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A group of men in plain white dhotis sit on the floor during a ritual, holding small brass oil lamps (deepa) lit with flames. The man in the centre, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a red-brown pendant, extends his lamp forward with his arm. Beside him, a man with a white tripundra on his forehead and another in plain white also hold lamps. On the left, a close-cropped man in white with a red thread holds a lamp and appears to chant. Brass plates with flowers, betel and offerings rest on the floor, and a green-and-gold draped table stands in the background. This is a lamp-lighting ritual, consistent with aarti.

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Men in white ritual dhotis perform an aarti with small brass oil lamps held outstretched. The foreground man, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala across his chest and a brass bangle on his wrist, faces left holding one lamp. Behind him a man with white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and arms holds a second lit lamp. Another man at left edge is partly visible. A green and gold draped structure and a red tray with offerings sit at the lower right. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering. The foreground man's bare chest and mala are visible, but his face is not distinctively marked by the qualifying cues required for a probable identification, so his identity is unsure.2010-11-30A group of men in plain white ritual dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged on orange mats during a pada puja ceremony. Several hold lit oil lamps or flame-holding brass vessels aloft toward the viewer, with flames visible in the foreground and background. 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