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Photograph inside a temple hall with a wire-mesh grille and garlands of red and green leaves along the railing. In the centre a man in an orange-red turban and red-orange cloth wears a long garland of marigold and red flowers and holds a small white object in his hands. Beside him a bare-headed man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands with hands folded. At left a young man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white vest holds a brass plate with a lit flame, while a man in a plaid shirt stands behind him. At right, a bald man in a saffron-orange cloth with a dark rudraksha mala and gold bangles sits on a chair. A few other people stand in the background, and a speaker sits at left.

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May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01Indoor temple scene with a woman in orange-saffron robes and an orange head wrap performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass plate, standing before a shrine decorated with marigold and mixed flower garlands and heaps of petals. She wears a long garland of orange and yellow flowers and bangles. Around her, standing devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with folded hands, watch; a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a striped border stands at right. Offerings with coconuts and flowers lie on the shrine floor, and a deity murti is partly visible behind the garlands. A wall clock and a window light the room.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01January 18 20182018-01-18July 27 20082008-07-27September 06 20172017-09-06A bare-chested man with long dark hair and white tilak markings stands smiling in a red-brown dhoti-style cloth, wearing red and yellow flower garlands and yellow petals in his hair. He holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame toward a second man in a white vest and pink cloth who holds a brass bell. Men in orange shirts and onlookers stand behind them, and a phone is raised among the crowd. Yellow petals scatter on the ground in a courtyard with bunting overhead.2017-09-06Indoor photograph of a domestic aarti at a house visit. A tall figure in reddish-maroon sannyasi robes with a gold border and a red-and-white flower garland holds a lit oil lamp with a bright flame. Beside him, a monk in matching maroon robes with a dark rudraksha mala stands with a hand near the lamp. On the left, a man in a white shirt with a red-orange beaded necklace presses his palms together in namaste. Behind him, a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds a brass plate of flowers. A red-and-white flower garland hangs on the wall, and a window and patterned curtain are visible. Several people are visible; the frame shows four people in the scene.2014-06-24A photograph of a ritual reception inside a building with a plain concrete ceiling and a wall clock. A central figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, wearing a long multicolour flower garland with a copper-toned rudraksha-style mala, stands with palms pressed together while a man in white dhoti and shawl with red and gold borders offers a brass plate from the right foreground. Several onlookers in shirts and a boy in a dark t-shirt stand at left, and a bald man in orange cloth stands behind the central figure. a person is visible with a saffron turban, orange robe, flower garland and mala.2015-05-01A photograph of a ritual in a bare concrete hall with brick walls. In the centre, a person in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair and a gold-bead mala, has both palms raised to the forehead while receiving a flame. A bare-chested priest in a cream dhoti, with a red coral mala, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, bowls and offerings. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with palms pressed together. Devotees in orange and purple garments stand behind, and a man in a white and gold-bordered dhoti stands at right. The scene resembles an aarti or puja; no identity is asserted from appearance.2012-09-24