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A young man in orange saffron cloth and a dark wrapped turban performs aarti before a decorated deity murti. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a handbell in the other. His bare upper body shows beaded bracelets and armlets, and he wears rudraksha malas around his neck. Behind him, the deity murti is adorned with garlands of pink, yellow and white flowers on a silver pedestal. The setting is a temple-style shrine in a plain room.

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April 18 20182018-04-18A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a deity murti decorated with pink, white and multicolored flower garlands. The priest, seen from behind in profile, wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body with a sash over one shoulder, a bun of hair on top of the head, earrings and a beaded armlet, and holds a lit oil lamp in the right hand with a small silver vessel in the left. The murti sits on a gilded silver seat draped with a pink cloth, under a silver arch. Smoke rises from the flame.2018-04-18January 04 20192019-01-04April 21 20182018-04-21April 04 20182018-04-04 +2 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesJuly 16 20152015-07-16October 10 20162016-10-10November 11 20172017-11-11December 31 20182018-12-31May 18 20192019-05-18A bare-chested man performs aarti with a silver tray holding five lit oil lamps in front of a deity murti dressed with flower garlands and ornaments. He wears a red-and-white beaded mala around his neck, a wristwatch, a red kumkum mark on his forehead and a small hair knot. Behind the murti is a green cloth backdrop and an ornate gold arched frame, with gold ceremonial standards at the sides. Appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference but not clearly distinctive, so identity is left uncertain.2015-07-16