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A young man stands in profile holding a tall ornate gold multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti lamp) with lit flames, raising it toward the left. He wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, with bare upper torso. Behind him a seated audience dressed in orange is blurred, and red curtains hang on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti being performed at an assembly.

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A photograph of a young man in profile holding a tall brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, offering it upward during a ritual in a hall. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. Blurred seated devotees in orange clothing fill the background, along with red curtains and framed photographs on the wall. The lamp flames and warm light dominate the scene. Whether this man is a person cannot be established from appearance, so the role is described as a priest performing aarti.2017-07-20July 20 20172017-07-20July 20 20172017-07-20A young man with short curly dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands in profile, holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames in both hands at arm's length. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl draped over his shoulder, with white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest. Behind him, seated devotees in orange clothing fill the hall, and red curtains and framed pictures line the walls. The lamp is the central ritual object.2017-07-20August 04 20172017-08-04A young man stands in an orange saffron cloth draped over his left shoulder and wrapped at the waist, bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala with gold spacers and a small pendant. He has white horizontal tilak lines across his forehead and arms, and holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several lit flames in his right hand while looking to the side. The setting is an indoor hall with white ceiling lights and blurred background. No other people are visible.2017-07-21A bare-chested young man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulder and across his torso holds a brass multi-branched aarti lamp with several flames in his raised left hand, while his right hand holds a small brass bell. He wears long dark hair swept back, white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead, a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a thin neck cord, and a gold bracelet on his wrist. He gazes upward in an indoor hall with blurred walls and ceiling lights. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the identity is not established from the image.2017-07-21January 22 20172017-01-22A bare-chested man in an orange cloth draped over his shoulder holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp aloft in his right hand, flames burning upward. He wears a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, white ash markings on his forehead and arms, and a small red mark on his brow. Behind him are a red curtain, framed photographs on the wall and a blackboard.2017-07-20January 22 20172017-01-22A bare-chested priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with white tilak marks on forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala, stands in a hall holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames in both hands. Dark maroon curtains and framed posters hang on the pale wall behind him, and a few seated people are blurred at the lower right. The scene suggests a lamp ritual performed during a puja, with the priest presenting the flame.2017-01-22A young man in saffron-orange cloth stands holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames, with a bell in his other hand. He wears long dark hair falling behind, a white tilak on his forehead, a brown rudraksha mala across his chest, and white ash markings on his arms and chest. A blurred hall with framed red-toned pictures on the walls forms the background. The setting suggests an aarti ritual. a person's appearance is uncertain here, so the figure is described by role only.2017-08-03