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Close view of a round metal aarti tray held by hands in the foreground, carrying five clay oil lamps with burning wicks and folded cotton wicks, a central flame glowing bright. Behind the tray, partly visible people wear white dhoti-style cloth with a gold border, red-and-gold striped garments, and a beaded necklace with brass bells. The scene suggests an evening lamp offering during a ritual procession, warm reddish light. Only hands and partial bodies are visible; no identifiable face is shown.

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Close photo of a round metal tray held by hands at a night event, holding several small clay oil lamps lit with flames. A woman in an orange saree with a pink border and a rudraksha mala lifts a lamp from the tray. Beside her, another woman in a cream and gold saree wears a rudraksha mala and holds a bronze bowl lamp, and a sandy ground surrounds them.2015-11-25A photograph of a group of ritual participants in a dim setting lighting clay oil lamps (deepams) for a Karthigai Deepam-style lamp offering. In the foreground, a figure in a maroon-and-orange headwrap and an ornate patterned crown, wearing a white floral garland, gold jewellery and white sacred ash markings on the arms and face, holds a woven basket of lit clay lamps. Beside them, several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings on their foreheads, hold and light lamps. A silver tray of red, yellow and white flower petals sits at lower right. Several other devotees stand in the background.2013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17Close photograph of an aarti ritual. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in profile with a gold-coloured headwear and a beaded necklace holds a brass aarti plate with several lit oil lamps, their flames large and bright, with scattered flower petals on the tray. Behind him, another figure in saffron and yellow cloth and a second lamp stand are partly visible in warm, hazy light. The background is draped in orange and yellow fabric.2010-01-30Close photo of a brass aarti plate held by a hand in the foreground, carrying a lit oil lamp with several flames and a heap of yellow flower petals or marigolds. Behind it, a person in a rust-orange saffron wrap with a rudraksha mala stands in a ritual setting, with bare arms and a white painted mark on the upper arm. Another figure in red is partly visible at the left and upper right. The setting appears to be a devotional ceremony.2013-11-27December 20 20112011-12-20February 28 20132013-02-28Close-up of a priest in an orange-saffron garment holding a silver five-flame aarti lamp on a silver tray while ringing a silver hand bell with the other hand. Three flames rise from the lamp with incense smoke curling upward. A blurred purple backdrop and warm bokeh lights fill the background, and two partially visible seated people appear at the left edge. The priest wears a beaded bracelet and gold-edged saffron cloth, and the scene reads as an evening aarti ritual.2011-11-10Close photo of a silver five-flame aarti lamp held on a silver tray by a hand wearing a rudraksha bracelet, flames rising in the foreground. Behind it, slightly blurred, an elderly woman with a white head covering and a red kumkum mark on her forehead watches. Warm orange and golden tones with smoke drifting upward.2015-11-18A dimly lit temple scene during an aarti: a shaved-headed priest in a dark garment holds a brass multi-flame oil lamp with several bright flames toward the viewer, his face partly hidden behind the lamp. A second figure in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl stands at right, also holding a lamp. Garlands of yellow-green and red flowers hang on a decorated pillar or deity stand at left, with blurred background ornaments.2016-12-07May 24 20162016-05-24May 11 20122012-05-11