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August 07 20172017-08-07A young male devotee performs an aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp, its several flames burning on the tiers. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck, a silver wristwatch, and a sacred ash mark on his forehead. He stands in profile on red-brick steps beside a grey stone structure and a striped multicoloured cloth, with a white railing and orange garments blurred in the background. A stone deity figure is partly visible at the top of the frame.2017-08-07A bare-chested young man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulder and across his torso holds a brass multi-branched aarti lamp with several flames in his raised left hand, while his right hand holds a small brass bell. He wears long dark hair swept back, white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead, a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a thin neck cord, and a gold bracelet on his wrist. He gazes upward in an indoor hall with blurred walls and ceiling lights. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the identity is not established from the image.2017-07-21July 21 20172017-07-21May 24 20132013-05-24May 12 20172017-05-12A young man in orange saffron cloth stands in profile holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames, a ritual aarti. He wears a dense rudraksha mala and a ceremonial metal necklace, with a white tilak on his forehead and a small bell in his other hand. Behind him, more orange-robed men hold lit lamps in a row, with blurred devotees seated near the lit candles in a hall.2017-05-12October 16 20122012-10-16February 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesA man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, performs aarti by holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames in his right hand while ringing a small brass handbell in his left. Vertical tilak marks are on his forehead. He stands in a plain white-walled room with a wooden door behind him; a blurred figure is at the lower left edge. The lamp flames are bright and the scene reads as a ritual lamp offering during a devotional gathering.2016-08-16A photo of a bare-chested young sadhu performing aarti at a riverside ghat with a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp, its flames burning, held high in both hands. He wears rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists and a white tilak on his forehead, with long dark hair. Behind him stand red-saffron flags and a metal railing with spectators, including a bald bare-chested man on the right and a person in green. Red steps line the ghat.2016-12-19A photograph of a single man performing an aarti outdoors against a pale, overcast sky. He is shown in profile facing left, bare-chested, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a matching orange shawl draped over his shoulder with a white flower garland. He has short dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha-style red bead necklace, and a bangle on his wrist. He holds a brass multi-branched oil lamp (aarti lamp) aloft in his right arm, with several flames burning, and a small brass bell in his left hand. Trees and a colourful striped cloth are faintly visible at the lower edge of the frame.2017-02-02 +1 copies