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A man in a cream embroidered silk kurta with a maroon shawl and a cream turban performs an aarti with a brass multi-wick oil lamp, flames rising from its wicks, held high in his right hand. He is smiling. Behind him, a wall display shows a seated deity mural and printed text panels. Seated audience members in the lower left and right foreground watch from a room with shelves of books and framed pictures.

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A man in a cream and gold embroidered sherwani and a cream turban holds a five-flame brass aarti lamp in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left, smiling as he performs aarti. A maroon and gold striped shawl drapes over his shoulder, and long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Behind him stands a seated crowd, and in the lower left a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala looks on. A framed portrait hangs on the wall behind, with shelves of devotional items beside it. Garlands of red flowers are visible at the bottom of the frame. The lighted lamp and bell mark an aarti ceremony in an ashram hall.2009-06-10June 09 20092009-06-09June 10 20092009-06-10June 09 20092009-06-09June 10 20092009-06-10June 10 20092009-06-10A standing man in an ornate cream and gold embroidered long coat with a red beaded shawl and a cream turban holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp aloft with flames in his right hand and a handbell in his left. Seated devotees in front, including a young man in an orange robe with hands in anjali and women in white, sit in an indoor hall decorated with red and pink flower garlands on railings. Shelves of framed pictures are visible behind. This is an aarti being performed before a seated audience.2009-06-10June 09 20092009-06-09December 23 20092009-12-23June 10 20092009-06-10June 09 20092009-06-09A standing man in a gold-embroidered cream sherwani with a red shawl, a cream turban and long dark hair raises one hand and holds a small handbell, at a ritual in a hall with a corrugated roof and loudspeakers. In front, a figure in orange robes lights a row of brass oil lamps on the floor, and another orange-robed person bends over them. A white-robed attendant in an orange shawl carries a tray of white flowers, and a man in a yellow-and-orange shawl stands beside him. Garlands of pink and white flowers hang on the rails, and seated devotees fill the background. Some visible clothing is orange, saffron and white. The standing man's appearance shows only a turban and long hair with ornate clothing, a weak set of cues, so the identity is uncertain and the page says he is not Swamiji.2009-06-10