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A photograph of a man performing a ritual outdoors in front of a decorated shrine with a kalasha-like structure wrapped in dry straw and green leaves, garlanded with white and red flowers. He wears a long, swept-back dark braided hairstyle with a gold ornament, a red-orange robe, and a long rudraksha-style mala beaded necklace over a heavy red rose garland. He holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other, with lush green trees behind him. a person is performing aarti with lamp and bell.

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March 01 20162016-03-01A smiling man in a rust-orange wrap and bare chest stands outdoors among green trees, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a tall black hair crown with a gold ornament, a red bindi, rudraksha-style brown beaded strands across his chest, and a thick garland of red roses. Beside him at left is a decorated brick-red structure with white and red flower garlands, dried grass and leaves, resembling a ritual puja setup.2016-03-01January 11 20162016-01-11A 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.2016-01-11March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesMarch 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesMarch 01 20162016-03-01January 11 20162016-01-11A photograph of a saffron-robed sannyasi standing outdoors beside a carved stone temple pillar draped with white and red flower garlands. He holds a rope in his raised right hand and looks down with eyes closed, wearing a tall bun of dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, long rudraksha malas and red-and-white flower garlands around his neck. Palm trees and greenery fill the background, and a bundle of leaves sits atop the pillar. The scene reflects the flag-hoisting rite at the start of a Brahmotsavam, though the flag itself is not visible. The man's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, and no printed caption names him here.2016-01-11A smiling man with long dark hair wrapped high on his head and a rudraksha band across his forehead stands in a temple-like hall, holding a lit oil lamp in a brass lamp holder with his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. He wears a rust-brown unstitched cloth wrap draped over bare shoulders, with layered gold ceremonial necklaces, a gold temple-style pendant, a gold waist chain, and thick garlands of pink roses and white beaded flowers. Orange-robed people stand blurred in the background. The page labels this as a person at a May 31 2018 event with aarti and golden palanquin procession, but the cues here are a long swept-back hairstyle, rudraksha, gold jewellery and ceremonial garlands, which fit the candidate, so the presence is labelled probable.2018-05-31 +2 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11May 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copies