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A photograph of a person in rust-orange robes standing outdoors before a plain pale sky and a palm frond. The person, with long dark hair and a white forehead mark, holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. Layered orange beaded necklaces and pink flower garlands with gold-toned ornaments hang across the chest. A yellow flower garland is visible at the left edge near a bundle of straw-like material.

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September 26 20142014-09-26January 01 20172017-01-01A person in saffron-orange clothing performs an aarti with a silver lamp and a silver handbell outdoors among palm trees under a blue sky. The flame of the lamp is lit, and the person wears long dark dreadlocks tied up on the head, a rudraksha mala with red flower garlands and a bare-shouldered orange wrap. Beside them, a carved stone temple structure is decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers.2016-01-11July 07 20092009-07-07Photograph of a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless garment and orange wrap, wearing a red and white flower garland, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame and a hand bell in a ritual gesture outdoors, with a corrugated metal roof and a water tank behind him. A partially visible person with dark hair is at the bottom right of the frame. Appearance-based candidate: a person, in a ritual role performing aarti, based on long hair, orange robes and rudraksha-style cues not clearly visible here, so marked unsure.2009-12-30A smiling man in a maroon-red sannyasi robe stands outdoors before palm fronds, holding a brass oil lamp with a flame in his right hand and a silver handbell in his left. He wears a long garland of pink and yellow flowers over gold-coloured beaded bead strands and a red bindi on his forehead. A red garland of flowers hangs at the left edge. The scene resembles an aarti being performed.2014-09-09A photograph of an outdoor ritual in a tree-shaded garden with bare red earth. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange-saffron garment and layered garlands of white jasmine, red and yellow marigolds and green leaves. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a brass hand bell in the other, while speaking. A red deity murti is partly visible at the lower left. The setting is a temple-garden aarti or puja.2009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23January 11 20162016-01-11A person in an orange saffron-toned garment with gold border stands in profile, holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other, offering light before a brass lamp stand at right. A garland of white jasmine, red, yellow and orange flowers with green leaves hangs over the shoulders, and a rudraksha-style beaded mala and a blue bangle are visible. The setting is a plain pale wall. a person candidate: the presentation has a garland and orange clothing, but the face and appearance are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the status is unsure.2015-06-04 +1 copies