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A photograph of a ritual aarti inside a small plain room with pale turquoise walls and a maroon lower wall. On the right, a man in a saffron-red turban, a red-brown robe and a white and red flower garland holds a brass tray with a lit oil flame, flower petals and a small cup, offering it to a decorated deity murti on the left, which is draped in white and pink flowers, yellow marigolds, garlands and grain stalks. Beside him, a bald man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands with a brass vessel, a boy in a yellow shirt and red trousers stands with palms pressed together, and a man in a checked shirt stands with hands folded. Brass lamps and a flower offering sit on the floor. a person: the aarti performer wears a saffron-red turban, a flower garland and red-brown robes, but the cues are limited, so identity is uncertain.

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Inside a small whitewashed shrine room, a woman in a red-orange turban, red-orange robe and a white-and-red flower garland holds a brass aarti tray with a lit oil flame and flower petals, as a bald man in a white dhoti and white top stands beside her with a brass lamp in front of him. A boy in a yellow shirt and red trousers stands with hands folded in namaskar, and a man in a white checked shirt stands behind them. At left, a deity murti is decorated with white and yellow marigold garlands, feathers and tinsel, with a small brass lamp on the floor. A kalasha-like brass vessel sits near the floor. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a temple inauguration.2016-03-29March 29 20162016-03-29July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a small white-walled shrine room during a puja. A man in a long-sleeved white dress stands at the centre-right, wearing a heavy garland of red, yellow and white flowers over saffron-orange robes, holding a lit flame and a brass bell and performing an aarti. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together, and a young boy in a checked shirt holds a flame. At the left, a deity murti draped in orange cloth with flower garlands sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. A wooden door and iron-grilled windows frame the room, and an orange flag hangs on the right. a person: the garlanded man in orange and gold garments performing the aarti.2012-01-02January 02 20122012-01-02June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20122012-01-02December 24 20092009-12-24May 01 20152015-05-01October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20122012-01-02A photograph inside a plain white-walled room with a ceiling fan, showing a ritual before a white statue of a seated deity murti dressed in orange cloth, blue and gold wrap, and yellow and red flower garlands. In the centre a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti wears long layered garlands of red, white and yellow flowers and raises one hand in blessing. Around him stand robed men in orange and white, one holding a brass plate of yellow flowers, and a bald priest in orange at the right. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, flower offerings and scattered petals lie on the floor. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis, a boy and a young girl with flowers stand at the back and sides, with hands folded in respect.2012-01-02