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A photograph taken at night outdoors of a man with long dreadlocked hair falling down his back, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha-type bead mala across his shoulder and a beaded band on his upper arm. He holds a silver oil lamp with a flame in both hands, lit amid smoke, with pink and white ritual items hanging from a string behind him. White ash markings are visible on his arms and shoulder. Blurred lights and a deity murti or decorated structure appear in the background.

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March 02 20172017-03-02Night photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark braided hair holding a lit brass oil lamp with a visible flame and smoke, a rudraksha-style bead band across his shoulder and arm, and white dhoti-style cloth. Sacred ash-like markings appear on his arm. Strings of small lamps and blurred city lights are in the dark background.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02A photograph at night of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand, extending it toward a string of small decorative items. Smoke rises from the flame. He wears a wooden rudraksha-style bead necklace and bead bracelet, with white markings on his arms and shoulders, and has long hair tied back in a band with earrings. Blurred city lights glow in the background. The scene resembles an evening aarti or lamp offering outdoors. The man is a priest or devotee; identity is not established from appearance.2017-03-02A night-time photograph of two bare-chested men in ritual attire at an outdoor site. The man on the left, holding a tall silver staff, wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a saffron-orange cloth at his waist. The man in front, in white dhoti and cloth wrap with a rudraksha mala and sandalwood-marked arms, holds a silver aarti oil lamp with a bright flame and a red cloth wick. Behind them, a line of small sparkling fireworks or lights hangs on a wire, with smoke and sparks rising, and blurred figures and illuminated stands appear in the dark background.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02Night photo of a bare-torsoed priest in a white dhoti holding a silver aarti lamp with a red cloth-wrapped handle, flame and smoke rising from the lamp. White horizontal markings on his arm and shoulder and rudraksha-style beaded bands on his wrist. Behind him a line of hanging incense sticks or lit offerings glows against dark background with blurred city lights. No clearly visible face of a candidate a person; the figure is a ritual officiant performing aarti.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02Outdoor ritual photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-red sleeveless garment with white horizontal forehead and arm markings, holding a silver lamp with a bright flame and smoke rising. He looks to the side, and a wooden stand sits in the foreground. Behind him, blurred figures in rust-red cloth and white and orange flower garlands suggest a ceremony. a person: long swept-back dreadlocks, rudraksha-style red sacred cord and rust-red ochre clothing; he is the person performing the flame offering.2017-12-28December 28 20172017-12-28 +1 copiesA bare-chested man with long dark hair coiled up on his head holds a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame raised high in his right hand, performing an aarti ritual at night under a corrugated roof. A rudraksha mala is worn on his arm and a white forehead mark is visible. Behind him stand colourful decorated deity murtis, including a blue-faced figure with a white crown and a gold-and-red decorated figure, with garlanded flowers in yellow and orange. Hanging decorations in red, yellow, green and blue with patterned tassels are suspended from the ceiling.2016-10-29