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A group of devotees seated in a row during a lamp ritual. In the foreground a bald man with hoop earrings, wearing an orange-saffron garment and beaded rudraksha-style mala, holds a brass bowl with a lit oil lamp aloft. Beside him a man holds another small lit lamp, and others in white dhoti-style cloth have sacred white markings on their bodies. Brass lamps and bangles are visible in the blurred background.

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January 10 20172017-01-10January 10 20172017-01-10January 10 20172017-01-10 +1 copiesA close photograph of a bald man in an orange saffron robe and rudraksha mala raising a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand during a ritual. Beside him and blurred behind are other devotees in orange and white, several holding small lit brass lamps. Warm golden bokeh lights fill the background of the temple-like hall.2017-01-10A row of seated men in a ritual setting holds small brass oil lamps with lit flames, a few flames visible at left and centre. The foreground man on the right has a white tilak on his forehead, bare upper body, rudraksha mala beads and a hoop earring, lifting a lamp in his raised hand. Behind him, a man in an orange cloth wraps his shoulders, with another seated man in white dhoti and a bearded man in the background. Warm blurred lights frame the scene. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2017-01-10January 10 20172017-01-10January 22 20172017-01-22A photograph of a row of seated men in a ritual setting, each holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Several men are shown bare-chested with white ash or paste markings on their upper arms and shoulders, wearing saffron/orange cloths and white dhotis. One man at the right wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a beaded bracelet on his wrist. Blurred figures in pink and orange sit in the background, and a brass lamp stand and small plates of offerings and flowers rest on a striped mat in the foreground. The setting suggests a puja or aarti with oil lamps.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22January 26 20172017-01-26January 08 20172017-01-08January 07 20172017-01-07