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A photograph of a person in an outdoor setting with palm trees behind. A person in a rust-brown and gold-striped dhoti-style garment, with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a thick ceremonial gold necklace, wears long white and red flower garlands and gold bangles. They hold a brass oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and a small glass in the other, raising the lamp toward an ornate copper-coloured shrine or kalasha-topped pillar decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. The person smiles while performing the offering. Palm fronds and greenery fill the background under a pale sky.

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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14A 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.2014-10-05April 14 20132013-04-14Outdoor photo at dusk beside a palm grove. A man in an orange-brown dhoti-style garment and shawl stands on the right, wearing a long red flower garland and a gold-accented necklace. He holds a silver aarti lamp with burning flame in one hand and a small silver bell in the other, performing a ritual. A large copper-coloured kalasha-style vessel or lingam-shaped pillar on the left is draped with a yellow marigold garland and a pink flower, with carved decorative motifs. Trees and a dark stone base are behind.2013-10-05October 05 20142014-10-05Outdoor temple ritual at dusk with a tall reddish-brown dhvajastambha (flagpole) wrapped in yellow and red marigold-and-flower garlands and brooms tied at its base. A single person in orange-saffron cloth with bare upper torso, a long orange shawl, and red flower garlands holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a bell in the other, facing the pole. Palm trees stand behind in the evening sky. Probable Swamiji (long dark swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha-style orange beads and ceremonial garlands). Ritual context matches a flag-hoisting (dwajarohanam) with aarti; the photograph shows the lamp and bell, not a specific programme.2013-03-11A 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.2014-10-05A person in a rust-red and saffron striped dhoti and shawl stands outdoors beside an ornate carved wooden shrine pillar draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. The person holds a brass oil lamp or puja vessel in one hand and a flame or offering toward the carved shrine, with coconut palms and green foliage behind. The scene resembles a temple ritual at a shrine, with a carved wooden kalasha-topped structure as the focal point.2014-08-31April 21 20152015-04-21October 05 20142014-10-05Outdoors 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.2013-04-14