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A bald man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stands in the foreground holding a brass trident-like ritual implement with a flame burning at its top, and a brass handbell in his other hand, during an evening ritual. Behind him, several people in orange and white garments are seated or standing in a whitewashed hall with framed pictures on the wall. Oil lamps glow on the floor and a red exit sign is visible. Several other people in orange or white clothing move around the room, and a seated devotee is in the lower centre.

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November 18 20152015-11-18November 18 20152015-11-18November 18 20152015-11-18November 18 20152015-11-18November 18 20152015-11-18November 16 20152015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16November 18 20152015-11-18November 16 20152015-11-16A shaven-headed man in orange ritual dress holds a brass five-flame aarti lamp aloft in his right hand and a silver bell in his left. He wears a rudraksha mala, beaded bracelets and an orange dhoti with a magenta border. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron garments sit on the floor of a plain pink-walled hall, with red cloth and mats in the foreground. The scene appears to be an evening aarti in an ashram hall.2015-11-18A shaved-headed young man in saffron-orange robes stands centrally, holding a small bell in his right hand and a wooden stick or fan-like implement in his raised left hand. He wears a red-and-orange sash, a long rudraksha mala, a bracelet and wristwatch, and has a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, several young boys in orange garments with gold borders and rudraksha beads move about a hall with pale walls, framed pictures and wall-mounted air conditioners. Some boys wear white dhotis with gold borders. Framed religious posters line the wall behind them, and a red illuminated exit sign is visible at upper right.2015-11-16A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes standing in a hall, holding a multi-flame oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and a handbell in the other, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and tilak on his forehead. Around him, several people in orange and white ritual dress sit on the floor in rows, some with white cloths, others with white and yellow sashes; behind them a golden carved pillar and framed pictures on the wall. The setting suggests an aarti during a ritual gathering. The central priest appears to be a devotee-priest rather than an identifiable a person, so no appearance-based a person candidate is claimed.2015-11-18