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March 13 20142014-03-13March 13 20142014-03-13March 13 20142014-03-13A long row of seated participants in a temple-style hall, many in saffron and orange robes with marigold garlands, performing a ritual with hands raised in prayer and offerings placed before them on silver trays and brass plates. Oil lamps burn in the foreground. Behind them, an ornate gilded shrine with a deity murti glows under warm lights, and a man in white dhoti stands at the back. A red-turbaned elder and a bare-chested man with rudraksha malas are among those seated. Several men wear red and orange shawls.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated row of saffron-robed sadhus and priests in a pink-walled hall during an aarti. In the foreground, a bald elder in saffron with a white and orange garland sits beside a woman in a red and orange garland with gold necklaces. Behind them, saffron-clad men sit in rows with marigold and white garlands. On the right, white-clad devotees in white turbans and caps hold brass aarti plates with lit oil lamps and flames. A man in a dark vest stands at the back. Wooden low stools and a red banner with Hindi text are visible on the left. Physical people visible: roughly a dozen or more.2014-03-13A photograph of a row of seated devotees in a bright hall performing a puja with lit oil lamps. In the foreground, several men and women in saffron and orange robes hold lit diyas and incense sticks toward a long line of brass plates and offering trays on the glossy white floor. Some wear white garments, and a bald man in front holds a flame. Behind them, rows of people in orange and white sit before more lamps, and a woman in white stands near pink walls and wooden doors. Brass stands and flower offerings sit on the floor, with smoke rising from the incense.2017-05-25September 14 20152015-09-14 +2 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26May 08 20162016-05-08September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesNovember 15 20102010-11-15July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copies