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Night photograph of a temple aarti at a procession. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron garment, a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, holds a brass aarti lamp with a small bell and a flame. A man in white clothes and an orange shawl beside him holds a small red packet, and a woman in an orange top holds a bowl of flowers. Behind them, white-clad devotees crowd the area and an ornate decorated temple backdrop with striped patterns and gold is visible at upper right.

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December 23 20062006-12-23A nighttime photograph of a ritual at a temple procession. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment and a long rudraksha mala, holding a brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) and a small brass bell. Beside him, a man in white clothing with an orange shawl holds a small packet, and in the foreground a woman in an orange garment and white top holds a brass bowl of flower petals. Around them, people in white clothes and orange shawls crowd the scene, and a decorated deity murti or ornate backdrop is visible at the upper right. The image appears to show an aarti being performed during a procession.2006-12-23Night procession photograph. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads on his chest, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl also carries a brass lamp. A man on the left holds a brass handbell and a silver-tipped staff, and others in white clothes stand nearby. Colourful fringed umbrellas and a red-and-green cloth are visible in the background, and a woman in a pink top watches. The scene reads as a procession with aarti.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession scene. A central figure with long dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead wears an orange saffron wrap and a long necklace of rudraksha beads, his eyes lowered as he walks with hands extended near a small brass object at the bottom. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis hold a tall wooden pole and a decorated canopy above the crowd, one man wearing an orange shawl and another holding a red cloth. On the right, a woman with hair pulled back and a stud earring is seen from behind. Dark background with a distant decorated structure and red fabric.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +2 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession scene with a man in an orange saffron garment and rudraksha mala, long swept-back dark hair, bending over a coconut or offering at the front. Behind him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls hold brass plates with fruit and flowers, and white-clad attendants stand near a decorated ratha or palanquin with a deity murti framed by garlands and colourful striped drapery. Oil lamps glow on the left. Probable Swamiji by his orange robe, long hair, and rudraksha mala, performing a puja or aarti during a procession. Several men are visible, counted roughly at a dozen.2006-12-23Photograph in a dim hall of a devotee ritual. A young man with long, wavy black hair wears a white shirt and a red-orange shawl draped over his shoulders, a rudraksha-style mala around his neck, and a bangle on his wrist. He holds a brass-coloured vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a red flower, and he gazes forward. Beside him an older man in white kneels with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a purple cord and a white cloth. On the right a woman in a yellow shawl leans forward holding a small offering. Other seated devotees in white are blurred in the background. The image is a photo, not a poster or graphic.2009-12-21December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +2 copies