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A bare-chested male priest in an orange dhoti with gold-bordered yellow edges stands barefoot on red stone steps, holding up a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with both hands. A long braid hangs down his back, with a gold necklace and beaded bracelets on his arms. Behind him, white-clad women sit on the steps with hands folded in prayer, and a crowd of devotees watches from behind white railings, with red flags and green hoses along the steps. This appears to be an aarti ritual at a riverside ghat.

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December 09 20162016-12-09A photograph of an outdoor temple-stepped tank during a ritual. A bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with white tilak marks on his chest and arms and a rudraksha mala, holds up a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames. Behind him, a woman in a white sari with folded hands stands on the steps. Red flags with gold trim, green hoses, and rows of seated people in white clothing and orange garments fill the background, with more people visible on the upper steps.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night photo of a temple ghat with red stone steps lit by floodlights. In the foreground a bare-chested young man in an orange dhoti with gold border stands on the steps, playing a long wind instrument with a bell-shaped end. Several women in white saris sit on the steps behind him, hands folded in prayer, with small brass vessels and a kolam design on the step. Red and orange flags line the railings, and a large crowd sits in the tiered stands in the background. Lights are strung on the wall at left.2016-12-12December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12May 29 20172017-05-29December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12May 29 20172017-05-29Outdoor ritual scene on red stone steps of a large tiered venue with spectators seated in the background. In the centre, a bare-chested man in a rust-orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala holds a lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamp, its flame visible, while standing on the steps. To his right, two women in white sarees with thin golden borders stand with palms pressed together in namaste. Green hoses run along the steps and red ceremonial flags on poles frame the left side, with marigold garlands hanging at the right edge and an orange cloth on the step. No visible a person candidate; the figures are priest-like attendants and devotees.2016-12-09