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Night ritual photograph in an outdoor setting lit by strings of warm yellow lights along a stone wall. A bare-chested man with long dark hair stands on a raised platform, holding a lit flame aloft in both hands as an aarti. Below him, a second man in orange cloth sits near a metal railing and staircase, with a red flag on a pole to the left. In the right foreground, a large deity murti or figure decorated with a dense garland of white, yellow, orange and green flowers is partly visible. A few people are seen at the lower right edge. Oil lamp flames and smoke rise from the offering.

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Night photograph of an aarti ritual at a stone wall lit with rows of string lights. In the centre, a person with bare upper body and dark hair raises a flaming lamp with both hands, the flame bright orange. Below on a metal staircase platform, a second person in an orange cloth sits beside a standing figure in orange and dark clothing. On the right foreground, a large deity murti is decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, white and green flowers. Red flags stand at the left edge.2016-12-09Night procession scene at an ashram. A large deity murti (likely a cobra-hooded form) is draped in dense garlands of white, yellow, orange and purple flowers and stands on a wheeled float at right. On a raised metal platform at left, a priest in white dhoti and a shirtless man in saffron-orange cloth stand near the railing; one person raises a lit lamp, a flame kalasha-style lamp, toward the murti. Strings of warm white lights line a pale wall behind, and a red flag stands at left. 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Strings of warm lights line the wall behind, and a red flag hangs at the left edge.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night photograph of a large cobra-hooded Shiva-linga or deity murti heavily decorated with garlands of white, yellow, orange and purple flowers, standing on a raised platform. Two men stand at left on steel-railed steps, one in orange dhoti with bare chest and rudraksha-style beads, another in orange cloth. A central figure in orange garment with gold necklaces holds a flame or aarti lamp toward the decorated murti. Strings of warm white lights line the pale wall behind, with a red flag at left. Crowd partially visible at lower right.2016-12-09Night photo of a large Shiva lingam decorated with a dense garland covering it in marigold orange, yellow, purple and white flowers, with a crown-like ornament on top. 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