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A dimly lit indoor hall where a bespectacled man in a dark brown short-sleeved shirt and wristwatch holds a flaming camphor or oil-soaked cloth in both cupped hands, an aarti-style offering. Beside him on the right, a person in a rust-red garment with a gold border stands with hands joined near the chest. Behind them, a man in a blue t-shirt with a white graphic stands with his hands clasped. A small name tag is pinned to the brown shirt. Dark drapes and red cloth hang in the background. Three physical people are visible.

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July 18 20132013-07-18A man in a dark grey short-sleeved shirt and glasses holds a lit camphor flame in a halved coconut shell toward the camera, with a wristwatch and a name tag on his pocket. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red robe and a gold-bordered cloth stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Smoke rises from the flame in a dim hall with a few blurred figures in the background.2013-07-18July 18 20132013-07-18July 18 20132013-07-18A man in a dark grey button-up shirt and dark trousers, wearing glasses and a thin bracelet, holds a burning coconut husk aloft in both hands, with a bright orange flame rising from it in a dim room. Behind him, a second man in a blue t-shirt with a white graphic and white stripes on the sleeves stands with hands clasped, slightly out of focus. The setting is dark with a plain wall. The flame ritual suggests a fire offering, though the setting is not clearly a homa.2013-07-18November 29 20112011-11-29Inside 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.2012-05-18Inside a dim temple sanctum, a bare-chested man in a saffron-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala raises his hands in prayer above his head while a large flame burns beside a deity shrine. Around him, devotees in white dhotis with hands folded, one holding a woven basket overhead, and a man in a white shirt stand close. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest holds up a lit oil lamp toward the flame, while the shrine is decorated with red and white cloth and a metal grille. a person candidate in saffron cloth and rudraksha is present, though identity is uncertain.2012-05-16 +1 copiesNovember 24 20152015-11-24May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesOctober 15 20122012-10-15