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July 16 2015

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A bare-chested man performs aarti with a silver tray holding five lit oil lamps in front of a deity murti dressed with flower garlands and ornaments. He wears a red-and-white beaded mala around his neck, a wristwatch, a red kumkum mark on his forehead and a small hair knot. Behind the murti is a green cloth backdrop and an ornate gold arched frame, with gold ceremonial standards at the sides. Appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference but not clearly distinctive, so identity is left uncertain.2015-07-16February 01 20172017-02-01July 16 20152015-07-16January 13 20172017-01-13A young man in orange saffron cloth and a dark wrapped turban performs aarti before a decorated deity murti. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a handbell in the other. His bare upper body shows beaded bracelets and armlets, and he wears rudraksha malas around his neck. Behind him, the deity murti is adorned with garlands of pink, yellow and white flowers on a silver pedestal. The setting is a temple-style shrine in a plain room.2018-04-18May 25 20172017-05-25A temple interior during a fire ritual. A shaved-headed priest with a white forehead band and an orange cloth around the waist stands bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with hands held over a large flame. Beside him, another orange-clad priest with a rudraksha mala stands before a bright flame rising from a silver tray of flowers and offerings. A third man in white dhoti and shawl with a mala stands to the right near a decorated deity murti niche. Oil lamps, a silver vessel and a green gold-bordered cloth cover a table in the foreground. Two priests in orange are present, with the white-clad attendant and background figures partly visible, so the physical people count is limited.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A shirtless man with a shaved-looking head and a red-and-white rudraksha-style bead mala holds a brass multi-flame aarti lamp with five lit wicks, moving it with an open palm. He wears a yellow-orange dhoti and a gold wristwatch. Behind him are pink and white flower garlands and a gold ornament hanging from a flower string, and a second person in white with a green-bordered cloth stands at left. The setting appears to be a temple ritual with a visible aarti lamp and garlands. No candidate identity is asserted from appearance.2018-04-14October 10 20162016-10-10A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a deity murti decorated with pink, white and multicolored flower garlands. The priest, seen from behind in profile, wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body with a sash over one shoulder, a bun of hair on top of the head, earrings and a beaded armlet, and holds a lit oil lamp in the right hand with a small silver vessel in the left. The murti sits on a gilded silver seat draped with a pink cloth, under a silver arch. Smoke rises from the flame.2018-04-18A temple puja in progress before a deity murti dressed in white silk and draped with red and yellow flower garlands, with red flower arrangements and a gold prabhavali behind it. A bald priest bent forward in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward the deity. Another priest stands behind him on the right in a white dhoti and red garment, and a third priest with a bare torso holds a tray at the left edge. Brass lamps, a bell and flower-strewn offerings sit on the altar in the foreground.2018-03-02