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A photograph of an indoor lamp-lighting ceremony on a speckled terrazzo floor. A man with short curly dark hair, wearing an orange robe with maroon borders and bare feet, bends forward to light a brass oil lamp with a flame. A woman kneels beside him in a cream sari with gold border, wearing dark beaded mala and glasses, her hands raised around the lamp's ornate brass handle. The brass lamp has a white jasmine garland wrapped around its stem. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the upper left, and a figure in white sits on the floor in the background.

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November 16 20092009-11-16A photograph inside a home or hall with a pale blue wall and framed picture at top right. A man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl, lights a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) with a yellow lighted stick. The brass lamp has a bird-shaped top and sits on white and pink flower petals and a white flower garland. To the right, a young person in orange robes with hands folded in namaste stands beside it. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a man in a pink shirt watch, and two women on the left, one in a white sari with a gold border and the other in orange, stand with hands folded.2010-01-11 +1 copiesNovember 16 20092009-11-16June 27 20142014-06-27A photograph inside a plain room with cream walls and a grey tiled floor. A man in a saffron-orange kurta with a maroon-edged dhoti or wrap stands at left, holding a small packet or cloth in both hands and wearing a silver bangle. At right, a woman in a white sari with gold and maroon border bends forward, lighting a brass oil lamp shaped like a bird on the floor. A wooden wall shrine holding a brass dish with flowers hangs at upper right, and a green curtain shows at the window at left. The man's appearance does not qualify as a recognisable candidate, so the role is given as a man in saffron clothing.2009-08-20June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesSeptember 15 20092009-09-15A photograph inside a bright, tiled hall where a woman in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala stands beside a tall brass oil lamp, its flame lit and ringed with marigold garlands and a floral rangoli on the floor. Around her, several men in orange sannyasi robes and white dhotis, some wearing gold-toned beaded necklaces, stand watching, while a man in white with a striped shawl and another in white kurta with a gold-bordered dhoti face the lamp with folded hands. A woman in a grey sari stands in the background, and a framed poster of a robed figure hangs on the wall above.2008-01-14A photograph of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti lighting a brass oil lamp with a flame, standing before a framed portrait garlanded with white jasmine and red flower strands. Beside him stands a bearded man with long curly hair in an orange robe with hands folded in prayer. The portrait shows a smiling man with long hair, orange robes and a red tilak, seated in meditation on a cushion, labelled as an image of the Paramahamsa. A gold-embroidered maroon and orange cloth drapes the altar table. Two other people are partly visible at the left edge, and a video camera is raised in the upper left.2010-02-12Close photo of a brass ceremonial oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) on a tall golden stand, decorated with a garland of white jasmine-like flowers and a single orange blossom wrapped around its top. Three flames burn on the lamp's dishes. Behind it, a person in a rust-brown robe with a gold-coloured border stands with hands pressed together at the chest, and another person in saffron-orange robes stands at the left edge with arms folded. At the right, a hand wearing a gold wristwatch holds a small lamp or offering. The setting suggests an aarti or puja with the lamp as the focal ritual object.2013-10-19June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copies