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June 09 2009

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A night-time photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath large banyan trees with aerial roots. A woman in a red blouse and red skirt wears a long white, purple and yellow flower garland and holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame, raised toward the tree. Beside her, two men in saffron-orange robes stand; the nearer one with a shaved head holds his hands together in front of his chest, and the other holds a tray of flowers. Woven striped mats cover the stone platform, and a small offering with flowers sits on a ledge at right.2009-06-09Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. A woman in an orange sari with a long white and magenta flower garland holds a brass lamp with a lit flame and pours or offers from it. Beside her, a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver bowl of white offerings, and another man in white dhoti and shawl stands behind. Dark leafy trees and string lights fill the background, with a red-and-white striped platform and a golden arch at right. Printed copyright and source text runs vertically along the right edge.2011-05-16Night photo at an outdoor shrine beneath a large tree. A man in orange robes with a red tilak on his forehead and a crown-like ornament on his head stands at left holding a silver vessel filled with pink and magenta flowers. Behind him, two monks in orange robes stand on a striped mat, one with hands folded in prayer. A woman in a red sari with a garland of white, yellow and purple flowers holds up a lit brass lamp in an aarti-style gesture. The scene is lit mainly by the flame and nearby light.2009-06-09Night outdoor puja at a temple courtyard. A long-haired man in an orange saffron garment with a gold border and a thick white and magenta flower garland holds a silver lamp with a flame, offering aarti toward a deity murti at right. Beside him, a bald man in saffron holds a silver plate of white flowers and wears a rudraksha mala. Another person in white stands behind them. Red and white striped plinth, trees and lights in the background.2011-05-16October 13 20132013-10-13A photo of a man in an orange saffron garment performing aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp, its many oil lamps burning with a tall flame at the top. He holds the lamp aloft in his right hand and a brass bell in his left. Long dark hair falls behind him. Seated devotees in white and one in an orange shawl watch at left, and a white-draped seat stands at right, with brass vessels in the foreground. The setting is a stone wall in dim evening light.January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual at a temple setting with palm trees behind. A man in an orange saffron robe with gold border and a gold-bead garland stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, gazing upward. Beside him a bald man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands in the background. At right, a second man in orange robe and garland holds a gold tray of flowers. A large white-wrapped pillar topped with a copper vessel rises at left, with flame visible at its top, and pink flowers sit in the foreground. Rendering the scene as a photo of an oil-lamp lighting ritual.2010-11-21March 07 20132013-03-07November 19 20092009-11-19January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA man in a saffron-orange robe, with a long white and red-yellow marigold garland around his neck, stands in profile at night holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame and smoke rising from it, performing a ritual. Behind him a dark outdoor area lined with many black stone shivalingams, some draped with blue and gold cloth and marked with white tripundra, under streetlights and strings of red and white paper decorations on a bamboo-lined walkway.2010-12-29