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A young man with short dark hair stands in a temple hall, raising a silver multi-branched aarti lamp with three lit flames in his right hand. He wears an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, multiple rudraksha mala strands, a pendant necklace, a vertical tilak on his forehead and white sacred markings on his upper arm. Behind him are golden deity shrines with murtis, colourful framed pictures and maroon curtains, with a camera on a tripod at right. Several seated devotees in white and orange are at the lower left, making this an aarti performance during a satsang setting.

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September 01 20172017-09-01Photograph of a young shirtless man in a temple performing aarti. He wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck and arms, with white ash markings on his arms and a vertical tilak on his forehead. He holds a silver multi-wick oil lamp with flames aloft and gazes upward. Blurred golden deity murti and shrine decorations fill the background, with a few out-of-focus devotees at the bottom edge. a person candidate cues are absent here, as the figure lacks the distinctive long hair or crown described for the appearance-based label, so the identity is uncertain.2017-09-01 +1 copiesSeptember 01 20172017-09-01 +1 copiesA young shaved-headed man in orange and maroon sannyasi-style dress stands in a hall, holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp lit with several flames in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left. He wears a long rudraksha mala around his neck and beaded bands on his wrist and upper arm, with a sacred ash mark on his forehead, and his bare shoulder is visible. Behind him, seated devotees in orange robes sit on the floor, slightly blurred, with wall posters and an air conditioner on the white walls. This appears to be an aarti being performed during an assembly.2015-11-16A photograph of a bare-chested man in an orange cloth wrap, wearing a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand and a silver bell in his left, performing aarti in a hall. Seated devotees in orange fill the foreground and background, and a pink chair sits near the left. Maroon curtains and framed colourful posters line the walls. The man has long swept-back hair and the page names a person, but his appearance gives only partial cues, so the identity is uncertain.2017-07-30A young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands in profile holding a tall brass aarti lamp with multiple tiers of lit oil lamps, flames glowing. He wears a rudraksha mala, white vibhuti marks on forehead and arm, and a red kumkum dot. Blurred seated devotees in orange and white clothing are visible at the lower edge of a pink-walled hall with framed pictures and an air conditioner. Aarti ritual scene.2016-08-04November 16 20152015-11-16November 18 20152015-11-18A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a red-and-gold striped shawl performs aarti, holding a silver multi-tiered lamp stand with several flaming oil lamps on a long silver handle. He wears a gold-bead necklace, a small pendant, gold bangles and white tilak marks on his forehead. Seated devotees in the background watch, and a projection screen behind him shows a religious image. The setting is an indoor hall with orange drapes and smoke rising from the flames.2012-07-20November 16 20152015-11-16August 02 20172017-08-02November 18 20152015-11-18