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Outdoor evening ceremony at night under blue-tinted lighting. A shirtless man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing red and white beaded garlands and an orange-and-gold silk dhoti, holds a silver aarti lamp with lit flames and a bundle of green flowers, offering it toward a seated man with short dark hair and folded hands. The seated man wears a red-and-brown shawl over a leopard-print cloth and sits on a red cushioned seat. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti and red garland stands with folded hands, and a standing fan is visible. Several seated devotees, seen from behind, fill the lower foreground.

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December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night-time outdoor ritual on grass under blue and magenta stage lighting. A devotee in an orange-and-maroon dhoti with a red and white garland stands bare-backed and holds an oil lamp aarti flame near a white pedestal fan. Seated at right in a brown leather chair, a person wearing yellow and orange marigold garlands presses palms together in namaste. Behind them, a bald priest in a maroon robe with rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and several women in white and red beaded necklaces watch from the background.2015-12-11Evening outdoor ritual in a garden setting with a dense backdrop of green foliage. A bare-chested priest on the left wears a red and white rudraksha-style mala with a white flower necklace, a pink and orange dhoti, and holds a silver aarti tray with lit oil lamps and a small bundle of green flowers, performing an aarti. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and a red shawl stands with palms pressed together, wearing red beaded garlands. On the right, a seated man with short dark hair and a leopard-print cloth over a saffron-toned garment sits with hands folded in namaskar in front of a white ceiling-style fan, while seated devotees in the foreground watch from the bottom edge.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11Night outdoor photo of a ceremonial scene lit in blue. A shirtless priest with a red sacred thread and red beaded neck garland, wearing a red and orange dhoti, raises his arm to sprinkle flower petals over a seated person. The seated figure, in a dark crown-like hairstyle, yellow and red marigold garlands and a patterned wrap, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar on a brown tufted throne-style chair. A small brass oil lamp stands nearby, and a table with a silver plate and a standing fan are visible. Several onlookers in white and red lanyards watch in the background.2015-12-11Night outdoor scene with blue-tinted lighting and smoke. A man in orange-gold dhoti and a red and white beaded necklace stands at left holding a flame over an oil lamp on a white stand fan; he is bare-chested with a pink wrap. Seated at right in a brown leather throne is a man with long dark hair and a garland of yellow and red flowers, hands in anjali mudra, eyes closed, wearing a leopard-print cloth. Behind them stand several women in white and orange, one with hands folded in prayer, indicating a puja or aarti performed for the seated figure. a person: the seated man has long hair, a flower garland and a throne, which are supported cues but his distinctive presentation is uncertain given the blue light.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11