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May 08 2012

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A photograph of a ritual inside a hall with glossy pale floor. A man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala kneels on the floor at center, holding a long-handled ladle toward a tall brass multi-tiered lamp stand with many burning oil lamps. Several men in white dhotis sit in a row at left behind small brass lamps and plates, with hands folded in prayer. A dark wooden chair is stacked against the back wall, and a red curtain hangs at right beside a white cabinet with folded orange cloth. A laptop sits on a low wooden table at right. The scene is lit by warm flame glow.2012-05-08September 10 20122012-09-10September 09 20122012-09-09September 10 20122012-09-10May 10 20122012-05-10September 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10September 10 20122012-09-10Evening ritual in a hall with a large fire lit in a metal fire pit or lamp stand. A standing man with long, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and holds a small metal vessel in one hand while raising the other arm toward the flame. Beside him, a younger man in orange cloth with a dark cord looks toward the fire, and a seated man in orange sits at left. Several seated people in white and orange clothing are visible in the background near a person playing a stringed instrument. A woven orange banner hangs on the left and right walls and a large circular decorative piece is on the wall behind. Visible people: about five.2006-08-22September 10 20122012-09-10Four young men in saffron-orange dhotis, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas, stand in a row performing aarti with lit brass oil lamps held high. The man on the far right has a shaved head with white tilak markings and a rudraksha mala, and holds his lamp at shoulder height. Behind them, a golden shrine houses a pink deity murti under a golden arch on the left. Seated devotees in white fill the lower left and right foreground. A camera on a tripod records the scene near a white-covered table. Red curtains and framed photographs line the hall walls.2016-10-12September 06 20122012-09-06