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Close photo of a priest performing aarti with a silver oil lamp (deepa) held in his right hand, flame rising from the cup. He has a white forehead band with a red vertical mark, a rudraksha mala, and beaded red and gold bracelets and ornaments. Behind the lamp stands a wooden shrine decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers, with a blurred green background. Only one person is visible.

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A close photograph of a hand holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame, the flame flickering above the cup. The person wears a maroon-red robe and a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala around the neck, with a white and green flower garland draped at the side. To the left, a gilded deity figure and a carved stone shrine are decorated with white jasmine garlands, red roses and yellow marigolds. The background is a soft-focus green garden with trees. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering at a shrine.2016-09-26Close photo of a hand holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame burning in a copper cup, offering to a shrine of gold-toned figures decorated with white jasmine garlands, red roses and yellow marigolds. The person wears a dark maroon robe and a long dark rudraksha mala, with a bead bracelet on the wrist. Green palm foliage blurs in the background.2016-09-26December 19 20162016-12-19December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesA close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame, its ornate scrolled stand adorned with a small stone, a gold bangle on the wrist. Behind it, blurred figures include a person with a white horizontal forehead band and white clothing, and another person in yellow in the background. Additional lit oil lamps appear at the left and right edges, and gilded ornamentation sits at the left. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp offering during a puja.2010-10-16October 07 20112011-10-07A man in green ritual dress performs aarti outdoors, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a dark red beaded mala with white-and-gold square beads, a green-and-gold shawl draped over one shoulder, and red-and-gold beaded armlets. A vertical tilak marks his forehead. Blurred green trees and a path fill the background. A second person in white stands partly visible at the right edge.2011-12-13December 19 20162016-12-19March 16 20202020-03-16 +2 copiesMarch 18 20132013-03-18Outdoor photograph of a man performing aarti with a silver lamp flame beside a deity shrine decorated with colourful garlands. He has long dark hair in a bun, bare upper arm, and wears a purple garment with a red-and-gold bordered wrap, with rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. In his other hand he holds a silver bell. Blurred trees and dry ground fill the background, and red flowers lie at the lower left.2011-12-14