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A shaved-headed priest stands in profile in an ashram-style hall, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. He wears a long rudraksha mala across his chest and a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, and holds a silver handbell in his right hand. Beside him a brass lamp with a bright flame burns on a stand, and a framed picture hangs on the wall behind. A green-topped table stands at the right edge. The setting suggests a puja or aarti during satsang. No person in the scene is confidently identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the figure is described only by role.

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A shaven-headed man performs an aarti with a brass oil lamp held in his raised right hand, flame lit, while his left hand holds a bell. He is bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arms and chest, wears dark rudraksha malas across his chest and arm, and has an orange cloth around his waist. The blurred background shows a wall with framed pictures and a bright yellow-patterned panel. The photo is a single close-up of one ritual performer.2016-09-27September 27 20162016-09-27 +1 copiesA shaved-headed man in profile stands in an indoor hall, holding a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a rust-orange dhoti and bare upper body, with a long black rudraksha mala hanging to his waist. Behind him are a framed picture on a pale wall, a dark doorway, and a pale ornate backdrop. A black banner in the lower right shows partial lettering. The lamp suggests an aarti being performed. The priest is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; his role is a ritual officiant with lamp and bell.2016-09-27December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesJune 03 20142014-06-03A standing young man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered sash performs an aarti ceremony in a hall with a red floor. He wears a tall tiered hair knot, white tilak on his forehead, multiple strands of rudraksha malas and a gold chain, and holds a brass oil lamp in one hand and a silver bell in the other. A second brass lamp stand appears at the right edge. Behind him, a seated man in white dhoti with gold border and a white tilak sits on the floor, and other people in colourful clothing sit in the background.2016-05-02A photograph of a young man performing a ritual with a brass oil lamp held in both hands, its flame burning upward with a wisp of smoke. He is bare-chested, wearing a white sacred thread, a rudraksha mala of brown beads, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. His eyes are closed and he appears absorbed in the act. Behind him, slightly out of focus, a portrait of a smiling man in red and saffron robes with a red turban is displayed, and to the right is an ornate gold deity murti on a decorated altar with red and gold fabrics. The scene is a temple or ashram shrine setting.2017-02-01November 18 20152015-11-18A shaven-headed man in orange ritual dress holds a brass five-flame aarti lamp aloft in his right hand and a silver bell in his left. He wears a rudraksha mala, beaded bracelets and an orange dhoti with a magenta border. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron garments sit on the floor of a plain pink-walled hall, with red cloth and mats in the foreground. The scene appears to be an evening aarti in an ashram hall.2015-11-18November 18 20152015-11-18September 21 20132013-09-21