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A shaved-headed man in a rust-orange robe and a brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders looks upward while holding a long silver ceremonial handle that rises to a tiered silver lamp stand on the right, with multiple brass oil lamps on its tiers. He wears dark-framed glasses and has a white vibhuti mark on his forehead. He is bare-shouldered and seated in a cream-walled room with a light stand and camera equipment behind him.

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December 12 20112011-12-12October 05 20142014-10-05March 16 20132013-03-16A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-brown robe and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and white horizontal tilak, holding a tall silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps on a long handle. He stands in a bare hall with a red curtain and a tripod in the background. The aarti lamp is the main subject, and the man is performing the ritual.2013-06-15 +1 copiesSeptember 06 20122012-09-06April 16 20132013-04-16A man in a saffron-orange ceremonial garment and a gold bead necklace holds a tall silver multi-tiered oil lamp aarti stand with many lit flames, gazing upward in a dim hall. He has a red tilak on his forehead, wears glasses and a silver bracelet, and has white painted markings on his upper arms. The lamp stand has a curved silver handle and ornate silver base; a metal railing and blurred furnishings are behind him. The lamp is an oil lamp stand used in aarti, not a fire pit.2011-11-30September 09 20122012-09-09October 26 20152015-10-26September 07 20122012-09-07 +1 copiesNovember 28 20112011-11-28A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala holds a tiered silver aarti lamp with multiple lit oil lamps in a puja setting. He has white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms and is speaking or chanting. Behind him hangs a draped curtain of red, cream and gold swags. Other people are only partly visible at the edges, and a camera or monitor appears at the right.2012-09-21