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Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style courtyard. Three priests in white dhotis with pink-red borders and white shawls stand at a raised platform, each wearing ornate gold-beaded necklaces. The two on the left and right raise lit oil lamps (aarti) high in their right hands, while the centre priest holds a handbell and a small bell in his hands. Brass pots, plates and lamps sit on the platform in front of them. Behind the platform a seated audience, including women in white saris and a woman in a green top, watches with hands folded in devotion. A banner with Kannada text and a photo of a saffron-robed figure hangs to the left, and stone sculptures and palm trees fill the dark background. This aarti ritual is consistent with the event; the page describes a Ganapathi homa album.

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Night-time outdoor ritual on a raised platform with orange and white cloth draped over the altar table. Three priests in white dhotis and shawls stand in a row, each wearing gold necklaces; the left and right priests raise bells and lamps in aarti while the centre priest holds a bell and a lit lamp. Brass lamps, a silver puja tray, a kalasha-style vessel and brass oil lamps sit on the altar. Seated devotees in white fill the rows behind, and a banner with a painted deity image hangs in the background. No identifiable a person is visible.2010-09-05September 05 20102010-09-05September 05 20102010-09-05Three priests in white dhotis and shawls with red borders perform an evening aarti at an outdoor stage at night. Each raises a brass lamp with a lit flame overhead, and the priests wear gold beaded necklaces. Behind them a seated audience in white and pastel clothing watches and some hold their hands in anjali. A brass puja set with bells, a kalasha-like vessel and small bowls lies on the stage in front. A banner with a sepia deity image hangs on the left, and the photo is credited with a copyright line.2010-09-05Evening outdoor ritual at night beneath palm trees. Three shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shawls, wearing long gold-toned beaded necklaces, raise brass vessels with lit flames and bells in their hands during an aarti. Behind a low wooden-and-white table with brass plates, bowls and a bell, a seated audience in white clothing fills plastic chairs. A large wooden drum and a feathered fly-whisk stand at left. Stone sculptures of deities and a tall yellow pole stand at right, and a yellow banner at upper left shows printed figures and Kannada script.2010-09-05Evening outdoor aarti at dusk with palm trees behind. Three priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, with white tilaka on their foreheads and orange-red bands on their arms, raise brass oil lamps with lit flames while ringing handbells. A fourth priest on the right holds a lamp up and rings a bell. Rudraksha malas hang on their chests. Seated devotees in white clothes with folded hands fill the foreground, and a crowd stands behind them. Brass lamps sit on a long metal table in the lower left, and a string of red lights hangs in the background. A camera on a tripod is visible on the right.2012-11-27November 05 20102010-11-05November 27 20122012-11-27 +1 copiesThree male priests in white dhotis and shawls with red-striped borders perform aarti at dusk in a covered, open-sided hall with a red-orange wall. Each holds a brass oil lamp with a flame aloft in one hand and a small handbell in the other; the lamps have a cow-shaped figure on the stand. Gold beaded necklaces hang on their chests. A printed sign on the left and a framed panel on the right are visible, and a metal railing and a low table with a brass plate sit in the foreground.2010-11-05Evening aarti in a temple hall with a dark tin roof and red wall. Three priests in plain white dhotis with red-bordered cloth stand at a dark stone counter, lit by a flame. The priest on the right, bald and bare-chested with a gold chain, holds a brass aarti lamp in one hand and a small bell-like vessel in the other. Two women in white and a yellow-clad person sit at the left edge near brass lamps, a candle and a small orange-cloth tray. A framed notice hangs on the wall behind them.2010-11-05Night outdoor ritual at an open ground. Two priests in white dhotis and white shawls with red-and-cream borders stand at a raised stone platform, holding brass bells and lamps. The foreground priest is shaved-headed with white sacred markings on his arms. A brass lamp stand with lit oil lamps sits near the platform steps, and brass vessels are on the ground. A large crowd of seated devotees, many women in saffron and orange saris, fills the background under strings of small lights and white pillars.2011-04-17October 01 20102010-10-01