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A man in orange-saffron robes stands at the centre holding a tall silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit flames, performing an aarti ritual. He wears a long strand of gold-coloured beads and a thin black cord around his neck, and a beaded bracelet on his wrist. Behind him, seated devotees in white and orange clothing watch, some holding small oil lamps or lit candles, and one person photographs with a camera. Orange draped fabric and banners hang in the background, with a hall of red chairs on the right. Robe and lamp colours are saffron, gold and white.

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A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl performs aarti with a lit ornate silver lamp held in his right hand, flames rising from the wick. He wears a gold bead necklace, a small rudraksha-style mala, and a sandalwood tilak with horizontal arm markings. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch and some have hands folded in prayer, with plastic chairs and a bell visible in the foreground and a red-orange tent interior.2013-02-11A shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and matching shawl with gold border stands in the centre holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame in his right hand and a bell in his left, with white tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a beaded gold-toned mala around his neck. Seated people in white and orange clothing behind him join palms in prayer, with rows of red chairs at right and a small brass lamp at lower left, and a red backdrop with framed notices on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti ritual during a satsang gathering.2013-02-11September 10 20122012-09-10A photograph of a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holding a brass multi-flame aarti lamp aloft with both hands, flames rising before his face. Behind him several people in orange and white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some with white tripundra markings on their foreheads, and a red curtain forms the backdrop. The lamp is an aarti performed as worship. The man's appearance does not clearly match the description of a distinctive presenter with several qualifying cues, so his identity is not established.2013-06-18September 07 20122012-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 06 20122012-09-06A shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace holds a silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, turning toward the flames. A white vertical tilak marks his forehead. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange hold lamps and offerings, and a projector screen shows a photograph of a deity murti and people. Curtains and audio equipment fill the room.2012-07-14September 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10September 09 20122012-09-09September 10 20122012-09-10