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September 30 20142014-09-30 +1 copiesDecember 05 20142014-12-05January 1st 2013December 05 20142014-12-05June 28 20142014-06-28 +2 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual with a man in a rust-brown robe and a brown rudraksha-style mala, wearing a long white and pink flower garland and a vertical sandal mark on the forehead. He holds a brass lamp with a flame in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, performing an aarti near a golden pillar. Behind him a man in an orange dhoti with gold necklaces stands beside smoke and a red-draped altar with a flame, and a trident is visible. A pink cloth hangs at the right edge and bright stage lights shine above.2016-05-23November 26 20142014-11-26A photograph of an outdoor ritual at dusk beside a carved stone temple pillar. A man in saffron-orange robes wears a long red and yellow flower garland, layered gold-bead necklaces, gold bangles and a white forehead mark; he holds a lit oil lamp with a flame and a small brass bell-handled implement. Beside him a second man in orange robes with a shaved head and an orange shawl claps his hands and speaks. A brass lamp burns at lower left and smoke rises in the background.2014-11-26November 11 20172017-11-11A man in a rust-red unstitched robe with a bare shoulder and an orange-beaded necklace studded with gold beads stands at night holding a silver lamp with a flame in a silver bowl and tray. He wears a small tilak on his forehead and looks down at the flame. Seated devotees in the dim background, including a woman in white with hands pressed together, watch the ritual. Dark trees fill the backdrop.2013-04-01January 01 20132013-01-01December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copies