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Night photograph inside a tented hall with striped decorative pillars. A man in saffron-orange robes wears a red flower garland and a long rudraksha-style bead mala, holding a silver-toned lamp dish with a lit flame in his right hand. Behind him, crowds in white clothing press in, several with hands folded in prayer and others raising arms. On the right, a metal kalasha-style pot and offerings sit on a table with flowers. A man in white holds a camera at left. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp ritual.

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A photograph of a crowded outdoor ritual gathering under a corrugated roof decorated with red and orange banners and tall striped pillars with geometric motifs. A smiling man in an orange saffron shawl and a red flower garland raises a brass oil lamp (aarti) high in his right hand. Around him devotees in white clothes raise their arms and hold up objects, and a woman in a sari stands at the right. A man in white holds a camera, and a small child watches from the lower left. Swamiji (probable): the central figure wears an orange saffron shawl, a red garland and long swept-back hair, matching the page's reference to the event, so his appearance is treated as a probable candidate; the aarti lamp and crowd suggest an evening devotional ceremony.2006-12-30Night procession with a central figure in an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha mala raising a lit oil lamp high in the right hand, long dark hair swept back, smiling. Surrounding devotees in white shirts and white dhotis with orange shawls press palms together or raise hands in devotion. Behind them a golden deity murti or palanquin decorated with garlands and a gold-framed arch glows under lamps. Dark sky above, with a large red-and-white fringed canopy at left.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesA night procession scene photographed in dim light. At centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare-shouldered saffron-orange robe, wearing a dark rudraksha mala, holds a lit oil lamp aarti in one hand and a brass bell in the other, smiling. Behind him a white-clad man holds a tall wooden staff, and a figure in an orange shawl stands nearby. To the left, a bearded man in white robes and a rudraksha mala holds a brass bell. Women in white and pink clothing stand with hands pressed together, and a decorated colourful parasol-canopy with tassels appears at right. Several onlookers in white are visible in the background.2006-12-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene under a tented pavilion decorated with striped cylindrical pillars and orange pennants. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron shawl over orange robes and a red flower garland, holds a silver lamp with a flame and a small bell-like object, smiling. Behind him people in white and orange clothes crowd close, one woman in a green sari sits beside a silver kalasha pot on a low table, and a photographer with a camera stands at left. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with long hair, saffron robes and garland cues, performing an aarti with a lamp at the centre of the gathering.2006-12-30December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession photograph with a bare-chested man in orange cloth draped over his shoulders, long swept-back dark hair, reaching out to hold a small brass lamp or bell held by a young man in white dhoti and orange shawl. Behind them a crowd of men in white, several with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with palms pressed together. A tall brass kalasha-style lamp stand stands at right, and a flaming torch is raised at left. Gold ceremonial crowns or ornaments appear in the background. Dwajarohanam-style festival setting at night.2006-12-23Night procession at a temple with a crowd of men in white dhotis and orange shawls. In the foreground a figure in an orange robe with long dark swept hair and rudraksha malas holds a small flame lamp and a bell, and appears to be leading the procession. Tall brass torches with flames stand on either side. Behind, a deity murti decorated with garlands and a gilded arch is carried in the procession, and devotees stand with palms joined. a person is shown in the foreground, leading the procession with an aarti lamp.2006-12-23 +2 copiesNight procession photograph. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads on his chest, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl also carries a brass lamp. A man on the left holds a brass handbell and a silver-tipped staff, and others in white clothes stand nearby. Colourful fringed umbrellas and a red-and-green cloth are visible in the background, and a woman in a pink top watches. The scene reads as a procession with aarti.2006-12-23A photograph taken at night of an aarti being performed during a temple procession. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with rudraksha malas holds up a silver aarti lamp with flames burning, his other hand holding a smaller lamp. Behind him, devotees in white and light blue clothes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. At right, a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside a brass pillar. In the background, a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers sits within an ornate golden frame, with lit torches and lamps visible. Several dozen devotees are visible in the crowded scene.2006-12-23December 30 20062006-12-30