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A man with long dark hair piled high on his head stands outdoors among trees and greenery, holding a silver oil lamp with a bright flame in his right hand. He wears a red-brown cloth draped over his shoulders and a double-strand red bead garland, multiple tiers of gold beaded necklaces with a gold pendant, a gold armlet, and a red wristband. A bronze bell-shaped vessel is held in his left hand. A second person is partly visible at the lower left edge.

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A man with a tall dark turban-style hairstyle and a red tilak on his forehead stands outdoors among green foliage, holding a silver oil lamp with a large open flame. He wears multiple strands of red and white beaded malas, layered gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and a dark red-brown wrap over his bare upper body. Tree trunks and a blurred green background fill the setting.2016-07-19A man with long dark hair, a tilak and bindi, and a dark beard stands outdoors holding a silver aarti lamp with a large open flame. He wears a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders and heavy gold necklaces, bead garlands and gold armlets. Behind him, a red, white, green and blue fringed canopy hangs, and a cameraman films. Other devotees, one with folded hands in an orange garment, stand nearby under trees.2016-08-02July 19 20162016-07-19November 11 20172017-11-11A photograph of a bare-chested man in a rust-red shawl performing an aarti with a silver lamp holding a bright flame. He wears heavy gold necklaces, gold bangles and an armband, gold earrings, and rudraksha-style beads on his neck. He has long dark hair swept back, white vibhuti lines on his forehead and a red kumkum dot. Behind him, a devotee with folded hands and a bare-chested attendant stand near a colourful fabric canopy with tassels, with other onlookers at the edges and a blurred tree setting. The photo is watermarked and attributed to the archive's source.2016-08-02July 19 20162016-07-19July 19 20162016-07-19Night outdoor photograph in a dark garden with palm fronds behind. A man with a closed-eyed, smiling expression wears a red-orange turban decorated with gold ornaments and a gold crest, a red-orange robe, multiple gold necklaces including a large gold pendant, pink and white flower garlands, and gold armlets. He holds a lit oil lamp flaming in one hand and a small metal vessel in the other. Several men with white headbands and folded hands stand behind him in the dim light. The scene reads as a devotional aarti offering with lamp flames. a person is present in appearance, given the turban, gold adornments and ceremonial garlands.2017-11-11 +2 copiesA man in a rust-red turban with gold ornaments stands with eyes closed and a broad smile during an evening ritual outdoors. He wears a pink and white flower garland, a heavy gold necklace and multiple gold pendants, a red-brown cloth and gold armlets. In his left hand he holds a lit oil lamp with a bright flame; in his right hand a small silver handbell. Behind him, people in dark clothing with white forehead markings stand with palms joined in prayer, and palm fronds and flower garlands frame the scene. The setting is night-time greenery. Swamiji (probable), the figure centred with a lamp and bell, is identified by his red turban with gold ornaments, long gold necklaces and flower garland.2017-11-11Night photograph of a man in a maroon-red turban with a jewelled ornament and a red-orange dhoti-style garment, wearing layered gold coin necklaces, a round gold pendant, a gold waist ornament and a gold armlet. Pink and white flower garlands hang over his shoulders. He holds a lit oil lamp with a tall flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, while smiling upward. Behind him, several people in white clothing with white forehead markings stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Dark palm foliage forms the background, and a wooden post stands at the left edge.2017-11-11 +1 copiesA man in a red-orange turban with gold ornaments and a reddish-orange robe stands at night before palm fronds, eyes closed and smiling, holding a flaming torch in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. He wears layered gold necklaces, pink and white flower garlands, and a rudraksha-style bead strand. Beside him a second man with white forehead markings and bare upper body presses his palms together in folded-hand devotion. A wooden post and flowers are at the left edge.2017-11-11 +1 copiesOutdoor night photo of a bare-chested man in a maroon-and-gold turban and a red-brown dhoti-style cloth, eyes closed, holding a lit camphor flame in a metal aarti lamp in his right hand and a small silver bell in his left. He wears layered gold necklaces, a gold pendant, and garlands of pink flowers draped over his shoulders, with gold armlets and bangles. Behind him, a man in an orange robe with white vibhuti on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and other devotees in saffron and orange stand in the dark palm-fringed background. a person: the turban, gold ornaments and flower garlands match the described presentation, and the figure is performing aarti as the central figure.2017-11-11