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Night photograph of a riverside ghat with red-and-white steps lined with string lights. A figure in an ornate silver crown and orange clothing holds a lit oil lamp toward the viewer, carrying a lit flame in a metal lamp. Beside and behind, several people in saffron-orange robes and white ritual clothes stand with hands joined in prayer, one holding a brass tray. A woman in orange with a long black hair and gold necklaces stands with palms pressed together. Small flags hang at left. Dark sky and water fill the background, with lamps lighting the scene.

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November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Night photograph of a riverside stone ghat at Kartheekai Deepam. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at the front with palms pressed together in namaskar, with distinctive long swept hair and a gold neckline. Beside them, a man in an orange robe and a tall decorated white cap holds a lit oil lamp flame. Other orange-robed people and devotees in white stand along the steps, with strings of small red lights along the upper edge and a full moon over dark water. Scene reads as an evening lamp-lighting ritual.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Night photo of an evening aarti at a stepped riverside ghat. In the foreground, a young man with a topknot, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala, lifts a tall brass lamp stand with many flames. Beside him, several other men in saffron-orange dhotis, some with bare torsos and garlands, hold lit lamp stands and offering vessels. Seated women in white saris and men in white clothes sit on the lower steps tending small oil lamps. Behind them, a large crowd fills the terraced seating under strings of lights, with red flags and a lit decorative tower on the left.2016-12-06Night-time outdoor ritual at dusk among palm trees. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth with gold border and a gold-beaded necklace, stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him are several men in orange robes with rudraksha-style garlands, also with hands folded. On the right a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a lit aarti lamp with flame and is accompanied by people in white. A brass plate with flowers lies at lower left. Behind, devotees in white and red clothing stand and one person holds up a camera. The scene suggests a deepam lamp ceremony.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Night aarti at a stepped riverside ghat lit by floodlights and strings of lights. Five male priests in saffron-orange dhotis stand on the stone steps with bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas and gold-coloured necklaces, raising large brass aarti lamps and flaming kalasha-style lamps high. Seated women in white saris and white-clad attendants sit on the lower steps beside small oil lamps and brass vessels. Behind them a large crowd of devotees watches from tiered seating, with red flags and a green hose visible on the steps.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06June 22 20092009-06-22