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February 22 2013

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February 12 20132013-02-12A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl performs aarti with a lit ornate silver lamp held in his right hand, flames rising from the wick. He wears a gold bead necklace, a small rudraksha-style mala, and a sandalwood tilak with horizontal arm markings. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange clothes watch and some have hands folded in prayer, with plastic chairs and a bell visible in the foreground and a red-orange tent interior.2013-02-11June 29 20132013-06-29June 18 20132013-06-18A man in orange-saffron robes stands at the centre holding a tall silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit flames, performing an aarti ritual. He wears a long strand of gold-coloured beads and a thin black cord around his neck, and a beaded bracelet on his wrist. Behind him, seated devotees in white and orange clothing watch, some holding small oil lamps or lit candles, and one person photographs with a camera. Orange draped fabric and banners hang in the background, with a hall of red chairs on the right. Robe and lamp colours are saffron, gold and white.2013-02-11A shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace holds a silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, turning toward the flames. A white vertical tilak marks his forehead. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange hold lamps and offerings, and a projector screen shows a photograph of a deity murti and people. Curtains and audio equipment fill the room.2012-07-14Night-time ritual at an outdoor pandal with banana leaves and smoke in the air. A shaven-headed man in a saffron-orange robe with maroon borders and a gold chain with a pendant stands at right, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flaming wick over the head of a seated young man in white kurta, yellow shawl and rudraksha mala who has his palms raised. Yellow and orange marigold petals are scattered on the stone platform in front, with brass vessels and a bell visible. Other seated devotees in orange and yellow sit behind. The orange-robed man shows no clear a person cues such as long hair or ornate crown, so his identity is uncertain.2009-09-25A shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and matching shawl with gold border stands in the centre holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame in his right hand and a bell in his left, with white tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a beaded gold-toned mala around his neck. Seated people in white and orange clothing behind him join palms in prayer, with rows of red chairs at right and a small brass lamp at lower left, and a red backdrop with framed notices on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti ritual during a satsang gathering.2013-02-11November 18 20152015-11-18A shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with rudraksha malas on his arms and chest raises a large brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit flames, standing in a hall. Seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing sit on the floor at the bottom of the frame, and framed photographs of saffron-robed figures hang on the walls behind him, with stacked chairs at left. The priest's face is not used to identify anyone; he is described only by role as a priest performing aarti.2015-11-18September 10 20122012-09-10A photograph of a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holding a brass multi-flame aarti lamp aloft with both hands, flames rising before his face. Behind him several people in orange and white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some with white tripundra markings on their foreheads, and a red curtain forms the backdrop. The lamp is an aarti performed as worship. The man's appearance does not clearly match the description of a distinctive presenter with several qualifying cues, so his identity is not established.2013-06-18