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July 20 20122012-07-20A bald man with a bare upper torso wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and a gold beaded necklace raises a lit oil lamp high in his right hand during an aarti in a red-walled hall with green floor carpet. Several people in white ritual cloth stand and sit behind him, a row of seated devotees in red and white watches from the right, and brass lamps sit on the floor at lower left. Two large cloth banners with printed text hang on the wall, and striped yellow and red pillars frame the room. A man in a white dhoti stands at a table with microphones near the back. Sign text is partly legible.2013-02-08June 18 20132013-06-18June 29 20132013-06-29January 08 20172017-01-08A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe stands barefoot on a raised white platform, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand while his palms are pressed together at chest level. Behind him a wooden pole rests on the platform and a patterned red-and-blue rug lies at the edge. Around the hall, a large group of devotees in white ritual clothes stands with hands folded in namaste, while a woman in a maroon sari and a woman in a yellow shawl are visible; a photographer in white kneels near the platform. A saffron flag hangs on a pole in the background, and striped decorative columns frame the white-curtained hall under overhead fans and lights.2010-11-05November 18 20152015-11-18August 26th 20152015-08-26September 03 20122012-09-03July 07 20152015-07-07A bald man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stands in the foreground holding a brass trident-like ritual implement with a flame burning at its top, and a brass handbell in his other hand, during an evening ritual. Behind him, several people in orange and white garments are seated or standing in a whitewashed hall with framed pictures on the wall. Oil lamps glow on the floor and a red exit sign is visible. Several other people in orange or white clothing move around the room, and a seated devotee is in the lower centre.2015-11-18October 27 20122012-10-27