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Photograph of a ceremonial aarti at an indoor event. In the foreground a shirtless man with long hair tied back and white ash markings on his chest and arms, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, holds a brass tray of lit oil lamps. Opposite him a younger person in a maroon sari with green and gold border and a rudraksha mala reaches toward the flames. Seated devotees fill the hall behind them, and a decorative umbrella and a wall of framed photographs appear in the background.

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December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18January 08 20182018-01-08A ritual aarti in a hall with a crowd. A young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a red and gold waist cloth, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red and gold arm band, holds a brass lamp with a bright flame toward devotees. A second man in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala stands beside him holding a metal vessel. Around them, seated and standing devotees in white clothes and saffron-red shawls reach hands toward the flame, with a woman in a red top and others in white looking on. Air conditioning unit and onlookers stand along the back wall.2015-07-16December 18 20162016-12-18January 08 20182018-01-08December 18 20162016-12-18December 12 20162016-12-12May 21 20162016-05-21A photograph of a ritual gathering in a hall. Two women in white cloth with gold borders and light blue hair nets stand at the center, one holding a silver tray with a lit flame and the other tending it, while a third woman in a white sari stands at right. Seated men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, some with white and yellow body markings and rudraksha malas, sit on the floor in the foreground and middle, one holding a lamp. Behind them, seated women in saris and dupattas watch from rows of chairs with orange tablecloths, and people sit along the back of the hall. The scene reads as a Maheshwara Puja style fire ritual with oil lamps, with a light rudraksha-malaed man in the middle.2016-12-18November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesMarch 17 20172017-03-17