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November 07 2011

A priest in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders, wearing a marigold garland, performs aarti with a lit flame in a metal lamp in his right hand and a handbell in his left. Seated devotees on orange and maroon mats in a white-walled hall with ceiling fans and white drapes watch and join palms in prayer; one man in an orange robe sits among them. At right a man in white dhoti photographs the scene beside a steel vessel table. A multicoloured pillar stands behind the priest.

November 12 2010

A photograph of a Sri Chakra puja in progress. In the foreground, a man in an orange shirt with an orange shawl and gold ornaments is seated on the floor, holding a silver camphor lamp with a flame over a brass Sri Chakra meru. Fruit, a small bowl with red kumkum and a silver vessel sit on a wooden tray beside him. Behind him, several women in white saris with orange borders sit with palms pressed together in prayer, one holding a small orange-flame lamp. Other seated devotees, many in white, fill the background, and a red wall and orange cloth hang behind them.

A photograph of a small room during a ritual aarti. In the foreground a bald priest with white forehead markings, rudraksha mala and orange-and-gold shawl holds a large silver lamp tray with several flames toward the seated group. Behind him a man in saffron-red robes sits on a red-cushioned throne-like seat before red-and-gold striped curtains, a trident and a small deity murti nearby. About a dozen devotees, mostly women in white and red saris and a few men, sit on a patterned rug with hands raised and folded. Framed pictures and a garlanded frame hang on the walls.

A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at the right, long dark hair swept back, holding a silver bowl and an ornate silver arati lamp with a lit flame over a group of seated devotees. Several seated women in saris, shawls and jewellery sit with hands pressed in anjali, while men stand against a white wall behind them with framed landscape art and hanging greenery. The scene is an arati offering inside a meeting hall. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace is performing the arati, which fits the page's description of Maha Arathi.

A photograph inside a plain white-tiled hall showing a ritual lamp being lit. In the foreground a man in white dhoti with maroon borders and a gold necklace kneels at a small wooden table, holding a flaming oil lamp and a small brass vessel. A brass bowl of petals sits on the table. Behind him, a woman in a red sari and several seated devotees with hands pressed in anjali face the ritual. A man in an orange robe sits among them. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl holds a camera at the right, beside steel vessels on a long table. The setting suggests a puja or aarti, with the lamp as the central action.

September 11 2011

May 21 2006

A photograph of a bright, whitewashed hall with tall windows, a ceiling fan, and rows of steel vessels on tables at the back. A standing woman in a grey-white sari and a beaded necklace holds a lit aarti lamp with a flame, while a few people sit on mats on the floor with palms pressed together in prayer. A young woman in an orange sari sits in front, and a man in white dhoti sits to the right. Two women in white with yellow shawls sit at the left, and two women in white sit at the bottom right. A small metal tray with offerings and a banana leaf with food sit on the floor in front of the group.

Indoor ritual in a white-walled hall with ceiling fans and decorated pillars. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a garland and a pink-bordered cloth holds up a lit flame in one hand and a small bell in the other, performing aarti. Several women in saffron and green saris sit cross-legged on mats, some with hands joined in prayer. A small brass tray of flowers and fruit sits on a low table, with a silver box nearby. Another man in white stands at a side table with steel vessels and a pot, and a young child sits at the lower right.

August 26th 2015