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A man in an orange and gold-bordered dhoti-style garment with rudraksha malas around his neck and arm holds up a lit brass aarti lamp with a large flame. He has long dreadlocked hair tied up on his head and wears eyeglasses. He is performing aarti in front of a large seated audience, whose blurred heads fill the lower part of the frame. The hall has white walls and wooden panels.

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July 19 20162016-07-19July 19 20162016-07-19May 21 20162016-05-21A young man in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment with gold border and gold waist sash stands in profile holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp in his left hand and a brass handbell in his right, with rudraksha beads and a gold-toned necklace around his neck and beaded bands on his arms. His hair is tied in a tall topknot. Behind and to the right, another arm raises a lit brass lamp with flames. Seated devotees in orange, teal and red saris and kurtas fill the blurred background, many with hands raised in worship. The setting appears to be an indoor hall during an aarti-style ritual.2016-05-24August 03 20172017-08-03A young man in saffron-orange cloth stands holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames, with a bell in his other hand. He wears long dark hair falling behind, a white tilak on his forehead, a brown rudraksha mala across his chest, and white ash markings on his arms and chest. A blurred hall with framed red-toned pictures on the walls forms the background. The setting suggests an aarti ritual. a person's appearance is uncertain here, so the figure is described by role only.2017-08-03August 02 20172017-08-02August 03 20172017-08-03A young man in ritual attire stands on a stage performing an aarti with a brass oil lamp in his left hand and a handbell in his right. He wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, with a black topknot and white tilak markings on his forehead. Behind him a large seated audience is blurred, and a camera on a tripod and a green a person TV banner are visible at left.2016-07-19A photograph of a young man in an orange-red saffron cloth draped over one shoulder, bare-chested, with rudraksha mala beads layered across his chest and a white forehead stripe with red tilak. He holds a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps in one hand and a brass bell in the other, performing an evening aarti ritual. Multiple people in orange clothing sit blurred in the background, and framed religious paintings hang on the white wall. Wrist and arm bands are visible, along with white sacred ash markings on his arm. The warm lamplight dominates the scene.2017-08-03A photograph of an evening aarti in a hall. Three bare-chested young men in orange dhoti-style cloths, with rudraksha malas and white markings on their chests and foreheads, hold up brass oil lamps with bright flames. The central figure in front holds a lamp in his right hand and a bell-like object is visible at the right edge. Seated devotees, mostly women in saris and salwar, fill the background, and a framed poster and a shrine-like display are visible on the wall.2016-10-12May 21 20162016-05-21