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Close photo of a priest's hands performing aarti with a brass oil lamp (deepam) whose flame rises tall, while the other hand rings a small brass handbell. The priest wears a saffron-orange garment edged with a white jasmine garland. The background is a plain grey wall with a faint smoke trail. No face is visible.

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July 30 20082008-07-30October 07 20112011-10-07Close-up photograph of a pair of hands holding a brass oil lamp (diya) with a lit flame and a small brass bell hanging beneath it. The wrist wears a wrapped orange-red thread bracelet and a metallic cuff bangle. The lower foreground shows orange-saffron cloth draped over a seated figure, on a pale beige surface. Shallow depth of field blurs the background. Only the hands and lap are visible, so the person's face and identity are not shown; the appearance is not enough to identify a person candidate.2011-10-01A man in saffron-orange robes wearing a white garland of flowers stands before a plain grey wall beside a barred window, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass hand bell in the other. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and his hair is tied back. Smoke rises from the bell area as he performs a lamp ritual.2008-07-29July 14 20122012-07-14A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, performs aarti by holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames in his right hand while ringing a small brass handbell in his left. Vertical tilak marks are on his forehead. He stands in a plain white-walled room with a wooden door behind him; a blurred figure is at the lower left edge. The lamp flames are bright and the scene reads as a ritual lamp offering during a devotional gathering.2016-08-16August 16 20162016-08-16Close-up photograph of a person's hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame. The wearer's orange and maroon garment and a dark rudraksha-style mala cord are visible at left, and a metal bangle is on the wrist. The setting is a dim indoor space, consistent with a ritual lamp offering. No face is shown and no other people are clearly visible.2012-07-25November 01 20112011-11-01July 14 20122012-07-14December 16 20092009-12-16December 19 20162016-12-19