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November 22 2013

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A smiling man in a maroon-red sacred robe with a gold-edged border stands outdoors before tall coconut palms. He wears a long necklace of large rudraksha beads, with a red kumkum mark on his forehead. In his raised right hand he holds a brass aarti lamp with a burning flame, and his left hand holds a second brass lamp. The bright sky and palm fronds fill the background. Overlay credit text reads '' and '' in the lower right corner2013-11-22A 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.2014-09-09September 26 20142014-09-26February 28 20132013-02-28February 28 20132013-02-28A man in a rust-red robe and gold-trimmed saffron-gold dhoti performs an aarti outdoors, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a silver handbell in his left. He wears a thick red and gold flower garland and a beaded gold-and-rudraksha style necklace, with white tripundra vibhuti and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, eyes closed in meditative focus. Palm fronds and green foliage fill the background under an evening sky. Ritual objects are clearly visible; the figure appears to be a priest performing puja, and identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-11-26October 10 20132013-10-10A man in a rust-orange monastic wrap stands outdoors before tall coconut palms, holding a brass aarti lamp with smoke rising from its flame in his left hand and a small brass handbell in his right. He wears a long rudraksha mala over the shoulders, a red tilak on his forehead and a gold-coloured yellow border on the cloth. A brass tray edge is visible at the right edge.2013-09-11A smiling person in an orange-saffron garment stands outdoors beside a palm tree and a carved temple structure at left. They wear a large gold-toned bead necklace over orange rudraksha-style beads, a bangle and a ring. In the left hand they hold a silver oil lamp with a lit flame, and in the right a silver handbell. Their hair is long and dark, with a light forehead marking and a red bindi. The setting is open-air with palm fronds behind.2013-02-28August 02 20162016-08-02September 11 20132013-09-11November 22 20132013-11-22