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A photograph of a Hindu ritual at an outdoor stage with a green floor mat. Several women and girls sit cross-legged in front of a white-draped table, wearing white saris with yellow shoulder cloths. They tend rows of brass oil lamps and multi-tiered brass lamps arranged on a mat, and some hold small brass vessels. Behind the table, three men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand with brass bells and hand cymbals, one holding a bell. Men in white kurta clothing stand along a red-and-white barrier behind them, and a seated audience fills the left side. Lamps and ritual implements suggest an aarti or puja.

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A hanging mobile with colourful figurines decorates the right side of the entrance.2008-12-24A covered outdoor temple courtyard shows a row of women in white saris seated on mats, tending long rows of brass oil lamps and lit lamps arranged in front of them, with brass bells and a large brass plate at the right. Behind them, four standing men wear saffron/orange shawls and garlands, with one man in white clothes and an orange shawl at the far right, standing at a raised wooden platform. White walls, a corrugated metal roof and a red pillar frame the scene.2008-12-24A covered outdoor ritual hall with a corrugated metal roof and a long metal table. Five men stand behind the table raising lit oil lamps (aarti) overhead; four wear saffron-orange dhotis, shawls and beaded necklaces, while the man at far right wears white with an orange shawl. 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