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October 14 2007

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October 15 20072007-10-15August 26 20072007-08-26December 10 20072007-12-10August 26 20072007-08-26A photograph of a row of young devotees in white clothes lighting brass oil lamps on a long table during an evening ritual. Many small brass lamps with lit flames line the table, and several boys in white shirts with red-and-orange sashes hold or tend the lamps. In the background a bearded man in white with a golden-orange shawl stands near the wall, partly visible, with a dark wooden cabinet beside him. The setting is an ashram hall with soft warm light from the flames.2007-08-26Several young men and boys in white ritual clothes sit closely together, lighting and tending brass oil lamps on a long row laid across a striped mat. Many lit lamps flicker along the front, with metal ritual implements and small bells in the foreground. A man in the background wears a white garment with a dark head covering. The setting appears to be an indoor temple hall with white walls. No readable name or a person candidate is clearly visible.2007-08-26October 03 20082008-10-03A photograph of a group of young men and boys in white ritual clothes performing an arati with brass oil lamps. Several lamps with lit flames stand in rows along a metal table, and the boys reach forward to tend them. One boy in the foreground wears glasses and a white kurta; others lean in from the left and right. A bearded man in white with an orange-gold shawl stands in the background. The lamps glow warmly against the dim hall.2007-08-26A photograph of a group of boys and young men in white dhoti-style clothing seated cross-legged on woven mats, lighting and tending many brass oil lamps (deepas) and multi-tiered brass lamp stands during an evening lamp-lighting ritual. Several lamps flame brightly in the foreground and along a row of smaller brass lamps set out on the mat. Some participants wear rudraksha-style neck beads and bangles. No identifiable a person candidate is visibly present in the frame; the figures are young attendees and ritual participants.2007-08-26A photograph of an indoor hall with plain white walls and a concrete floor where young men perform an aarti with lamps. Three standing young men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls hold up tiered brass oil lamps with flames. One standing youth on the left and a seated man in white with a red sash and mala watch. Other seated participants in white clothing sit on woven mats, and brass vessels and bells rest on the floor. A plastic chair stands at the right, and a colourful banner pole is visible at the top. Several people in the background are seated in rows.A dim night photograph of devotees in plain white dhotis and shirts seated on the floor, tending multi-tiered brass oil lamp stands (aarti set) with flames burning. Several young men lean in to light or adjust the lamps, which line a low wooden surface in the foreground. The warm glow of the flames is the main light source. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a specific guru figure; the visible people are devotees performing an arati.2007-08-26September 21 20112011-09-21