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A photograph of a rocky, scrubby hillside with green bushes and a palm. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with his back to the camera raises a small brass lamp with a flame toward a tree or sapling. A young child in dark clothing sits at the lower edge of the frame, and a woman with blonde hair tied back, wearing orange, kneels with her palms together at the bottom right, appearing to pray. The man's build and orange robe are visible, but his face is not shown, so his identity is uncertain.

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A photograph of an outdoor hillside setting with rocky, scrubby slopes and a small village of houses at the left. In the lower left foreground, a man seen from behind wears an orange top and raises a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the hillside. Beside a mossy boulder at right, a neat offering spread with white flowers, a banana-leaf-like platter of food, and palm fronds sits near saplings. No other people are visible.2008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A photograph of a rocky, scrub-covered hillside with green bushes and small trees in the foreground. In the lower centre, the top of a man's shaved head and a raised arm hold a small dark metal cup with a bright orange flame. Only the back of his head and raised hand are visible, and a partly visible person appears at the bottom edge. No identifiable face or clothing details are visible.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03May 17 20112011-05-17May 19 20082008-05-19May 19 20082008-05-19A seated person in a red-orange wrap and matching dhoti sits cross-legged on a flat rock outdoors, wearing a long orange-yellow marigold garland, gold bangles and a red forehead mark. Behind them rises a rocky hill under a pale sky, with green trees framing the scene. In the foreground at right, an unseen person's hands hold a brass oil lamp with a flame and a metal vessel, performing an aarti near a small brass pot and a wooden stand with yellow cloth on the rock.2011-05-17October 01 20062006-10-01A photograph outdoors on a rock with green trees and a hill behind. A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold trim stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp aloft with smoke rising, as an aarti is performed. Seated cross-legged on the rock at right, with eyes closed in meditation, is a person with long dark hair wearing a red-pink dhoti and shawl, a gold-bead necklace, a garland, bangles and a red bindi, hands resting in the lap. Pink flower petals are scattered beneath the seated figure. The seated person's appearance is consistent with the presentation described for the a person in this archive, though a clear identification cannot be confirmed from the image alone.2011-05-17A photograph of a rocky, scrub-covered hill under a pale sky, with a lit aarti lamp held up in the foreground. A man seen from behind, with bare shoulders and an orange cloth wrapped at his waist, raises a brass aarti lamp with bells toward the hill. A multicoloured striped umbrella with tassels stands beside him. He wears a gold necklace and bangles. The scene suggests an evening aarti offered toward the hill.2017-02-04