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December 18 2016

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Photograph of a ritual in a tented hall with white draped ceiling and hanging decorations. Two young men in ceremonial dress stand facing each other while one holds a silver tray with a flaming lamp and the other, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a wrapped cloth, extends his hand toward the flame. Both have white sacred marks on their bodies. The man on the left wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a radio at his waist. Seated devotees, including a woman in a white head covering, watch from the lower right, and a partition of framed photographs lines the foreground. The scene appears to be an aarti-style offering with lamp flames.2016-12-18Photograph of a ceremonial aarti at an indoor event. In the foreground a shirtless man with long hair tied back and white ash markings on his chest and arms, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, holds a brass tray of lit oil lamps. Opposite him a younger person in a maroon sari with green and gold border and a rudraksha mala reaches toward the flames. Seated devotees fill the hall behind them, and a decorative umbrella and a wall of framed photographs appear in the background.2016-12-18 +2 copiesA photograph of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair tied back, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti with a gold border, holding a silver tray of lit oil lamps at an indoor ceremony. White vibhuti lines mark his forehead and arms. Behind him a large seated crowd of devotees watches, many in white and colourful saris and dhotis, and red drapes hang along the hall walls. The lamps suggest an aarti or puja.2016-12-18A photograph of a row of seated devotees in white dhotis and bare upper bodies performing a puja. A man in the centre holds a small oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, wearing a long rudraksha mala and white tilak marks on his forehead and arms. Brass plates, flowers, and small lamps sit on the floor before them, with a few seated participants blurred in the background.2017-01-10A photograph of a seated puja in a large hall, with rows of devotees sitting on the floor behind brass puja thalis, oil lamps, small brass bowls and flower offerings. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a gold border wears an orange turban, a rudraksha mala and a beaded necklace, and is arranging items on a tray. Beside him a bare-chested young man with white sandalwood markings on his arms and chest sits with hands folded near a brass plate. Several people in orange, red and white clothing sit in the background, some with white forehead markings.2017-01-07January 10 20172017-01-10A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a large hall with pink walls. In the foreground, a shirtless young man with a long dark braid and white body markings holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand, wearing a rudraksha mala and a small pendant. Beside him, another shirtless man with a long braid wears a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on a saffron cloth, and holds a small brass lamp. Several people in saffron-orange dhotis sit in rows behind them, holding lamps and offerings, with brass plates of fruit, flowers and sweets on the floor. Some seated women in colourful clothes also appear in the background, and a white ritual fire with smoke rises among the participants.2017-01-03 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual on a raised wooden platform under a open pavilion. A bald priest in a rust-red dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a silver aarti tray with a flaming lamp and a plate of offerings. Beside him a young monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala presents a second tray. A long-haired man in a rust-red and yellow-striped wrap, wearing a white and red flower garland, bangles and a green parrot perched on his shoulder, raises a hand over the flame. Behind them a gold-and-red deity murti with flower garlands is visible, and a crowd of devotees with hands folded watches from below.2013-04-14A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti, bare-shouldered, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a gold-and-bead necklace, lifts a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame in his right hand. Behind him a bearded man in white clothes holds a silver ornate lamp stand, and on the right a young man in white with a gold chain and white shawl sits with hands folded. Women with long braided hair sit in the foreground, and brass and silver puja plates with offerings, including an apple, fill the lower right. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti ritual.2010-10-19January 06 20172017-01-06October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20172017-01-07