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Night-time outdoor ritual photograph in which three priests in white dhotis and white shawls stand in a row on a raised platform, holding lit flames or oil lamps aloft. Brass ritual vessels and bells sit on the ground in front of them, and a large crowd of people dressed in white is seated in the darkness beyond. A single street lamp and a string of small lights mark the edge of the gathering. The scene appears to be an evening puja or aarti.

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April 17 20112011-04-17A night-time outdoor ritual at an open ground, with a large crowd of seated devotees in white dressed fading into darkness behind. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red and gold border holds a lit oil lamp, while a second figure in white holds another flame; a third man on the right, bare-chested with a white cloth draped over his shoulder, stands beside a wooden structure. A single floodlight on a pole and a line of small lights mark the far edge of the ground. A white stone pillar stands at the left edge. No figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable.2011-04-17Night photograph of an outdoor aarti at a large gathering. Three or four men in white ritual dhotis and shawls, one with a red-striped shawl, stand in the foreground holding lit oil lamps and flames aloft. A dense crowd of people in white clothes sits on the ground behind them, with strings of small lights and street lamps illuminating the dark open ground. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2011-04-17Night outdoor ceremony at Tiruvannamalai Adheenam with a large seated crowd filling the foreground. Several shaven-headed priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred ash marks, stand on a raised platform holding flaming oil lamps and aarti plates, a row of small lamps glowing along the back. Devotees in white and colourful saris sit with hands folded in namaskar. A street lamp glows at left and a white rope runs across the scene. Ritual aarti being performed at dusk.2011-04-17Night photograph of an outdoor temple ritual at Tiruvannamalai Adheenam. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the right holding a lit aarti lamp raised in one hand, with a second white-clad priest behind him beside small lit oil lamps and flower offerings on the ground. Rows of seated devotees fill the dark courtyard on both sides, and tall white pillars with street lamps line the left side under strings of small lights.2011-04-17Night ritual gathering in an open outdoor courtyard at Tiruvannamalai Adheenam. Three priests stand in front of a large seated crowd. The nearest priest on the right is bald and bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth with red and maroon borders, holding a brass bell and a lit flame. The middle priest wears a white cloth with a yellow-orange border and holds a flaming lamp, while another white-clad attendant on the left also holds a small flame. Brass lamps and ritual vessels sit on the ground in front, and many devotees in white clothes sit in rows under a dark tree canopy, lit by a floodlight and a string of small lights.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photo of an outdoor aarti at Tiruvannamalai. Two priests in white dhotis and shoulder cloths, one with a red-bordered cloth and a bare upper torso, raise oil lamps and a brass lamp stand with flames toward the dark sky. A row of brass vessels and lamps sits on a mat beside them. Behind them a large seated crowd in white clothes faces the stage, with string lights and white pillars at the left edge. Two women in the foreground have flowers in their hair.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17October 19 20082008-10-19