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Outdoor evening photo at a garden shrine beside a red-orange wall. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall white-and-blue patterned crown faces a large grey stone Ganesha statue seated on a lotus-carved pedestal. The figure holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the deity, performing an aarti. Red-brown rocks, green plants and bamboo surround the statue, and the sky is dusky blue. The figure's face is turned away from the camera. The person's identity cannot be determined from appearance, so the figure is described by role only as a devotee performing aarti.

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A night-time photograph in an outdoor garden. A single priest or devotee stands in profile on the left, wearing an orange saffron robe with a gold-bordered sash and a white hat with a decorative patterned band. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, offering it toward a grey stone statue of Ganesha seated on a carved pedestal. The Ganesha murti has a raised trunk and multiple arms, set against an orange-red boundary wall with pink flowering shrubs and bamboo at the sides. The scene suggests an evening puja offering.2011-10-30November 01 20112011-11-01Outdoor photo in a walled garden with orange-red walls and green shrubs under a clear blue sky. A bare-chested man with short dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a draped orange shawl with a yellow border, and bangles on his right wrist. He holds a lit oil lamp or dhoop vessel toward a grey stone murti of Ganesha seated on a lotus pedestal, with a trunk raised and marigold flowers and a small offering at its base. A rocky border and grass surround the statue. Only one physical person is visible; the statue is not counted.2012-01-01Night photograph in a garden beside an orange-red compound wall. A figure in an orange saffron garment with a beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp toward a grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a tiered pedestal, its trunk and raised hands visible. A second man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer. Flowering shrubs and bamboo surround the murti, and the sky is dark.2011-12-17November 01 20112011-11-01October 31 20112011-10-31August 31 20112011-08-31January 09 20132013-01-09Outdoor garden scene beside a red brick wall with pink hibiscus flowers and green shrubs. A man with a shaved head wearing a plain white dhoti with a gold border and a white shawl stands barefoot, holding a small brass lamp with a flame in his right hand and waving it toward a large dark grey stone statue of Ganesha seated on a pedestal and lotus base. A white and grey pebble border surrounds the stone platform. Ganesha's trunk and ornate headdress are clearly visible. The man appears to be performing a puja or aarti to the deity murti. No a person candidate is established by appearance.2011-08-31Night-time photograph of a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a small vessel in his left, performing aarti before a group of grey stone deity murtis standing on a low stone platform. A tree and an orange boundary wall are behind the figures. A partially visible devotee with folded hands stands at the right edge. The priest is not shown with distinctive visible cues of the page's named subject, so his identity is not established.2011-12-17At night outdoors, three shaven-headed men perform aarti before a large dark stone Ganesha statue seated on a carved pedestal, set among bamboo and pink-flowered shrubs against a red compound wall. The man on the right in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a lit oil lamp aloft toward the deity. A younger man in white with gold-bordered cloth stands beside him. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with gold borders stands with palms joined in prayer. A mound of round stones and scattered white offerings lies at the statue's base.2014-10-03Night photograph of an outdoor shrine beside a terracotta-coloured wall. A man in an orange saffron robe with an orange sash and an ornate white-and-blue patterned cylindrical headdress stands at left, holding a brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) with a lit flame and smoke rising from it, offering light to a grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a carved pedestal at right. Pink flowering shrubs and bamboo frame the scene. The figure is a priest or devotee performing aarti; appearance does not establish a person identification, so the role is used.2011-10-30