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July 15 2011

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Night ritual photograph at water's edge. Two shaven-headed priests stand close together; the foreground priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a lemon garland and rudraksha mala, holds a brass vessel and pours liquid. Behind him a second priest wears an orange-red cloth and beaded necklace, with white horizontal tilak marks on the forehead. In the left foreground a hand is raised toward a flaming oil lamp (aarti). A tray of flower petals and offerings sits nearby, and dark water fills the background.2011-07-15Night ritual inside a temple hall beside a fire pit where a flame rises from a pile of coconut halves and offerings. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth and a garland of yellow and white flowers holds his hands over the fire near another man's head, who is also shaven and garlanded. Behind them a bald man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and flower garland looks upward. Several onlookers in dark and white clothing stand around, and a bright tube light and stone pillars frame the scene.2011-11-29July 15 20112011-07-15Night photograph of a temple ritual with a crowd behind. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, a gold necklace and gold armbands, and holds a small white object while looking down toward a row of bright oil lamp flames in the foreground. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a gold necklace stands near a hand offering a plate. On the right an older man with bare chest and sacred ash marks holds his palms together. Hanging yellow and orange lanterns and a pillared temple hall frame the scene. a person cues: long swept-back hair, orange-red shawl and ornate gold necklace, with the central figure in a priestly role during the lamp ritual.2012-04-05Night ritual outdoors under a canopy of coloured cloth streamers. A central figure in a rust-red turban and dark red wrap, wearing a red-and-white flower garland, holds a woven basket of burning flame at the centre. Beside them a man in white with a saffron-coloured turban and glasses tends the fire, and another man in a tall ornate gold-patterned cap and red-brown wrap steadies the basket with a gold-trimmed cloth. Several other attendants in orange and white garments stand around. The flame suggests an oil lamp or sacred fire ritual; a brass vessel and stone wall are visible.2014-12-05Night-time ritual photograph in which three priests stand before a basket of oil lamps with flames. The man on the left, bare-chested with a shaved head and a red-orange cloth, wears a rudraksha mala and looks down at the lamps. The central figure wears a red and gold turban, a red and orange garland, gold necklaces and a saffron-orange shawl, and holds a lit lamp. The man on the right wears an ornate silver-and-red-jewelled cylindrical crown, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and beaded bangles, and holds a lamp toward the flames. Behind them stand several onlookers, a bright floodlight and a red canopy with fringed cloth. Multiple oil lamps burn in a woven basket in the foreground.2014-12-05June 05 20122012-06-05December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a ritual aarti with oil lamps. On the left, a shaved-headed priest in a red-orange sash and rudraksha mala holds a woven basket tray of lit oil lamps. In the centre, a woman in a red turban and red sari with a floral garland holds a small flame near a bowl. On the right, a man in an ornate jeweled crown and gold-trimmed red-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala lifts a lamp from the tray. Behind them, people in white dhotis and a dark night setting are visible, with a bright light in the background. The scene is an oil-lamp ritual, with no visible identifiable a person figure.2014-12-05July 19 20132013-07-19May 31 20182018-05-31 +2 copiesDecember 05 20142014-12-05