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November 26 20142014-11-26A shaved-headed priest seen from behind performs aarti with a multi-tiered lit brass lamp held high in both hands before a deity murti. He wears a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth over bare shoulders and a rudraksha mala around his neck. The inner shrine is decorated with hanging strings of beads and small lamps, and a gold-clad deity is seated on a throne. Two attendants in orange and red robes are partly visible in front of the murti. Ornate painted pillars with a pink-and-green figure of a deity frame the scene, and a tall brass lamp stands on the right. The priest's role is conducting the aarti.2014-11-26A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange cloth with a gold-bordered shawl and rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamp wicks toward a shrine. Behind him, two painted guardian figures with multiple arms and gold crowns flank the doorway, and a dark shrine door hung with rows of rudraksha beads frames a deity murti draped in green and white flower garlands. Another person in orange sits near the shrine, and white horizontal vibhuti stripes mark the priest's upper arm. The scene is a temple aarti.2014-11-28November 20 20142014-11-20A photograph of a temple shrine seen from behind. In the foreground a bald man with a rudraksha mala and a saffron-and-gold shawl holds a silver multi-wick lamp aloft in one raised arm, performing aarti. Ahead, a seated figure in red garments is set before an ornate gold throne-like backdrop with a crown-like finial, flanked by painted guardian figures in red and green with raised arms. Strings of small lights and a brass lamp stand complete the scene.2014-11-11A shaved-headed priest seen from behind performs aarti with a tall multi-tiered brass lamp holding many lit oil lamps, raised before a temple doorway. He wears a saffron-red cloth with a gold border over his bare shoulder, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck and a bead bracelet on his wrist. Two large painted guardian figures flank the doorway, each with multiple arms, crowns and red-and-green garments. Rows of small lamps line the dark shrine entrance behind him, and a few devotees stand faintly in the background.2014-11-26December 03 20142014-12-03Inside a temple shrine, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, seen from behind, holds a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with lit wicks toward a gilded deity murti. Two gold-and-red standing guardian figures flank the shrine, and string lights and hanging bells decorate the walls. A second person's hands holding a lit lamp appear at the left edge. a person candidate appearance is uncertain from behind, so the figure is described by role as a priest performing aarti.2014-11-20November 07 20142014-11-07A shaved-headed priest seen from behind in an orange and red cloth wrap and rudraksha malas performs aarti with a tiered multi-flame oil lamp before a seated deity murti in a shrine. The murti is draped in gold-colored cloth with a garland and sits beneath rows of small hanging lamps. Painted red and green figures flank the doorway, and white sacred ash marks the priest's arm.2014-09-02August 04 20172017-08-04April 25 20142014-04-25