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Indoor ritual scene in a large hall with striped pillars draped in colourful patterned cloth. In the centre, a man in white robes raises a lit flame on a lamp, while a man in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands beside him holding a burning lamp aloft. Another man in white stands at the right, and a bearded man in orange clothing stands near a tripod camera. Many seated people in white clothes sit on the floor in rows along the left, some holding small items and a brass vessel. Two large framed portraits of a smiling woman in traditional dress hang on the back wall. Flowers decorate the lower right corner.

December 24 2009

Interior of a long metal-roofed hall during an evening ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders and stand before a decorated shrine on the left, where a deity murti sits on a green cloth under a maroon backdrop with gold motifs. Several seated men in white clothes hold brass lamps and ritual vessels on the floor, with a lit flame visible in front. Tall cloth-wrapped pillars with orange tassels hang from the ceiling, and a large seated audience in white fills the back of the hall. The scene suggests an aarti or puja with oil lamps and lit wicks.

January 02 2009

2009-01-02 +1 copies

A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.

October 08 2010

A large white-walled hall with a polished white floor and colourful woven pillar banners hanging from the ceiling. Rows of seated devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, fill the floor with small brass plates and oil lamps set before them. A man in the front centre wears white clothes and an orange shawl, holding a lamp in one hand as he leads the group in ritual worship. Several women in orange and yellow saris sit to the left. A video camera on a tripod records the gathering, and a white platform stands in the foreground.

July 11 2006

July 01 2009

Photograph of an evening aarti in a large tented hall decorated with hanging colourful tassel ornaments. In the foreground, a line of priests in saffron-orange dhotis and white clothes stands before low tables draped in white, each holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame. A man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands at the left holding a brass lamp. Behind them, a large seated audience dressed in white and yellow shawls fills the hall. A camera operator on a tripod stands at the right, and an audio stand is visible.

December 27 2006

A photograph of a large white tented hall during an aarti ceremony. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls and beaded necklaces stand at the front, holding brass lamps with lit flames aloft. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with yellow garlands, fill the floor, and a woman in a red and white sari with a beaded necklace sits center-front beside brass oil lamps and a lit flame. Hanging fabric lanterns with coloured panels decorate the ceiling, and a banner with text is visible on the back wall.