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A photograph of a man seen from behind, raising a brass aarti lamp with bells overhead against a hazy green hillside. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads around his neck, and his upper body is bare. Beside him stands a colourful multicoloured parasol with blue, red and yellow panels and tasselled edging, a ceremonial umbrella used in processions. The sky is pale and overcast.

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February 04 20172017-02-04February 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesPhotograph of a shaved-headed man seen from behind, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron shawl with a beaded rudraksha-style mala at his neck, raising a brass aarti lamp high in his right arm against a hazy green hillside. A multicoloured decorated parasol with tassels stands at lower right. Ritual arati offering in outdoor setting.2017-02-02A photograph taken from behind of a bare-backed priest in an orange-saffron cloth draped over one shoulder, wearing a rudraksha mala with gold beads at the neck. He raises a brass aarti lamp with a multi-branched stand high in his right hand, flame area and ornate handle visible against a pale sky. Behind him a hillside of dry green scrub rises, and to the right a colourful umbrella with red, blue, yellow and green panels and tassels stands as a ceremonial canopy. The scene suggests an outdoor arati ritual at a hill shrine. The person's face is not visible.2017-02-02February 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a man seen from behind performing aarti with a flame held in his raised right hand toward a forested hill. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped over his bare torso and a thick beaded necklace of wooden or seed beads. A colourful striped umbrella with red, yellow and blue panels and tassels stands at the lower right. The background is a hazy brown hill under a pale sky.2017-02-04February 02 20172017-02-02A man seen from behind holds a brass aarti lamp aloft in his raised right arm during an outdoor evening ritual. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped over his left shoulder and a thick rudraksha-style mala with gold-coloured bead accents at his neck, and his bare upper back and shoulders are visible. Behind him stands a hillside covered in dry green scrub, and at lower right a colourful umbrella with red, yellow, blue and green panels and tassels shades the ceremony. The image is a photograph of an aarti offering to the hill.2017-02-04February 04 20172017-02-04February 02 20172017-02-02