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Dimly lit photograph of a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti bending over a small shrine niche, holding a flame-lit offering or lamp toward a deity murti draped in red and gold cloth and garlanded with white flower strands. A fluorescent tube light glows at the top of the niche, and small ritual objects and cloth strips hang on the wall. Scattered petals and offerings lie on the stone ledge in the foreground.

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May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesInside a dim stone-walled shrine, a shirtless man in a yellow lower cloth bends forward to hold a lit lamp, with a bright flame, over a small brass or stone yantra-like object on a cloth. Two standing men to the left wear orange-saffron robes and rudraksha malas; one has a tilak and hands folded at his chest, the other stands with palms joined. Partially visible on the right edge, another person in orange clothing. Red and white painted motifs hang on the wall behind. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja. No identity is claimed for any figure.2012-05-18A photograph of an aarti at a deity murti draped in red and orange silks and garlanded with white jasmine strands and pink and yellow flowers. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread stands at left, holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several bright flames toward the figure. At right, a devotee's folded hands are visible. A small brass oil lamp burns beside the lamp, and a glowing red-and-gold ornamental lamp hangs above the shrine.2012-05-18 +1 copiesNight photograph of a figure in orange sannyasi clothing with long dark hair and a pink flower garland, seen from behind, holding a metal oil lamp with a visible flame toward a white stone altar. The altar holds a dark deity murti or lingam decorated with yellow, orange and magenta marigold garlands and white flower petals. A person in white clothing stands at the right edge and another partial figure in orange cloth appears at the left. The background is dark and a red flag tip is visible behind the altar.2009-01-12May 18 20122012-05-18Night photograph under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. On the left, a standing man in an orange robe holds a lit oil lamp or flame in one hand and performs arati. Beside him on a red-draped stone pedestal sits a black stone deity murti with a tall orange turban, garlands of white and red flowers and a gold-trimmed orange cloth, and a smaller orange-clad seated figure with garlands in front of it. A brass kalasha or ornate lamp stand sits on a red cloth in the foreground. The scene is dimly lit with a dark background and a white-clad figure partly visible behind the performer.2006-12-10Night-time outdoor ritual scene lit mainly by flames. A person in the foreground wears a rust-orange turban, a dark red-and-white flower garland and a bare upper body, holding a lit torch or lamp taper toward a clay bowl. Beside them a second person in a dark embellished cap and saffron-gold wrap tends a shallow basin of burning oil lamps on the ground. Behind them stand carved stone deity murti decorated with red, white and yellow flower garlands, with a stone pedestal and dark foliage around.2014-12-05May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA person in an orange saffron garment with a golden border and a pink flower garland around the neck stands bent forward in a doorway framed by carved wooden panels, holding a brass oil lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Inside, a black lingam-like stone form in a tiled chamber is draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers, with petals scattered on the floor and brass lamps in the foreground. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp offered at a shrine.2009-01-12A photograph of an elderly man with grey hair and a beard, wearing white and a light checked cloth, leaning forward to light an oil lamp with a flame at the base of a deity murti. The murti is draped with a white and red cloth, decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink and yellow flowers, and a green cloth. Warm orange light and a dark background frame the scene, with blurred figures at the edges. A wristwatch is visible on his wrist and a rudraksha-style mala hangs at his chest.2012-05-18Dim temple shrine seen through a doorway, with a priest in a dark garment holding a lit aarti flame before a deity murti draped in red and orange cloth. Oil lamps burn on the shrine ledge and above the arch. A person in red clothing stands at the left edge and another in orange at the right edge, partially cropped and blurred. Stone walls and a decorated brass or stone object are visible on the right.2008-10-15