Three men perform an aarti at night, each holding a tiered brass lamp aloft with flames rising high. The central man wears an orange robe and a beaded necklace, and his face is partly shadowed. The men on either side wear white dress with orange shawls. Seated devotees watch from below against a dim hall with a wooden railing and small brass lamps in the foreground. - Nithyanandapedia

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Three men perform an aarti at night, each holding a tiered brass lamp aloft with flames rising high. The central man wears an orange robe and a beaded necklace, and his face is partly shadowed. The men on either side wear white dress with orange shawls. Seated devotees watch from below against a dim hall with a wooden railing and small brass lamps in the foreground.

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October 13 2007

Evening aarti in a covered hall with corrugated roof. Five standing men hold lit oil lamps aloft; four wear saffron-orange robes and orange shawls, while the man on the far right wears white with an orange shawl. Several seated young men in white clothing and rudraksha malas sit behind rows of brass bells, kalashas and small brass lamps on the floor. Seated devotees watch from the background. A framed picture and a tall painted wooden pillar stand against the wall.

Evening aarti at a temple hall with a long metal table in the foreground reflecting flames. Three priests stand holding lit oil lamps or flaming wicks. The central priest wears saffron/orange robes, a gold-toned necklace and a bell or ritual vessel in his left hand. A priest on the left wears white ritual clothes with an orange shawl, and a third priest at right wears white with flames in hand. Seated devotees in colourful clothes line the back wall, and a framed picture hangs on the white wall. Dim, warm lighting.

October 15 2007

Evening aarti scene in a dimly lit hall with several brass oil lamps flaming on a raised ledge. Two women in orange-red saris stand at the ledge, one holding a small brass vessel, the other holding a lit lamp or arati item. Seated in front on the floor, a man in white kurta and a woman in white and orange clothing watch; a brass lamp stand with lit wicks sits in the foreground. Behind the ledge, devotees in orange clothing are faintly visible. A small framed picture hangs on the wall and a hanging poster is at the right edge.

Indoor ritual aarti in a plain white-walled hall with corrugated metal roof, smoke haze in the air. Three standing men in white kurta-style clothes with orange saffron shawls raise brass aarti lamps with flames overhead. Two decorative painted pillars in red, blue and yellow patterns flank the space. Several seated devotees in white and orange sit on the floor, some with brass vessels; a bearded man in orange stands at the back near a speaker and sound equipment. The scene looks like a puja or aarti offering.

A photograph of an evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. Five standing men hold up lit flaming torches or oil lamps. Three wear saffron/orange robes with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, and two wear white kurta-style clothing with orange shawls. Seated devotees in white along the front hold brass bells and lamps, and many more people sit in the background. Brass lamp stands and bells are arranged on the floor in front.

A photograph of a seated puja with three men in front of a brass oil lamp and incense smoke. The man in the centre, with a shaved head, wears an orange-saffron robe and raises a lit brass lamp with a flame. Beside him, a man in orange robes holds a second lit lamp. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-bordered shawl holds a flame to a lamp near brass plates of offerings and a small brass kalasha on a red mat. Smoke drifts across the frame, and blurred devotees and a small table of equipment appear in the background. Aarti is being performed.

Evening ritual in a hall with a large fire lit in a metal fire pit or lamp stand. A standing man with long, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and holds a small metal vessel in one hand while raising the other arm toward the flame. Beside him, a younger man in orange cloth with a dark cord looks toward the fire, and a seated man in orange sits at left. Several seated people in white and orange clothing are visible in the background near a person playing a stringed instrument. A woven orange banner hangs on the left and right walls and a large circular decorative piece is on the wall behind. Visible people: about five.

October 15 2007

Evening ritual photograph in a bare concrete hall. A bare-backed young man in saffron-orange cloth with long curly hair scatters offerings with his right hand while another man in orange holds a flaming lamp in each hand at right. A bald man in orange sits at lower left beside a brass pot, and a man in a white shirt kneels at lower centre. Flower petals or grains drift through the air, lit by the flames.

Evening ritual at an ashram courtyard at night. Three young men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, stand in a row holding silver aarti lamps with lit flames. Each has white vibhuti marks on the forehead. Behind them a dark doorway and a whitewashed wall with a painted decorative column; a few seated figures are visible at the right and lower left edges. The lamps are held up in front of them as they perform aarti.