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Outdoors under palm trees and a bright sky, a smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an ornate reddish-brown wooden shrine pillar draped with white and gold-bordered cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds. He wears a dark orange-brown garment, a brown rudraksha-style mala, and a long white and red flower garland. In his right hand he holds a brass oil lamp with a tall flame, and in his left a small brass bell. The scene reads as a temple-style ritual of aarti offered beside the decorated pillar. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and rudraksha mala, ceremonial garlands; performing aarti.

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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14A man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap with a saffron-orange band stands outdoors beside a carved reddish stone shrine adorned with yellow and pink marigold garlands. He wears a long white and yellow-orange flower garland and a rudraksha-bead mala, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small handbell in the other. Palm fronds and green foliage fill the background.2014-10-05April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesApril 21 20152015-04-21A man in a rust-red and saffron-bordered dhoti and upper cloth, bare-chested with a long garland of marigolds and red flowers, performs aarti with a brass lamp beside a carved brown wooden shrine draped in yellow and pink flower garlands. He holds a small brass bell in his other hand. Palm trees and green foliage surround the outdoor setting.2014-10-05March 11 20132013-03-11Outdoors under palm trees, a woman in an orange-brown sari and a heavy gold necklace stands beside an ornate copper-coloured shrine pillar wrapped in a green and gold cloth. Garlands of white, yellow marigold and red flowers hang on the pillar, and she holds a lit oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. A stone deity figure sits at the lower left, and a second person is partly visible at the right edge.2013-04-14March 10 20132013-03-10 +1 copiesApril 21 20152015-04-21A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a large ornate copper kalasha-like vessel wrapped in yellow marigold garlands, with a copper relief panel showing a tree motif and red and white flowers at its base. A man standing at right wears a rust-orange dhoti with a gold-bordered sash, a brown gold-trimmed shawl, a long red flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace, plus a red bindi and white tripundra on his forehead. He holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, with palm trees behind. Appearance-based candidate: a person, identified by the saffron-orange clothing, garlands and ceremonial necklaces, standing in an aarti posture.2014-11-26October 05 20142014-10-05