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Three devotees in saffron-orange shawls perform aarti in a hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Each raises a metal lamp high with a large flame, and smoke drifts upward. Behind them, seated attendees watch, and a yellow steel frame and colourful banner are visible at left. The central figure has a shaved head with a tied-back tuft and wears a rudraksha-style mala, but no crown, long hair or ceremonial gold identifies him as a person, so the identity is uncertain.

A photograph of an evening ritual in a open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof. Four men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row raising lit oil lamps on tall stands above their heads, with a fifth lamp held by a man in white robes and red shawl at the left. Seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha malas sit in front at a low table, and a large crowd sits in rows in the background. A colourful striped pillar and framed pictures decorate the walls.

January 01 2006

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Evening aarti ceremony in a hall with a corrugated roof. Several saffron-robed monks in orange dhotis and shawls stand in a row raising multi-tiered brass aarti lamps with burning flames; the nearest man on the right holds a silver bowl and bells, and the others hold small bells and lamps. Seated devotees in white clothing line a white-draped railing in the foreground, and a decorated deity altar with colourful flower garlands stands at the right. Smoke rises from the flames.

Photograph of several men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl performing an aarti ritual indoors. In the foreground a young man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks raises a brass aarti lamp with flames while holding a small bell in his other hand. Behind him others hold lit lamps overhead, and one man on the right has a white stripe on his forehead. Walls are cream with framed pictures, a tripod camera stands at right, and a striped cloth lies on a table at left.

July 07 2009

Photograph of an evening aarti ritual on a raised platform in a whitewashed hall. A man in orange robes and a flower garland holds a flaming wick lamp high in each hand, mid-swing. Beside him, a figure in white robes with an orange shawl holds a lit lamp aloft, and a third person in white on the right blurs as they move. Seated devotees in colourful clothing watch from the floor, including a woman in pink and children in blue and red. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists of the central figure.

July 07 2009

Outdoor festival pavilion with white draped canopy and blue-and-gold patterned side walls. Five men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand in a row raising brass aarti lamps with lit flames overhead, performing a ritual arati. A long white-covered offering table with small oil lamps and offerings runs along the right, and a seated crowd in white and orange clothing watches from both sides. A tall white-and-red draped structure stands at the right edge. Green matting covers the floor.

Night aarti ceremony in a covered open hall. Four monks in saffron-orange robes stand in a row, raising lit camphor flames on metal lamps toward the high roof, while a fifth, at left, swings a handbell. Seated devotees fill the floor behind a white draped platform, and a woman in a cream sari with green border stands on a raised stage at left. Colourful hanging banners and a yellow pillar frame the scene, with smoke rising from the flames.