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A night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard with red-and-white painted steps and white pillars. On the right, a man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and shawl edged in red and holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame, raising it toward the shrine. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style pot and a plate of offerings sit on the steps. On the left, a seated figure in white robes with a garland and red flowers and a rudraksha-style mala is near a green-clad deity murti.

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September 08 20112011-09-08Night-time temple ritual photographed from behind. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with maroon border, bare-chested, holds a lit brass aarti lamp raised toward a garlanded deity murti draped in white and green cloth. Brass bells, a small brass pot and a plate of offerings sit on the striped red-and-white steps. A large rust-coloured brass bowl stands on a white pillar at right, and rows of black pots fill the background under dim lights.2011-09-08September 08 20112011-09-08April 17 20112011-04-17September 26 20112011-09-26April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night scene at an outdoor shrine with a Shiva lingam on a raised platform, garlanded with white and red flowers and a green cloth, set among rows of small stone lingams and white pillars. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with red border stands at right, holding a lit oil lamp aarti in front of the shrine. A woman in a white sari sits at the lower right beside a tray of brass bells and lamps. A video camera is visible at the left edge. Red-and-white striped steps lead up to the shrine.2011-09-08April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at Tiruvannamalai Adheenam. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti raises a flaming camphor aarti lamp toward the dark sky. Behind him rows of seated figures in white garments wear marigold garlands and sit before a row of metal vessels on striped steps. Strings of small lights hang between concrete pillars in the background.2011-04-17