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December 12 20162016-12-12Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style courtyard. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a flaming brass aarti lamp toward a flower-decorated kalasha on a raised platform, garlanded with yellow marigold and red rose garlands. Smoke drifts across the left side. A brass oil lamp stands at right. A cameraman with a camera on a tripod and two other white-clad attendants stand nearby. Hanging strings of beads and yellow fabric trim frame the top.2016-12-07A photograph inside a temple shrine at night. In the foreground, a priest with a red head cloth and bare torso wears a white dhoti with an orange-and-blue border and a rudraksha-style necklace; he holds a lit multi-wick camphor aarti lamp over a floral offering. A second priest in white dhoti bends beside him over a tray of flowers, fruit and red powder. Behind them, a deity murti stands in a gilded arch decorated with garlands, with lamps and brass stands around it. Coloured fairy lights hang across the upper walls. At left, several people in orange-red garments stand with hands folded, and a figure in white rests in the frame; the aarti is a ritual lamp offering.2017-05-26June 23 20172017-06-23 +1 copiesApril 06 20172017-04-06December 07 20162016-12-07A photo of a temple ritual. A shirtless priest in a yellow head cloth and white dhoti leans forward to wave a multi-flame oil lamp over a decorated altar. The altar holds a golden and wood ornamental seat draped with a white cloth and heaped with garlands of yellow and red flowers, with lit oil lamps and fruit offerings around it. Several men stand behind in white and saffron-bordered dhotis, some wearing gold necklaces and holding hands in prayer. Brass lamps and flower-decorated mats fill the foreground.2017-04-06A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a green and gold silk sash and a yellow headcloth bends over a gold-decorated peetha adorned with garlands of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds. He holds a brass lamp with a flame, pouring or lighting oil over a brass dish. Lit oil lamps, banana leaves, fruit, a brass vessel and a kalasha sit around the altar, with a striped woven mat on the floor. Other men in white dhotis and gold chains stand behind, with a figure in saffron clothing at the back. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at a temple-style altar.2017-04-06July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a temple puja in progress. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange and teal border and a yellow-green headcloth bends over an altar, reaching toward a flower-decorated object. The altar is wrapped in garlands of white, pink and yellow flowers and red blossoms, with fruits including bananas and grapes, a halved coconut, and brass oil lamps with lit flames. Behind it stands a gold-framed throne backed by orange fabric. Seated devotees in white clothing watch from the background.2017-06-23 +1 copiesA bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange border and a red headcloth performs an aarti with a lit flame before an ornate shrine decorated with gold arches, flower garlands and a deity murti. Brightly coloured fairy lights hang behind the shrine. Devotees in red and orange garments stand at the left and lower edge, and a floral offering with kalasha-like arrangements sits in the foreground. The scene is a puja at a temple, with incense smoke rising.2017-05-25August 22 20172017-08-22