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Night photograph of a figure in orange sannyasi clothing with long dark hair and a pink flower garland, seen from behind, holding a metal oil lamp with a visible flame toward a white stone altar. The altar holds a dark deity murti or lingam decorated with yellow, orange and magenta marigold garlands and white flower petals. A person in white clothing stands at the right edge and another partial figure in orange cloth appears at the left. The background is dark and a red flag tip is visible behind the altar.

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January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. A woman in an orange sari with a long white and magenta flower garland holds a brass lamp with a lit flame and pours or offers from it. Beside her, a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver bowl of white offerings, and another man in white dhoti and shawl stands behind. Dark leafy trees and string lights fill the background, with a red-and-white striped platform and a golden arch at right. Printed copyright and source text runs vertically along the right edge.2011-05-16A man in a saffron-orange robe, with a long white and red-yellow marigold garland around his neck, stands in profile at night holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame and smoke rising from it, performing a ritual. Behind him a dark outdoor area lined with many black stone shivalingams, some draped with blue and gold cloth and marked with white tripundra, under streetlights and strings of red and white paper decorations on a bamboo-lined walkway.2010-12-29November 04 20132013-11-04June 03 20122012-06-03November 29 20112011-11-29A temple scene at night in which a man in an orange-saffron robe with long, swept-back curly hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands at left holding a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, both hands partly covered in white. He wears a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a ceremonial necklace. In front of him is a white powder-covered linga with a red flower on top, being prepared for abhishekam. Behind and to the right, a large deity murti is draped in red and gold silk and decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, red and purple flowers. A brass oil lamp stands nearby and a woman in a dark outfit is partly visible at the bottom edge.2010-02-12