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Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with a small arched doorway and a barred window on the right. A man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top, with a white flower garland, holds a small brass oil lamp (aarti) toward a group. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with folded hands, a woman in an orange sari with folded hands, and a man in white with an orange-yellow shawl stand in prayerful greeting. A woman in an orange sari smiles in the background, and another man in orange stands at left. A small vase with pink flowers sits on a wall shelf. Brass oil lamps are visible on the floor at right, consistent with a ceremonial lamp offering.

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July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Inside a plain white room with a barred window, a man in an orange saffron turban and orange robe holds a lit oil lamp in front of a small altar draped with white cloth and flower petals. On the altar sit framed pictures, a brass lamp, and a plate with a kalasha-like item. Facing the altar, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a black cord necklace presses his palms together, beside a woman in a saffron-yellow sari and a man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl, also with hands folded. A cameraman with a shoulder camera stands at the arched doorway and a young man at right, lower corner, joins hands in prayer. Aarti in a small shrine room, with several visible people in the scene.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Inside a plain white-walled room with a barred window and a small vase on a wall shelf, a figure in an orange turban and orange robe, with white and red flower garlands, stands with back partly to camera, holding a lit oil lamp toward a group. Around them, a man in white shirt and dhoti with gold bracelet and necklace, a woman in orange sari with red bindi and black beaded necklace, a woman in orange sari with hands folded, and a man in white shirt with yellow shawl stand with palms pressed together in prayer or aarti. A devotee in the right foreground also joins palms. a person: the orange turban, orange robe and flower garlands on the lamp-holding figure are the cues, performing the lamp ritual.2008-07-28A photograph inside a bright, white-walled room during a blessing ceremony. A person in an orange turban, orange shawl and white-and-red flower garland stands centre, holding a brass object while priests in orange robes tend a lit flame in a brass lamp and a tray of flowers. Devotees with palms pressed together stand around, including an older woman in an orange sari and a man in white dhoti and shirt at right holding folded hands and wearing a rudraksha-style mala. A cameraman films at upper right. Smoke rises from the lamp. Several onlookers, including a young boy in yellow shirt and shorts, watch from the crowd.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Photo inside a bright white room with a barred window on the right and an arched doorway on the left, where a cameraman films. In the foreground a man with a shaved head wraps an orange cloth across his shoulders and holds his hands in namaste toward a small shrine with a brass oil lamp and flowers. A man in a white shirt and dhoti with a dark beaded necklace stands with palms joined, next to a woman in an orange saree with bangles and folded hands, and an older man in a white dhoti and cream shawl also joins his palms. A woman in an orange sari stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a devotional blessing at a newly built space.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28