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Close photo of a bare-chested man with swept-back white hair holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand, wearing brass bangles and a dark rudraksha mala. A second shirtless man stands at left, and a third man in white at right is partly visible with a rudraksha mala. A brass puja implement with a small figure and a silver vessel sit at the bottom edge.

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Devotees sit on a floor in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bell in his right hand and a brass oil lamp in his left, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him, a man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with a small brass lamp or incense vessel near his hands. Further left, a woman in orange sits beside him, and other lamp-holding devotees in white and orange appear in the background. A gold and red throne-like chair sits behind them, with warm lamplight on the scene. The ritual appears to be an aarti with oil lamps.2014-05-25Several seated devotees perform a puja ritual with brass oil lamps and incense sticks on a tray in a pink-walled hall. A bare-chested older man with white hair and white sandalwood markings on his forehead and body wears a long rudraksha mala. Beside him a man with grey hair and a rudraksha mala holds a small brass lamp, and younger men with glasses hold similar lamps. A woman in an orange head wrap and a woman with long blonde hair in white garments sit in the background.2017-03-18September 09 20122012-09-09May 12 20122012-05-12A photograph inside a temple with a yellow stone pillar and dark walls. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a red-and-white forehead band wears a dark rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with a saffron cloth over his shoulder; his body is marked with white ash. To the right, a man in orange robes holds a brass aarti plate with three burning oil lamps toward him. At the left foreground, a bare-chested man stretches out cupped hands to receive offerings, and another attendant in orange and a white-cloth figure stand nearby. The setting suggests a temple puja or aarti.2012-05-21November 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesMarch 07 20132013-03-07March 07 20132013-03-07November 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesMay 18 20192019-05-18November 14 20162016-11-14 +1 copiesFive men sit in a row at dusk performing puja at dark black stone Shivalingas arranged on stepped stone platforms. Each holds a lit oil lamp or small flame, and the foremost man in the right foreground, with short grey hair, bare upper body and a white dhoti, holds a small brass lamp over the lingam. The men wear white dhotis and rudraksha malas, with sacred ash marks on their chests and arms. Warm flame light and an out-of-focus row of lingams fill the background.2016-11-14 +1 copies