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Night photo of a temple-side Deepam ceremony at a large open-air stage with a water-filled pool. A bare-chested man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange dhoti with gold borders and a white sash over his shoulder, faces away from the camera and holds up a tall multi-tiered brass lamp with several lit flames while ringing a small handbell. Ornamental red-orange beaded bracelets are on his wrists and white sacred markings on his arms. In front of him a golden throne-like seat with a red cloth stands on a red-draped platform, and a dark stone shivalinga-style structure with a yellow cloth is behind it. Strings of lights decorate the tiers, a crane-mounted camera overhead, and a large crowd of seated devotees fills the stands. a person: long swept-back hair, orange ornamental clothing and beaded wrist malas are visible cues for the lamp-holder.

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Night-time photograph of an outdoor temple tank at a Karthigai Deepam celebration. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a gold border stands at the water's edge with his back to the camera, holding up a tiered brass deepam lamp with several flames. Beaded bracelets and a sacred thread are visible. Behind him, a crowd sits on tiered steps lit by floodlights, and a small deity murti sits on a gold-and-red platform in the water. A large screen and a crane-mounted camera stand at the side.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12February 24 20172017-02-24Night ghat ceremony beside a water tank with a large black Shiva lingam draped in marigold and garlands on the right. A young man in an orange dhoti and bare chest, with white sacred markings on his arms and forehead, holds a lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamp aloft while performing the ritual. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand with hands folded on the steps behind him, and kumkum-coloured rangoli designs and small oil lamps decorate the stone steps. Seated devotees fill terraced stands in the background under a screen and orange flags. The man's forehead and arm markings and orange dhoti match a ritual aarti offering rather than a portrait identification, so no identity is asserted.2016-12-23A night photograph of an outdoor sacred ceremony beside a reflecting water tank, with a large ornate golden and white decorated structure at its centre, a palanquin-like shrine or chariot with a deity murti area. In the foreground a person in orange clothing with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a beaded orange-and-gold rudraksha-style necklace, holds up a tall tiered lamp stand of lit oil lamps (aarti). Other figures in white and orange stand near the shrine, and dense seated crowds fill the stepped stands on both sides under bright floodlights. A figure in the foreground appears to be a sannyasi performing aarti; the shrine's ceremonial role is consistent with a procession or ritual. Visible lights and a few additional lit lamps are scattered along the water's edge.2017-02-24December 06 20162016-12-06February 24 20172017-02-24Night-time ceremony at an illuminated outdoor stone tank with tiered stone steps packed with seated spectators on both sides. A bare-chested man in orange dhoti and sash, with long hair and a neck chain, pours liquid from a golden pot over a black stone Nandi figure garlanded with marigolds at the water's edge. Behind, a decorated shrine-like structure with a deity murti and a red-draped platform holds seated figures in colourful clothes. Strings of lights line the steps and a lit stage frame stands in the background. The pictured man is not an identifiable person, and the a person field is uncertain because his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm.2016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesA night-time riverside ritual photograph in which several shirtless young men in saffron-orange dhotis stand in a row on stone ghat steps, holding up tall lit aarti lamps with both arms. Their torsos and arms bear white ash markings, and some wear beaded bracelets. Behind them, illuminated tiered brass lamp stands glow against the dark sky, and a larger ornate lamp tower rises at the top. Seated figures in white clothes sit on the steps beside small oil lamps and offering plates. A seated crowd watches from the left behind railings, with red flags and string lights along a wall.2016-12-06A photograph of a temple tank ritual. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, stands at water's edge holding up a tall multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with a lit flame at its top, with white markings on his arms. Behind him, people in white dhotis sit on red steps lined with small black lamp stands, and a cameraman with a tripod films the scene. Red flags stand along a white railing at the right.2016-12-14December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copies