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A photograph of an evening ritual outdoors among palm plants and potted greenery, with smoke or incense haze in the air. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded necklace and gold bangles, holds up a lit silver aarti lamp with a flame, performing aarti. Behind a red-painted pillar, a silver lamp stand stands on the ground. On the left, a seated man in white clothes with a red shawl plays a small instrument, and a standing man in white dhoti waits nearby. On the right, a woman in a red-bordered sari sits watching. The scene shows a priest performing aarti during an outdoor ceremony.

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A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in a saffron-orange robe with a red border performing an evening aarti at night. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame raised in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, and wears a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style chain with a pendant, with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead. Dried palm fronds and green leaves hang overhead beneath a decorated canopy, and smoke drifts at left. Several seated people in yellow garments are visible at the lower edge, and a man in white stands behind him. The setting looks like an outdoor homa or puja area.2009-09-26July 27 20162016-07-27A photograph of a night ritual at an outdoor setting with smoke drifting in the background. A man in a red-maroon dhoti and matching shawl with a long golden-beaded garland stands centrally, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Swamiji (probable): long dark hair swept back, a gold necklace and a long beaded garland are visible, along with a red-maroon shawl, matching the page's Swamiji reference. To the left a young shaved-headed attendant in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tilak sits with eyes closed. A woman in white with a red-orange scarf sits in the lower right. An ornate golden carved pillar frames the right edge, and a figure in blue and pink sits beside it.2013-03-31November 21 20102010-11-21October 09 20082008-10-09A photograph of a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp in one hand and a small bell in the other, with flames rising from the lamp. He wears gold beaded necklaces and a gold pendant, with a light vertical tilak on his forehead. Smoke drifts across the left side, and green mango-style leaves hang overhead. The page indicates this is a Chandi Homa event, but the figure's appearance is a shaved-head priest in saffron with gold beads, lacking the long hair or crown cues needed to confirm the person named on the page, so the identity is uncertain.2009-09-25A photograph of an evening ritual at night with smoke and a bright flame. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a gold beaded necklace holds a silver aarti lamp with a large flame in his right hand and a small bell in his left, speaking as he performs the ritual. Behind him, several people in white and yellow garments and one in red stand or sit, some with hands folded in prayer. Banana leaves and palm fronds frame the scene at the left and top right.2009-09-25A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe and an orange head covering stands in smoke, holding a bronze multi-wick oil lamp with bright flames in his right hand and a small bell in his left. He wears a long gold-toned bead necklace, and a white mark is visible on his forehead. Green leaves hang in the background.2009-09-25Night-time ritual at an outdoor pandal with banana leaves and smoke in the air. A shaven-headed man in a saffron-orange robe with maroon borders and a gold chain with a pendant stands at right, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flaming wick over the head of a seated young man in white kurta, yellow shawl and rudraksha mala who has his palms raised. Yellow and orange marigold petals are scattered on the stone platform in front, with brass vessels and a bell visible. Other seated devotees in orange and yellow sit behind. The orange-robed man shows no clear a person cues such as long hair or ornate crown, so his identity is uncertain.2009-09-25September 26 20092009-09-26A man in a flowing saffron-orange sleeveless robe with a bare upper body holds a small brass ritual vessel over an open flame in an outdoor setting with trees and a low wall behind him. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a white vibhuti line with a red kumkum dot on his forehead, and he looks down at the flame, apparently performing a small fire offering. A blurred figure in white stands in the background at left. Appearance-based cues including the rudraksha mala and saffron robe make him a person candidate, present in person, though his face is not used for identification.2009-06-15A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a darker red-maroon border stands at night holding a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with flames rising from several wicks, and a brass bell in his other hand. He wears a long gold-toned beaded necklace and a white horizontal forehead mark with a red dot. Leaves hang above and a leafy plant stands behind him against a dark background. The scene suggests a night aarti performed in the open. The man is a priest or sannyasi performing the aarti; appearance is a shaved head in saffron with no long hair, crown or rudraksha malas, so his identity is uncertain.2009-09-27