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Close-up photograph of a pair of hands in an orange-red sleeve held palm-down over a small silver deity murti set within an ornate brass arch with pierced openwork. The murti stands on a wooden base beside brass vessels and a metal bowl, with a blurred orange glow in the background. The figure beside the murti is a person in an orange garment performing a ritual gesture, but the face is not visible and no one is identified by name.

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June 01 20062006-06-01June 01 20062006-06-01September 28 20112011-09-28A photograph of an aarti ritual in progress. In the foreground a hand holding a silver tray with a multi-branched silver oil lamp, its several wicks burning with tall flames and smoke rising. A bare arm wearing a gold bangle reaches toward the flame with palms pressed together in a gesture of reverence. Behind, a blurred figure wears orange robes and a pink head covering, with other people in orange and white clothing in the background.2015-11-18Close-up photograph of a person's hands holding a small brass bowl or plate covered with an orange cloth. The person wears an orange saffron garment and a dark rudraksha mala with large brown beads hanging at the side. A silver and gold bangle is on the wrist. The background is softly blurred in grey and dark tones.2011-09-07A photograph of a ritual abhishekam setting on a table draped with an orange and red patterned cloth. A pair of hands, one holding a tall silver conical vessel, pours liquid from it over a small brass murti group of a standing deity figure with a crown and seated figures, placed on a silver tray beside a silver umbrella-shaped canopy. In front stands a silver kettle-style pot with a lid and a second silver pot with a spout. The background is softly blurred with a warm interior wall and window. No face of any person is visible.2013-05-20Close-up photo of an aarti ritual: a priest in a white dhoti holds a silver camphor lamp with a large open flame in his right hand, while his left hand holds a small silver vessel. Only his hands, arms and lower body are visible, with a gold bangle on his wrist and a gold chain at his neck. He wears an orange shawl draped over the left side. The background is blurred with red and white striped pillars. Smoke rises from the flame.2010-12-19 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a hand holding a silver aarti lamp with a flaming wick and leaf-shaped ornaments on its stem, offered before a blurred carved stone or wooden deity murti with ornate figures on the right. Warm orange wall in the background. No full human figure is visible.2011-09-19June 01 20062006-06-01 +1 copiesApril 15 20132013-04-15 +3 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20122012-01-08