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A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands in a plain room, raising a lit multi-branched silver aarti lamp high above her head with her right arm, its flames rising from several branches. A gold bangle is on her wrist. Seated people in the background, including a man in a light shirt in the foreground and several women in colourful saris along the right edge, watch the ritual. A wooden door with a small colourful wall hanging, a curtain and a ceiling fan are visible.

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A woman in a white sari with gold borders stands in a plain room, raising a multi-branched silver lamp with flames high above her head as a ritual aarti. She wears gold bangles and a gold bindi and looks down toward the lower part of the frame. Seated devotees fill the lower right, some with hands folded. A brown wooden door on the left has a small colourful framed image of a deity and a curtain of pink and silver strips behind it. A gold fringed curtain hangs by the window on the right. Smoke rises from the lamp.2006-02-27A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at the centre, swinging a silver vessel of lit camphor or oil flames in a blurred circular motion during a ritual. She wears a red bindi and a dark braid. Behind and around her, seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha-style beads watch; a man in white with a dark bead mala sits to the right, and several women in white and yellow saris sit along the wall. Brass hanging ornaments and a bead garland hang at the upper right, near a window and a wooden door.2006-02-27A photograph of a homa-style ritual in an indoor room. A woman in a white sari with a gold-yellow border stands at the centre, holding a silver aarti lamp with a large flame in one hand and a small silver bell in the other. A man in white stands behind her wearing a rudraksha mala. Seated devotees in white and coloured saris and shirts sit on the floor with hands pressed in prayer, and a child is held on the right. A small framed picture hangs on the wall and a fish tank stands at the right edge. Several people in the background are seated facing the ritual.2006-02-27A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits beside a gold-carved throne and raises a silver lamp stand with flaming oil lamps to her forehead. She wears a black beaded mala and a small red-and-gold pendant, with a red bindi and a bangle on her wrist. A row of silver vessels sits in front of her, and a red-and-white striped cloth hangs behind.2010-10-02A woman in a white sari with gold border stands in a room raising a silver arati lamp overhead in her right hand while holding a silver bell in her left. A small red bindi marks her forehead and she wears a bangle. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothing fill the floor behind her along a cream wall, with a ceiling fan, a wooden door draped with red and gold strands, and a small framed image on the wall. The scene suggests a puja or aarti during a homa gathering.2006-02-27A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at the front of a hall, holding a silver oil lamp with a flame in her right hand and a silver handbell in her left. She wears a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Seated devotees fill the room behind her, many with hands pressed together in prayer, some in white and others in yellow or saffron-toned saris. A blue sign on the wall lists photography, video camera, mobile camera and audio recording as strictly prohibited. Steel cooking pots sit on a counter at the right. The scene suggests an aarti being performed before a seated gathering.2010-10-12October 09 20122012-10-09October 09 20122012-10-09A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered edges and a white shawl over his shoulder holds a tiered silver aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, extending it forward with both hands. He wears a red tilak and thin-framed glasses. Behind him are ornate gold-and-dark-red chairs, a wooden window grille, and partially visible seated devotees at the bottom edge.2012-10-01June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesAugust 26 20122012-08-26July 20 20102010-07-20