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Dusk outdoor scene at a temple-style open pavilion with a tin roof and palm trees behind. A shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and a golden-yellow waist sash holds a flaming oil lamp aloft with one hand, and a small silver bell or vessel in the other. He wears a red rudraksha mala and a silver necklace. Beside him stands an ornate gilded wooden palanquin-like utsava vahana with tasselled red and green fringes and a carved gold base. Several saffron-robed attendants and onlookers stand in the background, and a man in white stands near a cloth-covered canopy. The scene matches a dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting procession.

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October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesDecember 18 20132013-12-18November 22 20132013-11-22November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesOutdoor evening ritual with smoke drifting across the frame. A man in a maroon-red dhoti-style wrap and a long gold necklace holds up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with flames in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, offering the flame. Beside him a figure in white ritual cloth and a gold necklace stands with hands folded. Lower right, a shaved-headed young man in white with a gold chain and forehead markings presses his palms together. Palm trees and dense foliage stand behind, with an orange-roofed building and a blue sign at right. Several devotees in white are seated in the background.2010-09-11October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20142014-01-01January 18 20152015-01-18Night outdoor puja at a temple-like setting. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold-coloured border stands at right, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other, with smoke rising from the flame. Before him on a gold-coloured ornate pedestal stands a gilded deity murti under a gold arched prabhavali. Behind, devotees in white and coloured saris and shirts sit with hands folded in prayer, and several white-clad priests with gold necklaces sit at right near brass vessels and a bowl. Illuminated decorations and green-draped tables line the background.2011-11-10Dusk scene under a corrugated metal shelter with palm trees behind. A bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti with a sacred cord and shaved head holds a lit oil lamp toward a gilded object above. Several people in white and saffron-coloured clothes sit or stand around him, some with hands raised toward the flame. A gold ornamental pole with bells and a golden makara-like finial hangs over the scene, and a small screen with a picture is visible at left. The ritual appears to be an aarti before a flagpole or dhwaja.2013-12-18July 22 20132013-07-22