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A priest in a red and white dhoti with a blue-and-gold sash holds a brass aarti lamp with a large flame, offering it before a deity murti. The murti is dressed with long white and red flower garlands and red rose petals, and a brass ornamental figure with yellow and red flowers sits in the lower right. Red petals and green leaves are scattered on a red and cream cloth, and smoke rises from the lamp, indicating aarti in a temple setting.

November 11 2014

A man in a rust-red dhoti and draped red-orange shawl stands at night holding a silver aarti lamp with a bright flame in his right hand and a silver bell in his left. He wears a long pink and yellow garland, gold necklaces, gold bangles and armlets, and a white vibhuti line on his forehead, with his hair tied back. Behind him stands a golden deity murti in a decorated alcove framed by a colourful garland arch of red, yellow, white and purple flowers, with a silver umbrella above. Other figures in red-brown robes stand at the edges, and dark trees surround the scene, indicating a night puja or aarti.

A bare-chested priest in a golden-yellow dhoti holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame toward a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands and red flower petals. The murti sits within an ornate gold arched frame, with yellow marigold garlands arranged at its base and green leaves scattered around. Scaffolding and strings of small colourful lights are visible in the background, and smoke rises from the lamp. The priest wears a yellow sacred thread and a gold bangle and his hands are raised over the flame in an aarti offering.

A photograph of a temple puja at night. A man in a rust-orange ochre robe with long dark hair, a beard, and a long rudraksha mala around his neck stands at left holding a flaming oil lamp or camphor flame in both hands. Beside him a black Nandi bull statue draped in gold cloth sits on the left. Behind the altar, a dark figure of a standing deity wrapped in white and gold cloth stands on a pedestal. At right, a deity murti is heavily decorated with layers of garlands in red, white, yellow, green and pink flowers, and a kalasha-like brass vessel of milk sits on the floor in front. Red and white striped mats cover the floor and a pillared temple hall with grey cabinets forms the background. The man appears to be performing an aarti or abhishekam offering.

A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered orange shawl performs aarti, lifting a multi-tiered brass lamp with a large flame toward a decorated deity murti. The murti sits on a pink pedestal, draped in yellow and red marigold garlands and white flower strands, with a silver lamp nearby. A cameraman on a tripod films the scene at night, and a seated attendant appears at the right edge.

A temple puja in progress before a deity murti dressed in white silk and draped with red and yellow flower garlands, with red flower arrangements and a gold prabhavali behind it. A bald priest bent forward in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward the deity. Another priest stands behind him on the right in a white dhoti and red garment, and a third priest with a bare torso holds a tray at the left edge. Brass lamps, a bell and flower-strewn offerings sit on the altar in the foreground.

A man in a rust-orange saffron wrap and an uncovered upper body stands at night in a temple courtyard, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his right hand while facing a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in layers of garlands of pink lotus, white, yellow, red and green flowers, with a gold ornament at its centre. He wears a long plaited hair style, a rudraksha mala across his chest and red thread on his wrist. A black stone Nandi bull with a yellow flower garland sits at the left edge, and pillars and a white-clothed figure stand behind. The setting suggests an aarti offering with a deity-decorated altar.

A man in a rust-orange turban and matching orange-red robe holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame, performing an aarti before a deity murti. The murti is adorned with yellow and red flower garlands, a silver crown and a gold cloth backdrop. The man wears a rudraksha mala with gold ornaments, gold bangles and spectacles, with white sacred ash marks on his arm. Flickering lamp light and a gold-embossed pillar fill the background.

April 30 2015

A man with long dark hair, a full beard and a sandalwood forehead mark stands at dusk beside a wooden canopied palanquin decorated with white jasmine garlands, red flowers and green leaves. He wears a saffron-orange robe, a multi-strand rudraksha mala, a large gold pendant and a marigold garland with red and yellow flowers. With eyes closed he holds a small silver lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Dense green trees fill the background. a person is recognisable by the long swept hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold pendant.