawl, orange-red turban, layered gold and beaded necklaces and an earpiece microphone stands at a table draped in teal and gold brocade. He holds a small silver bell in one hand and a lit incense stick in the other, raising the incense over several potted offerings wrapped in yellow and maroon cloth with green leaves, beside a silver pot. The setting is dark with lamps and a tree trunk behind. Whether this man is the presenter cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the role is given as priest performing a puja.2013-12-20A man in a red-orange turban and matching draped cloth performs an evening ritual beside a fire. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace, rudraksha-style beads on the upper arm, gold earrings and a red tilak on his forehead, while holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit wick in one hand and a metal vessel in the other. Bright flames rise from a brass bowl in the foreground, consistent with a homa or puja fire, and a partly visible figure in orange sits at the left edge against a dark background. The man appears to be a priest performing the rite rather than a depicted or distinctively identified figure.2014-01-05December 20 20132013-12-20A photograph taken in dim light shows a priest performing an aarti with a large brass oil lamp holding several tall flames in his right hand. He wears a red-orange turban, an orange-brown shawl draped over the shoulders, and a long gold-beaded necklace, and a small wireless headset microphone is attached near his ear. In his left hand he holds a small metal vessel. On a low table in front are small brass pots, green leaves and flower garlands, and a yellow-wrapped vessel. The figure is seen in profile with bare upper arms and a bare chest, and the image is dominated by the warm flames against a black background. Appearance cues such as turban, shawl and beaded necklace are present but not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2013-12-20A man in profile holds a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with five burning flames in his outstretched right hand, performing an aarti ritual in dim light. He wears a rust-orange turban, an orange shawl and a long beaded necklace with gold and red ornaments, and a small headset microphone is visible near his face. The background is dark with blurred shapes. Only one person is visible.2013-12-20October 29 20162016-10-29A photograph of a woman in a red-orange headwrap and matching orange-red garment sits at a fire ritual, tossing grain or rice into a flame with her right hand. She holds a brass plate of grain in her left hand. Brass bowls and small cups sit on a striped cloth beside an open fire pit with bright flames. Blurred rows of seated people in white fill the background. Her red headwrap and dress and the grain are the focal colours against the dark background. No physical candidate for a person is clearly visible, so the a person field is none.2017-02-21