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A dim indoor ritual photo, blurred in motion. A bare-chested man in a red-orange cloth wrapped at his waist and draped over his shoulder stands center-frame, wearing a rudraksha-bead mala and a patterned cream-and-brown headpiece, while holding a lit brass aarti lamp in one hand and a small bell in the other. Behind him seated devotees in red and orange garments watch, and a striped multicolored cloth covers a table at lower right. Lamps with bright flames appear at left and right. Some men in the background have sacred ash markings on their foreheads.

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A standing man in a red-orange dhoti and matching red-orange shawl holds a small brass plate of lit oil lamps at waist height, the flames bright in the dim hall. He wears a leopard-print headband, a red beaded necklace and several rudraksha-style mala strands, with white ash striping on his upper arms and chest. Seated devotees, mostly bare-chested in ochre and red garments, fill the background, and a striped red, green and blue cloth covers a table in the foreground. The person holding the lamps is visibly a sadhak performing aarti, but the visual cues do not clearly establish a person candidate.2018-01-01Two bare-chested men in red-orange waist cloths stand in a dim hall raising brass aarti lamps with lit wicks toward the top of the frame. Each wears a leopard-print headband and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Seated devotees in red and orange clothing fill the background, some with sindoor-style marks on their foreheads, and one hand holds a small bell. The scene suggests an evening aarti or puja ceremony.2018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01Dim evening ritual scene with two young male priests in red dhotis and red shawls, bare-chested with white body markings, leopard-print and white patterned head cloths, holding lit multi-flame oil lamps (aarti) at a gathering. Behind them, seated devotees in red and white clothing watch and join in with folded hands. Candelabra lamps glow at the left and right edges, and a striped cloth covers a low table in the foreground.2018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01August 04 20172017-08-04December 29 20182018-12-29October 25 20182018-10-25May 25 20132013-05-25 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20192019-01-02May 25 20132013-05-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional ceremony on a red-carpeted stage before a gold-carved throne-style backdrop. In the foreground a young man in an orange-red dhoti and orange shawl, wearing a leopard-print headband, rudraksha beads and a bangle, raises a brass aarti lamp with a flame. Beside him a second orange-clad man and a third figure hold lamps and a metal vessel, and a woman in a white sari stands at left. Seated devotees in white and orange fill the lower right, and a large screen at upper right shows a garlanded portrait. Scene suggests an aarti offering.2018-01-09