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A photograph of three people in a small concrete room beside a large metal boiler with a stacked wood-fuel tray in the foreground. A woman in orange and red-bordered sari stands at right, hands together near a brass lamp. A young woman in an orange robe with dark hair in a bun holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and is facing it toward the boiler area. Behind her a man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer. This looks like a fire or lamp offering with prayerful gestures, with no clear deity visible.

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A photograph of a person in orange robes with a red border bending over a wood-fired stove. A stainless steel cylindrical vessel with pipes stands behind a small fire of split logs on a concrete hearth. The person in orange holds a brass lamp or vessel toward the flames, while a figure in white clothes is partly visible at the right edge. A red-brick wall and a water bottle sit in the background.2008-02-12A photograph of a small, plain room with pale walls and a wooden side table holding a brass oil lamp, a small framed deity picture garlanded with flowers, brass vessels and other ritual items. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange saffron wrap edged with gold trim, stands at the table holding a brass bell in one hand and a lit lamp or incense-like object in the other, performing a puja. Behind him a man in white and a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace watch with folded hands; a third person in orange clothing with palms pressed together stands at the right edge. Thin smoke rises near the wall. The distinctive long hair, orange wrap and ritual bell offer compatible cues for the page's identified figure, so the probable label applies to the bell-ringing man.2012-01-03A photograph inside a bare, whitewashed utility room with exposed wiring. On the left, a large cylindrical stainless steel tank with pipes stands beside a woman in orange sari bending down to touch a pipe fitting; she wears a gold bangle and a long beaded necklace. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl, with a tilak on his forehead, stands with his hands folded. On the right, a woman in an orange sari with red border holds a small silver vessel and looks down. All three are barefoot on a concrete floor. Three people are visible.2008-02-12January 18 20102010-01-18 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small room with white walls and a wooden cabinet on the right, its shelves holding a row of brass bells, with framed pictures on top. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange sari wrap, with a long pink and white flower garland around her neck, holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame and smoke rising from it toward a wall shrine niche. Beside her a man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and at the left edge a man in a white shirt and a striped-sleeve person are partly visible. The scene shows an aarti being offered at a home. No identifiable a person is visible in appearance-based cues; the figures are devotees and attendees.2010-01-10A photograph of an aarti ritual inside a plain white-walled room. A woman in an orange-and-cream sari holds a brass aarti lamp with a large flame and smoke rising. Beside her, an elderly man in white clothes with a red shawl presses his palms together, and another man in white with a red shawl stands at left. In the foreground, a man in a tall orange turban, orange sleeveless robe and a white and red flower garland stands with his hand raised; a younger man in orange robes stands behind him. a person is the man in the orange turban and robe, with long hair, a flower garland and a rudraksha-style presence, shown in a ritual role. Brass bells and a small offering are visible at the lower edges.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a home or hall with a pale blue wall and framed picture at top right. A man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl, lights a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) with a yellow lighted stick. The brass lamp has a bird-shaped top and sits on white and pink flower petals and a white flower garland. To the right, a young person in orange robes with hands folded in namaste stands beside it. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a man in a pink shirt watch, and two women on the left, one in a white sari with a gold border and the other in orange, stand with hands folded.2010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20172017-01-14September 28 20112011-09-28August 14 20162016-08-14January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copies