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Indoor evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hung with framed photographs and a banner. Three young men in white and orange-saffron garments stand at left raising lit oil lamps, one holding a small bell in his other hand, with flames visible at the top. Seated on the floor, a figure in orange robes and a red-orange shawl sits on a low raised seat with hands in prayer, flanked by seated men in saffron and white. Ritual brass vessels and lamps are placed on the floor. A large seated audience in white, orange and pink clothing fills the foreground and right side, many watching the ceremony.

February 16 2009

Evening aarti in a covered hall with a pink curtain at left and a stone pillar. Two priests in white dhotis and orange shawls stand at center holding lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamps toward a seated audience. Devotees sit on the floor in rows, many in orange and white with yellow shawls, and small brass oil lamps are arranged on the floor in front. Glass display cabinets and framed pictures line the back wall, and a white-clad figure with a stringed instrument sits at the far right. The scene shows an evening ritual.

February 16 2009

Evening aarti in a covered hall with a blue wall and corrugated roof. Three young men stand at the front holding brass lamps with flames aloft: the left one in white dhoti with an orange shawl, the middle one in saffron-orange robes, the right one in white with an orange shawl. Seated devotees in orange and white fill the floor and rows behind, many women and children among them. Brass oil lamps and a small brass kalasha sit on mats in front. Framed photographs and printed panels hang on the wall to the right, and a pink curtain edges the left side.

December 27 2008

A photo of a ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and fluorescent lights. Men in saffron-orange robes and white garments stand at a row of steel tables holding tall lit lamps and aarti flames, while women in white sari-style clothing sit on mats tending rows of brass oil lamps and fruit-topped kalasha offerings on the left. A seated crowd watches from the background, and posters and framed images hang on the walls. Rudraksha-style mala beads and ornate lamps are visible. This appears to be an aarti or lamp-lighting ceremony in progress.

February 16 2009

A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof shows a row of women in white saris seated on mats before long steel tables, lighting and tending brass oil lamps and small flames arranged in rows on a mat. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand behind the tables, holding ornate brass aarti lamps and tall brass lamp stands. One standing man in orange wears a garland and a rudraksha mala. Along the left, golden kalasha-style pots with mango-leaf and coconut-style tops sit on a red cloth. Behind them, a seated crowd of devotees fills the hall beneath framed pictures and a banner on the wall.

Indoor evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Standing at left, several men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls hold up lit oil lamps and small handbells during an aarti. Seated on the floor in front, rows of men in saffron-orange robes and white garments sit beside a brass lamp stand and a row of brass oil lamps on a mat. Behind them a large crowd of devotees, mostly in white, fills the room. Framed photographs and a painted banner hang on the walls, and a few people in white and yellow sit at the lower right edge.

Wide view of a large hall with white tiled floor and red curtains beneath windows, where many people in orange and maroon robes sit in rows during a ritual. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti kneels on the left, holding a multi-tiered brass lamp with lit flames aloft. Rows of seated young boys and men wear orange clothing, white forehead bands and rudraksha malas, with brass plates and offerings set before them on the floor. Further back, several women in white saris sit near the far side of the hall. A rope barrier with white posts runs along the right. A standing person in white clothing is visible at the far right edge. Nobody in the scene is clearly identifiable as the guru from appearance alone.

February 16 2009