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Outdoor photo of a bare-chested priest with long dark hair and white body markings standing on a white metal platform, raising a silver aarti lamp with smoke rising from its flame toward a clear blue sky. A second young man with a rudraksha mala stands behind him at the railing, and a brass vessel sits on the platform. Below, a large dark polished stone linga is draped with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. Behind is a blurred tree. The priest wears white dhoti and a brown rudraksha mala, and a bell-like instrument rests near him. Appearance does not clearly match the page's identification, so the priest is described by role only.

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November 24 20162016-11-24November 24 20162016-11-24November 24 20162016-11-24November 24 20162016-11-24A bare-chested priest on a raised steel platform lifts a brass aarti lamp high with one arm, smoke rising from its flame against a clear blue sky. He wears a white dhoti, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and wrist beads, with white sacred marks on his forehead and long dark hair. Below him, a large dark stone linga is draped with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. Two other priests stand nearby, one in orange cloth and one with a rudraksha mala, with brass vessels on the platform. Trees are visible in the background.2016-11-24A photograph of a large black dark-stone Shiva lingam wrapped with a garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers, viewed from below against a clear blue sky. On a raised metal platform beside it, a man with long dreadlocks, bare-chested, with white painted markings on his arms and rudraksha beads around his neck, sits cross-legged in white dhoti, holding a small brass vessel while a flame and smoke rise nearby. A second man with shaved head and white marks sits behind him, and a brass kalasha sits on the platform.2016-11-27 +1 copiesNovember 26 20162016-11-26 +1 copiesNovember 27 20162016-11-27 +1 copiesNovember 27 20162016-11-27 +1 copiesNovember 22 20162016-11-22October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a Shiva lingam abhishekam on a raised metal platform with steps and railings under a pale blue sky. A bare-chested man with long hair tied up and a red-brown shawl draped over his shoulder raises a brass oil lamp (aarti) over a large dark lingam garlanded with a thick rope of multicoloured flowers in yellow, green, purple, red and white. Smoke rises from the lamp. Two other men in orange cloth stand behind on the platform, and a further figure is partly visible at the left edge. Trees are at the right.2016-10-16