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A man with long dark hair, a short beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits at a low table draped with a dark cloth, lighting a small silver oil lamp with a matchstick. He wears a deep red-maroon unstitched wrap over bare shoulders, with a red thread bracelet on his wrist. A plastic water bottle, a notebook and a few small items sit on the table, and gold-carved wooden chairs and a red wall form the background.

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August 12 20162016-08-12August 12 20162016-08-12A photo of a man seated at a wooden table with gold-embossed panels in a dim hall. He wears a dark maroon sleeveless wrap over a bare chest and has a red vertical tilak on his forehead. He is breaking open a small packet or matchbox, with a silver footed cup on the table in front of him. A plastic water bottle with a pink cap, a microphone and papers sit on the table.2016-08-12A bare-shouldered man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate gold-and-wood throne, wrapped in a rust-red cloth. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. Before him on a red-edged table are a silver oil lamp with a lit flame, a water bottle, a small bell, and papers. Behind him stands a carved stone pillar and a red wall.2016-08-12A man in a rust-red sannyasi wrap sits at a low red-and-black lectern before a gold-trimmed carved wooden chair. He is bare-shouldered with a long dark braided hair and a beard, with a red tilak on his forehead, and he looks down at a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame on the lectern. A plastic water bottle, a microphone and papers sit on the table, and a carved deity panel stands behind him. a person: the long hair, rust-red sannyasi attire and red forehead mark are the cues, and he is presiding over the lamp as a teacher seated on a throne-like chair.2016-08-12August 12 20162016-08-12A seated man in a rust-orange robe lights an oil lamp with a match at a small wooden table. He has long, braided dark hair falling over his shoulders, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, and a rudraksha-style bracelet on his wrist. A silver oil lamp with a flame sits beside a brass bowl, a matchbox lies on the table, and a folded orange cloth and a wooden book rest nearby. A microphone stands in front of him, and a golden trident hangs on a wooden pillar behind the seat, with red walls and a wooden pillar in the background.2016-08-04August 12 20162016-08-12A photograph of a seated man in a rust-orange robe with a brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders, lighting or tending a small silver lamp on a white table. He wears a sandalwood-style tilak on his forehead and has a wired microphone clipped beside him. A brass bowl with dark contents sits beside the lamp, a matchbox lies on the table, and a wooden pillar with brass bands stands behind. Water bottles with pink caps appear at the lower left.2016-08-04August 04 20162016-08-04August 12 20162016-08-12A photograph of a man seated indoors at a wooden swing-like frame with rope hangings, near a red-painted wall. He wears a rust-red sleeveless robe over bare shoulders, has long dark hair, a beard and a white tripundra mark on his forehead, and wears a multi-strand rudraksha mala draped across his chest. He holds a lit wick or oil lamp over a silver bowl, with a dark bowl and a microphone in front of him. a person is visible: long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and distinctive ochre-red robes, shown performing a lamp-lighting ritual.2016-08-04