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January 01 2008

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June 04 20152015-06-04October 16 20122012-10-16A man in a saffron-orange robe with a red border stands on a raised platform under a shed roofed with corrugated metal, decorated with orange banners and green leaf-and-stem garlands. He wears a heavy gold necklace with a central pendant and a white tilak on his forehead, holds a silver handbell in one hand and a golden fly-whisk or chamara in the other. Below him, a seated crowd of devotees watches, including a man in orange with a gold chain and several women in orange and white saris. A painted pillar with floral patterns stands behind him.2008-01-01A young man with short cropped hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron wrap with a maroon border, stands in profile holding a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke. He wears a gold bead necklace and gold bangles. Behind him, the dark outdoor setting shows a grey tarpaulin and red poles, and in the lower right two women with folded hands are partly visible, performing evening aarti.2012-10-16October 19 20122012-10-19A man in a saffron-orange and maroon dhoti-style wrap stands against a dark night background, holding a silver aarti lamp with a large flame in his raised right hand and a brass bell in his left. He wears a long necklace of gold beads with a pendant, bangles on his wrist, and looks upward toward the flame. Smoke rises from the lamp at the top left. This appears to be an evening aarti ritual. The man has short dark hair and no visible crown or long hair, so his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance; he is described by role as a priest performing aarti.2012-10-16A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with maroon border stands on a dark stage performing aarti. He holds a silver multi-branched aarti lamp with lit flames in his right hand and a brass bell in his left. A gold beaded necklace with a pendant hangs on his chest, and smoke drifts upward from the lamp against a black background. a person: long hair is not visible, but the saffron garment, ornate gold necklace and ceremonial aarti suggest the a person candidate; appearance is uncertain, so the identity is marked unsure.2012-10-16October 16 20122012-10-16A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-beaded necklace performing an aarti-style ritual under a colourful patterned tent canopy. He holds a brass lamp-like vessel and two small handbells, and a bright flame rises from the vessel near his face. Dried leaves and green banana leaves hang and frame the scene, with smoke in the air. At the bottom edge, the heads of a few seated onlookers are partly visible.2009-10-17A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes performs an aarti, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand and a brass handbell in his left. He wears a rudraksha mala with a pendant around his neck and a bangle on his wrist. Behind him are a colourful patterned pillar and a metal railing, and a seated person is partly visible at the lower right.2012-10-23September 04 20122012-09-04September 07 20122012-09-07