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Night photo of a crowd at a waterside ritual. A smiling young man with a shaved head, white sacred marks on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread stands bare-chested holding a lit oil lamp in front of a devotee who holds his hands in anjali near his face. Other devotees around them, some in white clothes and some bare-chested, reach toward the flame. Green garland lights and a railing appear in the background, with more people behind. The scene resembles an aarti at a water tank.

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Night scene at a water-side ghat with a crowd of devotees gathered around an open flame. A shirtless man in the foreground with a rudraksha-style mala and white sacred marks on his chest presses his palms together in prayer. Beside him a bald man in white dhoti holds his hands near a burning oil lamp or fire offering, with orange cloths and garlands visible. A woman with a long braid and white cloth stands in the center facing the flame. Behind them stone steps and more people in white and orange clothing fill the background. No clear a person candidate is identifiable in this crowd, so the scene shows devotees performing a fire-lamp ritual by the water.2011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15A seated group of men in white ceremonial dhotis and shawls with yellow borders performs an oil lamp ritual, holding lit diyas aloft. Several have white and ash tilaka markings on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Behind them, a large crowd of seated boys and men in white and striped clothing fills the hall, with more lamps on the floor in front. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp-lighting ceremony. No individual is identified as a person from appearance.2011-07-23July 15 20112011-07-15December 29 20102010-12-29Night procession at a festival with strings of coloured lights in the background. Devotees crowd the street. In the centre, a woman in a rust-orange sari holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp toward the front, her face lit by the flame, while another woman beside her also raises a hand near the plate. Several women wear rudraksha malas and white-and-gold sari borders. A man with a shaved head and white forehead markings looks up at the left. A woman in white with a gold border stands in the lower left with hands raised in reverence. Long red and white ceremonial poles rise above the crowd. Visible people number roughly 20 to 25, and no one in the image is identifiable as a person.2016-12-23Evening aarti at a riverbank ghat with a crowd of devotees in white and red clothing seated on steps. A bare-chested man with orange-marked forehead and an orange-and-saffron garland sits centrally before a small ornate deity murti set on a raised platform draped with a patterned cloth. Two men on either side hold large flaming oil lamps on tall trident-topped stands, and a man in white dhoti at left holds a lamp. Devotees in white and red shawls sit with hands folded in prayer, and a red wooden boat-like structure stands behind. Dusk light falls on the water.2014-07-27Night ceremony at a water ghat beside a lit, flower-decorated stone steps area. A seated woman in a red-orange sari with gold border and a microphone in her hand smiles at the front, her other hand resting on a metal tray or pot. A man in a white dhoti with bare upper body bends low at the water's edge, touching or washing the base of a small red-brown stone platform. Behind them a man in orange robes and rudraksha beads sits among rows of devotees in white dhotis and shawls, some clapping, some holding cameras. Marigold garlands and a brass kalasha with yellow flowers sit in front, with a row of lamps and orange-yellow decorations on the steps.2011-07-16Night-time temple aarti scene. In the foreground, two shaved-headed priests with bare upper bodies wear rudraksha malas and yellow-orange flower garlands; the nearer priest holds a brass tray with a lit camphor flame, sliced coconut pieces and offerings. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti stands among onlookers near stone pillars, and an elderly man in glasses is at the left edge. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2011-11-29Night photograph of a crowd around a lit fire. In the foreground a bald, bare-backed man with pale ash smeared on his skin has several yellow lemons pinned to his back with orange ribbons, a lemon-piercing devotion. Beside him a shirtless man in white dhoti-like wrap and a man in a white shirt raise hands toward the flame. Strings of green garland hang across a background building with lights.2011-07-15April 17 20112011-04-17March 20 20142014-03-20