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A priest performs aarti with a multi-branched oil lamp raised high in his right hand, flames burning at the top, before a golden wooden double door flanked by two painted statues of standing deities with multiple arms, orange and green dhotis and gold crowns. The priest, seen from behind, is bare-chested with white ash markings on his chest and arms, an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads around his neck and wrist. A maroon curtain hangs above the shrine, and two seated devotees' heads are visible at the bottom edge.

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April 27 20142014-04-27April 22 20142014-04-22A photo of a ritual aarti in a temple hall. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest with dark hair and white sacred ash marks on the arm, wearing an orange cloth, raises a multi-flame oil lamp toward a shrine. Behind him stand two golden-crowned deity murti figures with garlands on either side of a wooden double door. Gold-carved pillars, potted plants, hanging bells and a silver-leaved tree frame the scene, and a few small figures sit at the bottom edge.2017-06-27April 22 20142014-04-22A temple aarti scene in a shrine hall with a red carpet. A young priest seen from behind, shaved head, wearing an orange cloth over the shoulder with a red border and rudraksha beads, raises a brass multi-wick oil lamp toward a golden deity shrine. White sacred markings are on his arms and back. Two seated devotees in white dhotis with folded hands sit to the left, and a figure in orange sits at the right edge. Colourful painted guardian figures with raised hands and crowns flank the doorway, and brass lamp stands line the walls. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2014-04-27Interior of a temple shrine with painted dvarapala guardian figures flanking a large golden-brown wooden door. A standing priest in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl, seen from behind with a rudraksha mala at his neck, raises a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with burning flames toward the door. Two devotees in orange robes kneel on a patterned rug to the right, hands folded in prayer. Brass oil lamps stand along the walls and a small offering tray with flowers sits on the floor before the door.2013-06-28A photograph inside a temple hall with painted pillars and a red floor. A shaven-headed priest in a rust-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads raises a tiered brass aarti lamp toward a shrine doorway flanked by two painted dvarapala guardian figures holding maces. Two seated attendants in white dhotis sit on the left, and another orange-clad figure appears at the back. Brass oil lamps line the walls. The priest's face is not visible from behind, so no identity is asserted; the scene shows aarti before a shrine.2014-04-04April 25 20142014-04-25A temple-hall ritual scene with a priest standing in the foreground, seen from behind, wearing an orange cloth over the shoulder with a red border, a rudraksha mala around the neck and wrists, and white markings on the arms and back. He raises a brass lamp with multiple flames toward a doorway flanked by two tall painted deity murti with four arms, crowns and green dhoti drapes against a blue-and-orange pillared wall. A second seated figure in white cloth, with a rudraksha mala, sits to the left with hands folded. Brass standing lamps line the red carpeted floor. A framed portrait is visible through the open wooden doors.2014-04-27June 06 20142014-06-06June 01 20142014-06-01A bare-backed priest seen from behind holds a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with three lit flames in his right hand during ritual worship. He wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over his left shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, with white sacred ash markings on his back and shoulders. He has short, dark, wavy hair. Before him stand two large painted deity murtis flanking a golden door, both with multiple arms and orange-red lower garments with green sashes. The scene suggests an aarti offering in a temple shrine.2017-08-04