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A red tented pavilion with a stage at the back where a golden deity murti sits in an ornate golden shrine with blue draped cloth. In the foreground, a bald priest with his back to the camera holds up a tiered silver aarti lamp, wearing a red and gold dhoti-style cloth, a rudraksha mala and gold armlets. Other priests on both sides raise tiered lamps, and a few people in orange and white clothing stand or sit near the stage. Monitors and speakers are arranged on a white-covered table in front of the stage. The scene suggests a puja with aarti during the Rudrabhishekam program.

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December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27A large red-canopied tent hosts a ritual aarti during Rudrabhishekam at a satsang. Several bald priests in saffron-orange dhotis with orange-and-gold striped borders stand in a row, arms raised, holding ornate golden multi-tiered aarti lamps with flames and smoke rising. On the left, a line of brass oil lamps (deepas) stands on a long dark table with seated attendants behind it. Behind the priests, rows of seated devotees in orange and saffron clothes fill red carpeted floor, and a camera on a tripod and a cameraman are visible near a white-draped altar. Red and gold banners and drapes decorate the tent walls.2016-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27December 27 20162016-12-27Photograph from behind a waist-high orange-fronted counter under a white tented pavilion with red drapes. In the foreground at left, a woman in white holds up a lit oil lamp in her raised hand. At right, a bald man with a rudraksha mala and layered gold necklace wears an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder, seen from behind. Beyond the counter, a raised white-draped stage holds a decorated altar with flower garlands, a golden canopy and a gold-framed deity murti, with several people in orange, white and saffron clothing seated and standing around it. Two small video monitors and tripod-mounted cameras stand on the counter. The a person candidate is the bald man at right, presented as a probable match by his rudraksha mala, gold necklace and saffron cloth, though his face is not visible.2011-07-15A photograph of a Rudrabhishekam ritual held under a red tent. On a raised white-skirted stage at left, several people in white ritual clothes and orange-robed priests sit and perform worship before a golden shrine with a deity murti under ornate gold canopies and draped blue-and-gold cloth. Several flat-screen monitors line the foreground, and a row of musicians in orange garments plays drums at right. Brass oil lamps stand in the lower right foreground beside a seated priest in orange and a shaved-headed figure, and a videographer on a tripod stands in the background.2016-12-27January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03Photograph of a ceremonial stage in a white-canopied tent hall, with a gold-and-white ornate throne backed by a cobra-hood arch and a decorated shrine structure. Several people in white and cream clothes sit on a low orange-draped platform before the throne, with women in pink and red saris among them. In the foreground, three shaven-headed men in orange robes with yellow borders and beaded necklaces stand at the edge of the stage, one holding a lit oil lamp aarti, while another has his hands raised. Brass lamps and metal bowls sit on the stage, and a small illuminated tree decoration stands near the right. A camera on a tripod films the scene, and a screen on the right shows the event. Floral garlands hang on the pillars.2016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03